Activity Director Kristi Gard, wearing a poodle skirt for “40s Day,” walks resident Helen Werling back to her room after a small group gathered for a candy trivia game on Wednesday at Oak Hill in Waterloo. “We have a lot of costumes […]
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Patrons of the Genoveva Chavez Community Center and other city recreational facilities have questions about operations that deserve answers. They believe too few people are being allowed in the one open facility — the Chavez Center — and that Fort Marcy Recreation Complex and Salvador Perez Recreation Center could and […]
CLOSE A big change is coming for any travelers who want to come to the U.S., due to the pandemic. USA TODAY Even before the COVID-19 pandemic put the brakes on travel, “book now, pay later” deals and third-party services were gaining in popularity with travelers. But in this era […]
DEXTER, MI – The additional work performed by Dexter Community Schools teachers and administrators during the COVID-19 pandemic is being recognized with a one-time off-schedule payment. The Dexter School Board approved the agreement with the Dexter Education Association Monday, Jan. 25, to recognize the additional time and work required outside […]
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Guest columnist Judi Wolf is an avid longtime reader, retired educator in the field of literacy and technology, and member of NCJW/CLE. Living through a pandemic has not been without available diversions, including the ability to stream movies, increase exercise time or learn new skills like knitting or baking bread. […]
Coronavirus economic graphic The coronavirus pandemic has reached almost every country in the world. Its spread has left national economies and businesses counting the costs, as governments struggle with new lockdown measures to tackle the spread of the virus. Despite the development of new vaccines, many are still wondering what […]
Now, the city’s restaurants regularly land on must-eat lists from the likes of Travel + Leisure, The New York Times, and GQ, thanks in large part to Adamo’s culinary marketing, which started with the launch of an ambitious offering: a restaurant week. “They were mostly doing it in major cities, […]
Why travel won’t be the same after the pandemic Blazing a Trail The coronavirus lockdown of 2020 “brought the global travel industry to a complete standstill,” battering a $9 trillion industry in ways few could have […]
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The title character in The Cube, a daring new piece of meta-theater inside the Latino Cultural Center, wonders why human beings need to examine their existence and long for connection to other people, unlike other members of the animal kingdom. “Did you come to be entertained? Were you expecting music […]
Donald Trump is now a plain old businessman again and the post-presidential economy he created for himself is not looking so good. The pandemic has put a hurt on the aspects of life that Trump derives cash from, namely hospitality, tourism, and travel. Hotels and clubs, along with urban real […]
As the world locked down against COVID-19 throughout the better part of 2020, total carbon dioxide emissions fell across all sectors, from energy generation to travel to manufacturing, dropping by an estimated 7% in total. But there was one notable exception: Emissions from SUVs actually went up. The finding comes […]
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts will begin to ease some of its pandemic restrictions on businesses as spikes in the number of hospitalizations and new cases of COVID-19 have begun to slow, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday. Beginning Monday at 5 a.m., the state’s early closure order for businesses and the […]
Taking the heat! Charli D’Amelio’s dad Marc D’Amelio defended his daughter after she was heavily criticized for going on a New Year’s Eve trip to the Bahamas in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Article continues below advertisement “First of all, to blame Charli — it was a family vacation,” […]
The single biggest hit to fishermen from the COVID-19 virus is lower dock prices, according to Alaska and West Coast harvesters, and 98% said their businesses have been badly bashed by the pandemic. That’s based on survey results compiled by Ocean Strategies, a public relations firm that focuses on fisheries […]
Caring for her wife during the pandemic has been difficult for Cheryl Knapp, as friends and family aren’t able to visit and lend a hand as often as they once could. The Escondido resident started dating Sue Whitfield, now 80, soon after they met at a Christmas party in 1983, […]
Tourists look at the skyline at sunset, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Since becoming one of the world’s first destinations to open up for tourism, Dubai has promoted itself as the ideal pandemic vacation spot. With peak tourism season in full swing, coronavirus infections are surging […]
Due to COVID -19, this year’s celebration looks a little different, as several community events were hosted online. MINNEAPOLIS — A day to remember and a day to reflect. Today’s holiday, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy, is known as “a day on, not a day off.” […]
Axios Off the rails: Trump mainlines election conspiracies as Oval Office descends into madness Beginning on election night 2020 and continuing through his final days in office, Donald Trump unraveled and dragged America with him, to the point that his followers sacked the U.S. Capitol with two weeks left in […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio – When it comes to music education, there’s no such thing as a year off. Not in Cleveland. Convinced that the need for music now is greater than ever, the Cleveland Orchestra is finding new ways to comply with pandemic restrictions and meet Cleveland’s children safely where they […]
LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (AP) — To honor the birth of his daughter, Kevin Swan had the image of a watch tattooed on his left wrist – hands permanently frozen at 5:27 p.m., the exact time 2-year-old Elliott Monroe Swan came into the world on Feb. 21, 2018. “It was my […]
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On July 1, a few days after a woman in India registered for an account on the careers site Naukri.com and uploaded a resume, a recruiter called her: One of the country’s leading real-estate companies was hiring for a senior position, and more details would follow soon. The woman had […]