Sandwich High School names Core Value Students for the month of December Sandwich High School announced their Core Value Students for the month of December. Core value students are nominated by staff based on being great examples of displaying the core values ... 12/27/2024 - 8:28 am | View Link
Academic Notebook: Students of the Month September Deontae Mason was chosen as the September Kiwanis Sunrisers Student of the Month for John Marshall High School. He was nominated by Carl (Seth) Luedtke of the Social Studies department. He ... 12/27/2024 - 5:18 am | View Link
Local high school invites students to ‘think globally’ while celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, sponsored by Take Note BR GEO Next Generation High School celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month with an event to promote cultural awareness and unity. Hispanic Heritage Month begins September 15 every year and lasts 30 ... 12/23/2024 - 8:17 am | View Link
Portage County seniors named Students of the Month The Portage County Senior Board has honored eight seniors as Students of the Month for September, October, November and December. See who was honored. 12/20/2024 - 9:12 pm | View Link
Blue Ridge Middle/High School October students of the month Blue Ridge Middle/High School students of the month for October are, from left, back row: Brian Woodruff, assistant principal; Jack Caffrey, grade 8; Casey Webster, principal; and Hope Treadway, ... 12/18/2024 - 3:01 pm | View Link
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2025. There are 364 days left in the year. This is New Year’s Day.
Today in history:
On Jan. 1, 1863, U. S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War, declaring that all enslaved people in rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”
Also on this date:
In 1804, Haiti declared itself independent from France, becoming the world’s first Black-majority republic.
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In 1808, the federal law prohibiting the importation of enslaved people to the United States took effect.
In 1818, Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” was first published in London, when Shelley was 20 years old.
In 1892, the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York formally opened, processing nearly 700 immigrants on its first day; nearly 12 million immigrants would ultimately pass through the station before its closure in 1954.
In 1959, Fulgencio Batista resigned as Cuban president and fled the country, marking victory for Fidel Castro’s rebel troops and the end of the Cuban Revolution.
In 2000, an anxious world held its breath as computers silently switched to the year 2000, but the dreaded “Y2K bug” caused few serious issues.
Today’s Birthdays:
Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is 95.
Actor Frank Langella is 87.
Musician Country Joe McDonald is 83.
Actor-comedian Don Novello is 82.
DJ Grandmaster Flash is 67.
Actor Morris Chestnut is 56.
Rapper Ice Spice is 25.
It’s the start of a new year and the Christmas tree branches are crispier than chicharrones, which means it’s the perfect time to speculate – and salivate — about all the new South Florida restaurants we’re looking forward to in 2025.
And by “South Florida,” we mean Broward and Palm Beach counties — not Miami-Dade.
The new year is finally here, and it would be easy to fall in with the mopes and misanthropes. “I have measured out my life with unused gym memberships,” my drinking buddy Al Prufrock said at the Shuck N Dive the other day. He says the same thing every year.
This one, 2025, seems particularly ripe with, let’s call it potential.
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Q: How long is this first-rounder for Terry going to sting for? Watching similar players go for second rounders and his play right now, it makes you think what could have been? Does Terry Rozier have any value in the trade market to get a piece back? – Chris, Oceanside.
A: At the moment, it is difficult to see much in the way of trade value for Terry Rozier, based on his uneven play.