BERNARDSTON — Local favorite the Four Leaf Clover Restaurant will not survive 2020 and will not survive COVID-19. Owners Mark and Linda Snow say they’ll close the 71-year-old landmark at the end of the month. The Clover opened in 1949 as a drive-in when Route 5 was the main road […]
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Published Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, 11:27 am Join AFP’s 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: [email protected] Advertising inquiries: [email protected] (© Coolpicture – stock.adobe.com) 2020 has not been an easy year. It has been […]
Social distancing has its downside. My kids miss going to school and hanging out with their friends. But this unusual school year also presents opportunities that I am slowly learning to flex. This December, on a bright and sunny Tuesday, my husband and I woke our kids up early and […]
Koki Ozora, who founded nonprofit Anata no Ibasho, speaks to a woman who would like to help on October 2, 2020 in his office in Tokyo, Japan. Hiro Komae/AP Photos More people died from suicide in Japan in October than the total number of COVID-19 deaths in 2020, figures released […]
The year 2020 will stand out in American history for a number of reasons, possibly and most importantly because it included one of the greatest failures of government in American history. This was not simply a miscalculation or some wrong-headed initiative, which all governments may make from time to time. […]
DODGE CITY — In the midst of a worsening pandemic, as coronavirus cases climbed, elected leaders in a former frontier town famous for its gunfights faced a choice. They could pass a mask mandate at the urging of health experts, or reject the measure blasted by some as a violation […]
Leisure travel and “order-in” dining are very different markets, but as end to the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be in sight, Airbnb and DoorDash are looking to expand by issuing IPOs. The IPOs for both companies hit the market as the Labor Department announced that a seasonally adjusted figure of […]
With COVID-19 putting a damper on in-person meetings over the holidays, the Reif Arts Council is doing what it can to make sure some of the most important visits take place. The ones with Santa! Jolly Ol’ St. Nick will travel from the North Pole to the Myles Reif Performing […]
The Greater Sacramento Area will implement the state’s regional stay-home rules at 11:59 p.m. Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) With the COVID-19 pandemic worsening and leisure lodging bans spreading in California, many families are rethinking their holiday travel plans. So are some companies. But sorting out the mess […]
BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) – City Hall in Bettendorf will be closed to the public starting on Thursday, Dec. 10. This is due to the increasing cases of COVID-19. City officials announced on Wednesday this will be closed until further notice. Public meetings, including City Council meetings and public hearings, will […]
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — A global pandemic has changed operations at Fort Bragg but hasn’t […]
EAU CLAIRE — An Eau Claire city councilman criticized a consultant’s report for not giving advice on how to provide parking downtown to make up for a ramp that will be demolished in coming years. During Tuesday afternoon’s meeting, Councilman Jeremy Gragert said the final report issued by WGI didn’t […]
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — A global pandemic has changed operations at Fort Bragg but hasn’t […]
Question: Can a test taken in Honolulu before departure be used to return to Honolulu without quarantine if the entire trip falls within the 72-hour window? Answer: No. “Results from a test taken in Hawaii are not acceptable to bypass quarantine requirements upon return from travel on the mainland,” said […]
Will you be able to celebrate the holidays while enjoying a margarita on a cruise? It looks unlikely. Many cruise companies, including Florida-based Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Group, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Disney Cruise Line, have continued to cancel trips as they work toward the Centers for Disease Control […]
For their swearing-in session on Monday, Assembly leaders moved their house from the state Capitol to the Golden 1 Center to make sure lawmakers were appropriately spaced. COVID-19 safety concerns meant that families and guests were excluded from the event. Just hours later, however, five California state Assembly members dined […]
Christmas celebrations may look different this year, but efforts to safely offer good tidings and cheer are ongoing in O’Fallon. Because of the coronavirus pandemic and the state’s Tier 3 mitigation restrictions, some of the O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce Tinsel Around Town activities have been canceled, but the Downtown District […]
From burnout to pandemic stress, employees are coping with a variety of new mental health challenges. Like many parents, Andrew Savikas, chief strategy officer at the business publishing company getAbstract, has realized the workload the school system lifts off of parents. Schools provide education, meals and childcare. With online […]
In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, trouble was brewing in Salt Lake County. The county’s seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases had roughly doubled over the past month, to more than 1,200 per day. Nearly one in four Covid tests performed in the county in November had turned up […]
Cleaning protocols, sanitary standards and hygiene procedures. In the age of COVID-19, these terms have become omnipresent. Most hotel groups have implemented new security and hygiene protocols to reassure guests and make them feel safe. All those standards come with high costs (mostly on the hotel owner’s side), while hotel […]
Focal Point Opticians owner David Salk pauses while cleaning up a set of frames. For the protection of customers, Salk has installed a custom isolation room to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread. Photo: Pete Rosos David Salk does not have extreme confidence that COVID-19 vaccines will reopen the world. […]
As we close in on Christmas, many are facing a holiday shopping dilemma — can they safely go to a store if online gifts can’t get shipped in time? “Make the switch to doing your retail shopping, by home delivery, or by curbside pickup,” says Worcester Medical Director Dr. Michael […]