Want to live like you’re in a Norman Rockwell painting? You don’t have to go far in Central Jersey. According to a recent survey, Princeton was named among the top 100 best towns to live a quintessential “white picket fence” lifestyle. More: Hermès opens first Central Jersey location. Here’s where The results were uncovered when […]
Category: ALL
Women’s Resource Center breaks ground on new facility
PETOSKEY — After 47 years, the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan is starting a new chapter in its mission to strengthen and empower women and families across Northern Michigan. That new chapter started with a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday to launch the Empowering Bright Futures initiative, a transformative project that will see the Women’s […]
Rain continues Wednesday, nicer day tomorrow
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: On/off showers, high 70 Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 57 Thursday: Partly cloudy, high 77 Friday: Rain & storms, high 76 Saturday: Morning rain, clearing, high 77 Sunday: Few clouds, high 82 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Wednesday! Keep the umbrellas handy another day, as rain showers will continue on-and-off throughout the day. Eventually, […]
Engaging with Kansas politics might be complicated. But it’s easier than this board game.
Opinion editor Clay Wirestone and his friends play a game of Twilight Imperium over the weekend. Playthroughs of the board game usually take seven or eight hours. (Clay Wirestone/Kansas Reflector) With election season bearing down on us like an overzealous predator animal, I’d like to take a quick moment to focus on responsibility. The chattering […]
Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney candidates talk programs, violence and more
An office that’s particularly important to the Augusta area’s safety and security is the District Attorney of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, which encompasses Richmond and Burke counties. Incumbent Jared Williams is defending his seat against Amber Brantley, a local Trial Team leader and prosecutor for the Domestic Violence Accountability Court and an assistant DA for […]
Monroe County Community College launches 10 new academic programs for fall
MONROE — Students enrolling for the fall semester at Monroe County Community College have more options to choose from this year. The college has launched 10 new academic programs — six degree programs and four certificate programs — in areas including construction management/virtual design, data analytics, digital media, emergency medical technology, health sciences, mechatronics and paralegal. […]
La Niña is pushing El Niño out. What that means for El Paso’s summer, winter in 2024
El Paso will likely experience another scorching summer and a warm winter with above-average temperatures. There is about a 40% chance 2024 will be the hottest on record, despite moving out of El Niño, a warm phase, and into La Niña, a cooler phase, according to the National Weather Service in El Paso. Additionally, there […]
Russia says it downed 10 U.S.-supplied missiles over Crimea as Blinken visits Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down 10 U.S.-supplied Ukrainian missiles targeting Crimea early Wednesday just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Kyiv. The ministry said 10 U.S.-supplied Ukrainian ATACMS missiles were destroyed over the Black Sea over Crimea. Sevastopol Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev said air defenses shot […]
Former Doral officials sue city for revoking their lifetime pensions. The mayor responds
Four former Doral city officials filed a lawsuit in response to the city council’s revocation of a pension plan that gave the city’s elected officials lifetime pension, health and life insurance. The Elected Officials Pension Plan was approved in January 2021 and revoked in June 2023. It benefited elected officials who served at least eight […]
Russia’s defense ministry is now helmed by an economist, showing Putin’s ‘nerds’ are performing better than his ‘jocks’: analyst
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top economic officials are outshining those in his military, wrote an analyst. Russia’s economy appears resilient three years into its war with Ukraine. In contrast, Russia and Ukraine are fighting a war of attrition when Putin had expected a quick victory. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Sunday appointed Andrei Belousov, a […]
Illinois voters’ information partially removed by right-wing outlet following judge order
A Lake County judge gave a publisher of right-leaning websites until Monday at 5 p.m. to remove personal voter information from its sites. As of Tuesday afternoon, it had mostly met the standards of the agreed order. Included on its 20 websites statewide, Local Government Information Services, Inc., has published a series of stories detailing […]
French president convenes top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in territory of New Caledonia
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, his office said Wednesday. The special defense and security council meetings typically bring Macron together with a limited group of officials, including Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and the ministers […]