Pandemic carves hole in state's cultural sector JULY 15, 2020.....The arts and culture sector, a major piece of the Massachusetts economy, will need hundreds of millions of dollars and multiple years to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, according to testimony delivered to state senators on Wednesday.Senators have been holding a series of listening sessions to gauge the pandemic's effects on different segments on the economy and check in on the gradual reopening of businesses.During Wednesday's session, [...] More
July 15 is tax deadline day. Here are 4 tips for filing. Millions of taxpayers took advantage of the IRS decision to push back the tax filing deadline due to the coronavirus pandemic. But with the tax filing deadline of July 15 upon us, those taxpayers need to take some important steps now to get their returns — and payments — to the IRS ASAP.Tax season is stressful for many consumers in the best of times, but 2020 has heightened those anxieties. More
Winchester students achieve academic honors University of AlabamaThe following Winchester residents graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in spring 2020: Brooke Carroll, Bachelor of Arts in communication and information sciences; Sydney Richardson, Bachelor of Science in commerce and business administration; Elizabeth Schipelliti, Bachelor of Arts in communication and information sciences.Bridgewater State UniversityKathryn G. More
Winchester Alumni Association spotlight: Kerry Lynne McHugh Kerry Lynne is only one of the 2100 Alumni members who have registered with the Winchester Alumni Association. Join the conversation and register today at WinchesterAlumni.org to stay in touch with Kerry and other Alumni across the decades.What class did you graduate with?1995What are you up to personally and/or professionally now? More
Cyclists to make ‘Black Lives Matter’ visible from space Local cyclists are organizing an event on July 18 and 19 to spell out “Black Lives Matter” on a global heat map that can be seen from the moon. Calling this event Wheels of Change, this volunteer group is encouraging everyone to run, walk or ride one of the 16 routes they have created using Strava, a GPS-enabled fitness app. More
What to know about the House bill that could punish nonprofits over alleged ‘terrorist’ ties The House passed a bill Thursday that would empower the Treasury Department to eliminate the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems to be supporting terrorism. A scholar of nonprofits, local ... 11/23/2024 - 6:27 am | View Link
Bipartisan Senate bill indicates GOP support for carbon capture tax credits The bill would expand tax credits for carbon capture and storage projects, signaling Republican support for the green technology in the next Congress. 11/22/2024 - 6:37 am | View Link
Senate stock-trading bill hasn't passed, wouldn't ban Trump from White House | Fact check The Senate has not voted on the bill, which contains civil penalties for noncompliance but would not ban Trump or anyone else from the White House. 11/22/2024 - 3:54 am | View Link
Congress poised for another farm bill punt after Senate nonstarter House Republicans rejected a farm bill proposal by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) this week, increasing the likelihood that lawmakers will pass another one-year ... 11/21/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism The proposal has drawn concern from a range of nonprofits who say it could be used to target organizations, including news outlets, universities, and civil society groups, that a future ... 11/21/2024 - 12:26 pm | View Link
Wilton Manors will now be able to grow by up to 750 new homes in future redevelopment projects.
Broward County is expected to sign off on the city’s request to prepare for new growth. It’s part of accommodating well-planned development, said Mayor Scott Newton.
“We have to grow,” but “we have to grow smartly,” Newton said.
Q: Jimmy Butler won’t ever have more value than he does right now. If they lose him for nothing in the offseason it is going to be a major setback for the organization. And they have limited draft assets going forward. I don’t think this team can beat the current version of the Celtics four games, so they aren’t really playing for a title.
Some 60 million children in America participate in organized sports each year. And more than 26% of those kids specialize in just one sport before puberty. Early sport specialization means that children are involved in intense, year-round training in a single sport to the exclusion of other sports.
The widespread participation is wonderful, but the specialization in a single sport is a growing problem.
Several years ago, I noticed a growing trend at Memorial Regional Hospital South, where I work as an occupational therapist specializing in traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. The trend, sadly, is the rapid rise of patients requiring intensive therapy after suffering a severe head or spinal injury while using a micromobility device like an electric scooter (e-scooter).
There is no universal helmet law in the United States.
Is this Donald Trump’s joke on America?
Why didn’t anyone give him a competency test before he ran again, instead of taking his word that he was sane?
Matt Gaetz for attorney general? That would have made America the laughingstock of the world — if we aren’t already.
Pete Hegseth, a Fox News weekend co-anchor, to be Secretary of Defense?
General Daily Insight for November 26, 2024
Pleasure could come with complications today. As the optimistic Libra Moon fusses at gloomy Saturn, every good idea could rapidly turn out to have something wrong with it. Still, when desirous Venus then misreads exuberant Jupiter at 1:08 pm EST, trying to pursue too many appealing activities might result in enjoying none of them fully.