In response to “Montclair parent: Let’s get kids back in the classroom,” the recent op-ed by Dr. Lauren Brucia, I would like add my own thoughts resulting from almost 40 years of teaching in elementary schools. I taught in the inner-city in a major New Jersey district, and the newest […]
Day: February 21, 2021
Choose a one hand folding system, designs that clip onto the back of a bike or a lightweight double buggy (The Independent) Lately, a mix of limited childcare, closed gyms and cancelled exercise classes has forced many parents to try the unthinkable – exercising with their children. Other than PE […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence has declined an invitation to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, a major annual gathering of the most influential figures in American conservative scheduled to open this week in Orlando, Florida. The news of Pence’s decision comes a day after former President Donald Trump […]
NORTH ATTLEBORO — Reorganizing town government will be up for discussion again when the town council holds its next virtual meeting Monday night. Discussions of the reorganization of the solid waste department as part of the public works department and the creation of a chief assessor’s post in that office […]
Yahoo Life is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Get your game on—for a steal. (Photo: Amazon) There’s been a spike in gaming over the […]
Golfers must be Forsyth County residents to be eligible to play in any of those tournaments. Thomas said the recreation department would work with area courses and provide applications available this spring. “We plan to reach out to more schools to get our junior numbers up,” Thomas said of the […]
Mitchell Hubble / Mazda The coronavirus crisis forced automakers to get crafty with incentives like low financing rates and deferred payment options, but most of those virus-specific deals are long gone. In fact, now that the last of the lingering holiday/new year sales have evaporated, most automakers aren’t even associating […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez flew into Houston Friday with a Texas-sized donation to deliver. She raised more than $4M for victims of the winter storm. By Saturday morning she was volunteering with other local elected Democrats at the Houston Food Bank, which stocks smaller food pantries in the city. A major […]
TRAVERSE CITY — During this stressful “pandemic” winter, northern Michiganders may be happy to hear of even a small reason to rejoice, of one local tradition that is carrying on. This tradition generates serious discussion in the media, and surely during many of those now ubiquitous online friends and family […]
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The New York Times Texas Crisis Exposes a Nation’s Vulnerability to Climate Change Even as Texas struggled to restore electricity and water over the past week, signs of the risks posed by increasingly extreme weather to America’s aging infrastructure were cropping up across the country. The week’s continent-spanning winter storms […]
The British pound got slammed in recent years by the twin storms of Brexit fears and a particularly bad Covid-19 crisis. But with a trade deal in pocket and a world-leading vaccine program, investors say the upside forces for the currency are now just as strong. The U.K. currency rose […]
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Stop Interruptions getty Having time to work without interruptions is one of the greatest gifts any of us can get these days. Not only do interruptions reduce our productivity, but interruptions also make us miserable. Based on the tens of thousands who’ve taken the online quiz How Do Your Time […]
The East Bay Regional Park District is beginning to reopen some of its facilities as progress continues on controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest reopenings are at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont and, at Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, the Little Farm and Regional Parks Botanic Garden. All three are […]
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Sales team discussing strategy. getty Sales took a major hit last year in the wake of Covid-19 and all of the associated lockdowns. Millions of consumers reduced discretionary spending just to make it through the pandemic, as they were furloughed or lost jobs. Businesses had to reduce operations or shutter […]
We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. If you’ve watched The Great British Bake Off (and, let’s be honest, after nearly 12 months of a pandemic, who hasn’t?), you’re likely acquainted with rosewater. It’s one of the ingredients on the show […]
Denton is a midsize Texas city north of Dallas. This week, it became a microcosm of the cascading crises that has beset the state: electricity blackouts, natural-gas shortages and water problems. Denton and other parts of Texas are experiencing their third straight day of blackouts as a deep freeze created […]
“Nomadland” is a song for the open road. Its protagonist, a pragmatic widow named Fern (Frances McDormand), has lost her husband and her ZIP code. She’s living out of a rusty cargo van, finding short-term jobs throughout the American West. Even with a movie star at the center, the film […]
Sarah Hirschorn, a first-year student from Boston, studies at Brooks Dining Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus on Feb. 8. USM started allowing students to sit at tables and in booths this month, with one person at a table or booth. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer Buy this Photo […]
Despite the ice-cold chill of the season, there remains an abundance of activities for outdoors enthusiasts to beat the winter doldrums. Inside or outdoors, there’s something to perk up every nature lover during this dreary time of year. Sausage/Jerky Making For those with some prime venison stockpiled from a successful […]
Photo credit: Elaine Chung From Esquire In “Beers and Weirs,” the second episode of the short-lived cult classic TV show Freaks and Geeks, the protagonist Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini) is pressured into hosting a keg party for her new slacker-stoner friends. She spends all afternoon preparing for it: pouring bowls […]
Pendleton Riordan WATERTOWN – Pendleton “Penny” Riordan, of Watertown, passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 8, 2021. She was 60 years old. She was born in Bitberg, Germany, on June 2, 1960, to Warren Sams Jr. and Elizabeth Sams. The daughter of an Air Force man, Penny spent much of her […]