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
Full list of US 2024 federal holiday dates Amid the Civil War in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln officially declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday that would be honored every year in November. While many families celebrate Thanksgiving ... 11/26/2024 - 5:31 am | View Link
Gov. Ron DeSantis thanks Florida's state workers with 5-day Thanksgiving Day weekend Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced a five-day Thanksgiving weekend for state workers, closing state offices Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 11/26/2024 - 4:59 am | View Link
No bank holiday to mark 80 years after end of WW2 The 80th anniversary of both days next year has been billed as the last significant milestone that surviving WW2 veterans will be able to take part in themselves. The Express said ... 11/26/2024 - 3:18 am | View Link
Brits 'to get extra bank holiday' in 2025 to mark anniversary The UK is set to celebrate the 'Greatest Generation' with an additional bank holiday, marking 80 years since the end of World War II. Next year's commemoration will include a four-day festivity, ... 11/26/2024 - 12:46 am | View Link
Downing Street denies extra 2025 bank holiday is planned to mark major anniversary The PM's official spokesman dismissed reports that Brits could get a bonus day off to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War ... 11/25/2024 - 11:50 pm | View Link
Veterans Day Facts and Information Veterans Day is always observed officially on November 11, regardless of the day of the week on which it falls. The Veterans Day National Ceremony, like most ceremonies around the nation, is held on Veterans Day itself. 11/24/2024 - 3:01 am | View Website
Veterans Day Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. 11/23/2024 - 9:24 pm | View Website
Federal Holidays ** November 11, 2018 (the legal public holiday for Veterans Day), falls on a Sunday. For most Federal employees, Monday, November 12, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See section 3(a) of Executive order 11582, February 11, 1971.) Back to top 11/23/2024 - 8:27 pm | View Website
History of Veterans Day The Uniform Holiday Bill (Public Law 90-363 (82 Stat. 250)) was signed on June 28, 1968, and was intended to ensure three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. 11/23/2024 - 10:18 am | View Website
Veterans Day The theme for Veterans Day 2024 is “A Legacy of Loyalty and Service”, and this year’s winning poster was designed by Myisha Godette, a retired, disabled Army Veteran from Queens, New York. Myisha’s design was driven by a desire to represent all who have served. 11/23/2024 - 5:11 am | View Website
Three weeks after leaving the Florida Senate because of term limits, Lauren Book is running to return to Tallahassee.
“Quite simply, my work is not done,” Book said in a statement Tuesday morning. “Residents deserve bipartisan solutions to the real problems our communities face, and as one of the most effective Democratic members of the Florida Senate in recent history, I have a proven track record of working across the aisle to achieve meaningful results.”
Book, a Broward Democrat, filed paperwork on Monday to run for a different state Senate seat than the one she vacated.
The move has been the subject of discussion among political insiders, and was expected.
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck central Beirut and the city’s southern suburbs on Tuesday, raising smoke over the Lebanese capital ahead of a planned vote by Israel’s leadership on whether to accept a U. S.-brokered ceasefire aimed at ending more than a year of fighting with Hezbollah militants.
The Israeli military issued warnings for 20 more buildings in Beirut’s suburbs to evacuate before they too were struck — a sign it was aiming to inflict punishment on Hezbollah down to the final moments before any ceasefire takes hold.
Turkey, cocktails and a side of tribal politics. A recipe for Thanksgiving disaster?
As relatives you may see only once or twice a year swoop in for the holiday, some Thanksgiving hosts are getting nervous, desperately trying to figure out seating charts that separate those who can’t get enough of the recently elected/former president from those who have already had a bellyful of the man.
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Married couples across the U. S. have had access to no-fault divorce for more than 50 years, an option many call crucial to supporting domestic abuse victims and key to preventing already crowded family courts from drowning in complicated divorce proceedings.
But some advocates for women worried as old comments from now Vice President-elect JD Vance circulated during the presidential campaign opposing no-fault divorce.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My brother is intelligent, educated, well-spoken and has a responsible job. He is also openly racist, misogynistic and homophobic — all for religious reasons, of course.
To his credit, he never brings these subjects up, but if they do come up, he’s not at all bashful about articulating his bigoted views.
His response to criticism is that he’s just as entitled to his opinions as liberals are to theirs, and he’s just as entitled to express his opinions as liberals are to express theirs.
Following an encouraging starting debut in Saturday’s romp of Football Championship Subdivision lightweight Charleston Southern, FSU rookie quarterback Luke Kromenhoek likely will start again Saturday against rival Florida, coach Mike Norvell indicated.
With that declaration comes a dab of history. For the first time in at least 40 years — and potentially longer — the Gators-’Noles showdown will feature two true freshman quarterbacks.