NORTH ATTLEBORO — For a small town in the middle of the Northeast Corridor, North Attleboro has a wide variety of wide — and not so wide — open spaces. From the 256 acres of the North Attleboro Fish Hatchery off Bungay Lake (actually owned by the U.S. Fish and […]
Month: December 2020
Never in the history of British hospitality – and it’s a long one, stretching back to the Middle Ages – can there have been such an extraordinary, nail-biting, confusing, challenging and at times uplifting year as the one our nation’s hoteliers have just lived through. It remains to be seen how […]
The latest development came after Mr Johnson refused to rule out a third national lockdown for England – a move he had previously been deeply reluctant to contemplate. All the latest updates for the UK rules over Christmas are below. Christmas rules in England You can make a Christmas bubble […]
The Mallow Box, a dessert shop serving gourmet marshmallows in nearly every way imaginable, opened its second location in Legacy Food Hall in August. After a year of pop-ups at Stonebriar Centre’s Nordstrom and a brief experiment with a kiosk at the Shops at Willow Bend, the Mallow Box’s first […]
Due to the huge success of the live-streamed performances of ‘The Gruffalo’ as well as the very sad news that the ‘in-person’ run of ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ at Alexandra Palace had to be canceled due to London’s Tier 3 restrictions, leading family theatre company Tall Stories will make the recording […]
Europe’s mutated coronavirus doesn’t yet pose an existential threat to the market narrative that has become a reasonable consensus since late March, and particularly since the news of the efficacy of vaccines in November. Global equities and oil prices slumped while safe-bond prices jumped Monday, as investors reacted to the […]
Siblings Ricardo and Kelley Medina wait in line for a free coronavirus test in South Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) California’s first coronavirus lockdown order, in the spring, produced benefits within a month. By April, Gov. Gavin Newsom was able to crow that the state had “arguably […]
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – December 21, 2020 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Okta, Inc. OKTA, […]
“This is my friend Michael. He’s from New York and he’s in love with me.” It was a line Tony Hsieh used hundreds of times when introducing me to his ever-widening circle of friends, acquaintances, co-workers and complete strangers. It endlessly amused him, and he relished the reaction. Some laughed […]
Coronavirus Article Bar with counter The new variant of Sars-Cov-2 could become the dominant strain as it has an “evolutionary advantage in transmitting more quickly”, a government adviser has suggested. Professor Calum Semple, a member of the Sage scientific advisory group, said told Sky News that the UK “shouldn’t beat ourselves […]
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, Dec. 21, and here’s a quick look at the week ahead: Newsletter The stories shaping California Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week. Enter Email Address Sign Me Up You may occasionally […]
Several IT executives discussed ways that they are encouraging their teams to pursue the right work-life balance during the pandemic. Iron Mountain’s Kimberly Anstett and her husband, Craig, hiking in the Middlesex Fells Reservation in Winchester, Mass. Photo: Kim Anstett “We’re not only encouraging and emphasizing that our employees schedule […]
Easyjet, Virgin Atlantic and TUI Airways aircraft are seen at Manchester Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Manchester, Britain, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble Airlines rushed to amend flight schedules and bookings as countries around the world closed their borders to the UK. The tide began on […]
swiss skier in covid mask – fabrice coffrini/getty images Despite news that some ski resorts in Switzerland have begun to close, as governments across Europe react to the continued spread of coronaviru, the majority have chosen to remain open, for now. From tomorrow (Tuesday) the non-EU nation will enter a […]
Siblings Ricardo and Kelley Medina wait in line for a free COVID-19 test at a testing center in South Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) California’s first coronavirus lockdown order, in the spring, produced benefits within a month. By April, Gov. Gavin Newsom was able to crow that […]
It is not too late to cancel your Christmas plans. Your holiday hangouts. Your annual end-of-the-year, multifamily, multigenerational bonanzas. This is a reminder, a plea, an entreaty tossed in the wind with the hope it snags onto a wintry branch of your consciousness and clings there. I say this because […]
Changing track: passport formalities will be tougher (Getlink) Technically the UK has left the European Union. But from the traveller’s point of view, nothing significant has changed during the transition phase. This comes to an end at 11pm GMT (midnight Central European Time) on 31 December 2020. From that moment, […]
Share Tweet Share Share Share Email Rewards points and programs may spur customers to make purchases, but do they inspire loyalty that lives on after the transaction is made? It was the main question put to a panel of payments and customer-facing professionals who told Karen Webster that the “old” […]
This holiday season undoubtedly looks different from what we are used to given COVID-19. It’s possible your holiday plans may have taken a new shape, maybe even virtual, or canceled all together. One thing that is not so different, the holiday season causes many of us to go on a […]
The travel ban will affect more than 250,000 British holidaymakers – Getty A growing number of countries have imposed bans on travellers arriving from the UK, in response to the more infectious strain of Covid-19 spreading across the UK. In the last 24 hours, more than 30 countries have announced […]
Tuxedos and gowns hung in their closets and the ballroom of the Sheraton Dallas Hotel sat empty on Oct. 18, but that didn’t stop Black Tie Dinner from keeping the festive spirit of the annual LGBTQ fundraiser alive. In fact, the organization’s first Black Tie LIVE give-a-thon television special reached […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the Trump administration Sunday to enact a ban on travel from the U.K. or require mandatory testing as a new, significantly more dangerous strain of the coronavirus emerges there. The new variant in the U.K. could be “up to 70% more transmissible” than […]