FLINT, MI – At least three districts will have a new representative on the Genesee County Board of Commissioners next year, and other seats are also up for grabs in the Nov. 3 election. In Districts 1 and 2, incumbent Bryant Nolden and Charles Winfrey — both Democrats — are […]
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Pam J. Hecht Published 11:45 a.m. ET Oct. 6, 2020 CLOSE Don’t panic: Make a Vision Board! Who knew that one rainy day, a group of grumpy kids and a stack of magazines could lead to high adventure? Before I knew it, pages were flipping, paper snippets were flying and […]
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board candidate Xavier Johnson. Courtesy: Johnson campaign Name: Xavier Johnson, 29, legal fellow at Centro Legal de La Raza What office/district are you are running for? Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board commissioner What is the main reason you are running? I am running for office because I believe […]
CLOSE Bonnaroo founder Ashley Capps and his employees have been hit hard by the pandemic. He wants restriction in place now so the country can open sooner. Knoxville News Sentinel At one point, more than four hours after the Knox County Commission’s marathon meeting had begun, Chairman Larsen Jay appealed […]
The Life on Board gallery is made up of more than 250 exhibits A new gallery dedicated to the history of cruise travel is welcoming visitors from today as part of the reopening of National Museums Liverpool following lockdown. Life on Board, finding a permanent berth at the Merseyside Maritime […]
Passengers alighting TUI’s first flight after lockdown The appeal of package holidays is ease and convenience. But in a post-lockdown world, when even basic travel manoeuvres can feel painfully complex, it’s hard to imagine how they’ll work. Until a week ago, the idea of a beach break in the Med […]
Photo credit: Living Letter Plans From Oprah Magazine Some of the world’s most influential thought leaders—Deepak Chopra, Gabrielle Bernstein, and Oprah, for starters—all agree: It’s wholly possible to turn your dreams into reality. It’s called manifestation. Well, that and hard work. It’s not total magic, though. And it’s not something […]
Mar. 23—The Vigo County Parks and Recreation Board on Monday approved up to $152,237 for installation of new water lines in Fowler and Prairie Creek parks. However, Adam Grossman, superintendent of the Vigo County Parks and Recreation Department, told the parks board the department may not spend that much. Instead, […]
Trevor Noah and The Daily Show took a jaundiced look tonight at the weather and public health crisis in Texas, where people are melting snow for water. “The saddest part is that one poor Texan had to travel 800 miles just to get his water and electricity.” That Texan, of […]
Seven candidates are vying for six available seats in the La Jolla Community Planning Association’s upcoming board election. The election will be held Thursday, March 4, with results announced at the board’s meeting that night. Board terms are three years. A candidates forum was held during LJCPA’s Feb. 4 meeting […]
Brian Phillips has been elected chairman of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Board of Directors. Phillips was elected to the post at the organization’s recent annual meeting. He has been a member of the board of directors for more than five years, and has served as the […]
OGDEN — Formed late last year, Ogden’s Marshall White Advisory Committee is now kicking into high gear. And that means the Ogden City-appointed board is looking for public opinions on what should happen with the community and recreation center that has served the central Ogden area for more than 50 years. […]
Donald Trump is the first U.S. president to be impeached twice ― and if it were up to Macaulay Culkin, he’d soon be down a movie credit, too. Culkin on Wednesday expressed his support for digitally removing Trump from 1992’s “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” When a fan suggested […]
Dustin George | The Shelby Star More than 2,000 people have signed an online petition asking the Cleveland County Board of Education to reconsider its decision to send some of the county’s youngest students back to school this month. In December the school board voted 8-1 for a plan to […]
Location markers are visible Monday in the parking lot at Gulley Park near Township Street in Fayetteville. The parking lot will double in size to accommodate a total of 68 lighted parking spaces, and a wet garden area will be created, which will serve to hold and filter stormwater before […]
Between a pandemic, political controversy and general holiday-season stress, many families have enough friction to heat a house in winter. So why add to the conflict with competitive board games? Luckily, a growing number of games are purely cooperative. Players band together to overcome other obstacles, whether that’s a time […]
MYRTLE BEACH — Brad Dean, former Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, was recently appointed to a two-year term as vice chair of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. The board advises the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to travel and the tourism industry […]
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The conversion of class days to vacation days at Homer-Center School District — in order to extend the Thanksgiving holiday and create more idle time to alleviate the spread of COVID-19 in the schools — has been balanced with the addition of a class day in the spring. The school […]
One Kemp appointee then joined the majority in a second 9-3 vote that preliminarily reduced the weight to 10%. Currently, the four high school Milestones End of Course Tests — in English, math, science and social studies — count for a fifth of each course grade. Because the scores affect […]
KALAMAZOO, MI — The city of Kalamazoo’s Parks and Recreation Department, Kzoo Parks, is seeking applicants to form a youth council that would help determine programs and activities offered for youth in the city. The youth council will initially provide input to Kzoo Parks regarding programs, activities, parks and facilities, […]
CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Schools are a hot topic these days. In the Northville Public Schools, nine candidates seek voter support to fill the four four-year positions available in the Nov. 3. Election. The candidates are Kimberly Campbell-Voytal, Harihar Kulkarni, Blake A. Mathie, James Mazurek, […]