Heard on Main Street: Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, or the smallest act of caring — but not in these days of COVID. I have just finished with the book “The Last Queen.” I quit about a third of the way […]
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The swim season is in full swing with exciting meets across the state leading to shifts throughout the rankings. Not every team that climbed the rankings did so off of a victory, with impressive times highlighting efforts amid a statewide schedule that is more unbalanced than usual. Meet this week’s […]
CLOSE Chip Ganassi driver Scott Dixon discusses his 2020 IndyCar championship season win. Indianapolis Star His boss of nearly 20 years runs a competitive NASCAR team. He’s had the chance to watch up-close Jimmie Johnson’s own thrill in jumping into IndyCar as a 45-year-old rookie. But don’t expect Scott Dixon […]
After the attacks of Jan. 6, commentators on the far right papered over the violence at the Capitol by saying that it had been a ploy, cooked up by left-wing activists and anarchists in antifa (itself an ideology, by the way, more than a real organization). And the lies have […]
Final Fantasy VII Remake is coming to PlayStation 5 as Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, complete with new content and tons of improvements. The official reveal trailer did highlight some of the differences between the old and new generation version, but another video that has been released online manages to […]
Actress Elizabeth Hurley pines to ‘fall in love with someone wonderful’ Even though she has found lasting success as an actress and swimwear designer, Elizabeth Hurley revealed in an interview with Red magazine that, ‘It would be fantastic to fall in love with someone wonderful.’ Hurely admits to having great […]
The Eastvale warehouse complaint took the company to task for not doing enough to enforce social-distancing measures or protect employees from the virus, noting that many workers were allowed only one antimicrobial cleaning wipe per shift and had to “sanitize equipment themselves that was touched by other workers on previous […]
Covid divorces are on the slow track. Divorce has often been time-consuming and expensive — one survey in the United States found the average cost was $12,900 — but now once-routine parts of the proceedings, like getting a document notarized, can require heroic effort. Moving out is also fraught, especially […]
It was a year unlike any other, as the coronavirus brought most of the world to a standstill in 2020. While the wedding industry suffered immensely, life went on, and people still fell in love, proposed and got married no matter. There was no shortage of creativity when it came […]
Cropped shot of an affectionate young couple going through paperwork while doing their budget at home. A shocking 69% of Americans have under $1,000 in savings, according to a 2019 GOBankingRates survey. That lack of emergency funds leaves people ill-prepared for financial emergencies. Right now, many people are experiencing tremendous […]
LAKE PLACID – The Lake Placid Sinfonietta reinvented itself on the fly like many performing arts organization when it was winged by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s kind of amazing to think that I’m already almost a year and a half into my tenure as musical director of the Sinfonietta, and […]
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) kicked off the 2021 Girl Scout Cookie season nationally, during a challenging time when many Girl Scouts are selling in creative, socially distant, and contact-free ways to keep themselves and their customers safe. Even in light […]
Newsletter Signup Stay informed with theNEW Casino City Times newsletter! Newsletter Archives December 21, 2020 December 21, 2020 Scoblete explains that while the house edge on the outside even-money bets is the same as on inside bets, the player gets more of a […]
Here’s what you need to know: The agreement gives the United States a total of 200 million doses, enough to vaccinate 100 million people.Credit…Whitney Curtis for The New York Times The Trump administration and Pfizer reached a deal to bolster the supply of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and […]
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email The pandemic has hammered the hotel industry right from the start. Marriott International, for example, furloughed “tens of thousands” of workers back in March as it shuttered properties around the world. Now, Marriott is permanently laying off 850 workers at its Marquis hotel […]
Marriott International Inc. is permanently laying off 850 employees from its hotel in Times Square, another sign that the hotel industry in New York City remains significantly hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic. Marriott recently told the workers that they will be let go March 12, nearly a year after more […]
If a one-man “Carol” strikes you as mere humbug, try the relative luxury of Jack Thorne’s “A Christmas Carol” at the Old Vic, directed by Matthew Warchus. (A version played on Broadway two winters ago.) In this production, livestreamed from an empty theater, Andrew Lincoln stars as Scrooge. Thirteen other […]
Most buyers who make sight-unseen offers are familiar with the community or have family members or friends who already live in the area. Getty Images This article is reprinted by permission from The Escape Home, a newsletter for second homeowners and those who want to be. Subscribe here. © 2020. […]
Heard on Main Street: The closer the roll of toilet paper gets to the end, the faster it goes. Maybe that is why so many are stocking up again. A friend found some Island masks for me — with the Island shape on it. Now I’m looking for a few […]
“There was a very concerted call and an effort within the trivia community to make sure that you’re not just asking questions about white America and white Americana,” Ms. Yu said. Newcomers to trivia, even those with decent general knowledge and a trove of weirder info lodged somewhere in the […]
For nearly two years, customers patronized The Urban Oyster, which served up chargrilled oysters, which came in a variety of unique flavors – “Cheese Louise” (mozzarella, parmesan, lemon garlic, butter), “Teriyaki” (teriyaki sauce, pineapple, scallion), and “Volcano Oy” (garlic sambal butter). Located on Light Street in Locust Point, the restaurant […]
Europe’s struggle with the virus on many fronts The latest wave of the coronavirus in Europe appears to have crested in recent days, but not before setting records that prompted another series of shutdowns. The rate of new cases reported across the continent quintupled between September and November to about […]