Jun. 24—NORWICH — The Yantic River was well within its banks Monday, when about a dozen city leaders and regional planners toured eight locations where the river earlier this year flooded businesses and streets. Severe flooding on Jan. 10 damaged shopping centers, the Yantic volunteer fire department, spots along West Town and Town streets and […]
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What to know about site’s future
Lakeside Mall, a Macomb County fixture, is set to permanently close its doors on July 1. This closure marks the end of an era for the once-thriving shopping destination along Hall Road in Sterling Heights. The 1.5-million-square-foot enclosed, Taubman-built mall was once known for its luxury retailers. It was expanded in 1990 and last renovated […]
How exam scandals threaten the future of India’s young people
Last week, on a blistering day in Delhi, Kavya Mukhija travelled for hours to take a crucial government-run exam for entry-level teaching positions at Indian universities. The 25-year-old freelance researcher and disability activist uses a wheelchair as she has a rare congenital condition of stiff joints and found the exam centre difficult to access. The […]
Future of Española homeless camp still unclear
Jun. 22—ESPAÑOLA — A homeless encampment that Española city officials created in February but have since promised to take down is still standing, its future still unclear. As of Friday, a few new tents had popped up at the site on the banks of the Rio Grande off of Fairview Avenue. Less than a mile […]
Heat wave gives Maine a sneak peek at summers of the future
Jun. 22—Maine summers are indeed getting hotter. And the state, which has more experience dealing with extreme cold than extreme heat, finds itself unprepared. Portland summers are 2.4 degrees warmer than in 1970, with two additional weeks of abnormally hot weather. That’s pretty close to the average increase nationwide. Portland’s summer nights are 3.6 degrees […]
At one of Washington’s oldest newspapers, deep cuts and an uncertain future
Newsroom employees of The Daily Herald in Everett, Wash. gathered June 18, 2024. Seven of those pictured received layoff notices the next day. (Courtesy photo) At 123 years old, The Daily Herald is tightly woven into the fabric of Snohomish County, its reporters and readers knitted together through generations. There’ve been presidential visits, political scandals, […]
Arlington’s future Medal of Honor museum will showcase this rare icon of Vietnam War
Arlington’s National Medal of Honor Museum welcomed its largest artifact at an event Thursday night. A fully restored Vietnam-era Huey helicopter will be a centerpiece of the future museum’s 31,000-square-foot exhibition gallery when it opens in March in the city’s entertainment district. Veterans gathered at the site Thursday for a celebration of the Bell UH-1 […]
15 People Shared Their Honest, Raw Thoughts About “Project 2025” — Far Right Conservatives’ Plan For The Future
A recent BuzzFeed post about Project 2025 — a far-right plan for next year if a conservative is elected president — received hundreds of comments from people expressing their thoughts on the unprecedented policy proposals. Project 2025 intends to remove the Department of Education, remove access to abortion drugs, limit birth control, dismantle the Department […]
Groesbeck Golf Course is nearly 100 years old. What is its future as city-owned course?
LANSING — When Lansing City Councilmember Peter Spadafore proposed selling Groesbeck Golf Course last month, his suggestion shook local residents and golfers like a warning shout of “fore.” Spadafore and his fellow council members ultimately decided it was too soon for such a decision on the city’s original, and last remaining, public golf course, just […]
Open Mind For The Future: ACT seniors celebrate graduation
WILLIMANTIC — Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet High School celebrated its graduating seniors with a ceremony Friday night. With the forecast lingering for the graduation ceremony, which would bring gusts of high winds, the promise of heavy downfall, and hail, not a single drop dampened the graduates’ spirits as they celebrated with their family […]
Indonesia – the future of foodservice to 2021
Future of Foodservice Market in Indonesia 2021 Future economic growth is expected to be robust in Indonesia. Despite infrastructural issues throttling growth in the country, the overall forecast sees Indonesia nonetheless growing over the coming years, with the Economist Intelligence Unit forecasting average growth of 5.1% a year between 2018 and 2022. Despite growing inequality, […]
SCOTUS Chief John Roberts “probably the most important person in America” to future of our system of government.
We’ve all been watching the Supreme Court, and they’re, you know, pretty ethically challenged in my opinion, especially two of them. And even Roberts doesn’t seem to be stepping up to control the, is there anything we can do about it? Roberts is the right point there. John Roberts is probably the most important person […]