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Letter to the Editor | Will our schools become like those in Florida?
Letters to the Editor When my family moved from Florida to Gig Harbor last year, we were seeking sanctuary for our children’s education. In Florida, we watched public school neutrality collapse. What began as “parental choice” ended with extremist groups like Moms for Liberty taking over school boards, banning books, and restricting basic access to school nurses or libraries.
The digital transformation reshaping SA's vibrant informal sector Original
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Advertise your job vacancies Across South Africa, entrepreneurship pulses in taxi ranks, township streets, rural markets, and roadside stalls. It’s in the everyday hustle of informal traders, spaza shop owners, street vendors, and small service providers that the real economy lives and breathes. These entrepreneurs feed communities, create jobs, and drive the culture of resilience that defines South African enterprise.
Fintech fuels growth for South Africa’s grassroots retailers Original
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Advertise your job vacancies According to Stats SA, the informal sector is a cornerstone of the South African economy, providing nearly a fifth of total employment. Accounting for roughly half of informal businesses, traders such as spaza shops and tuckshops form a key part of vibrant economies in townships, rural areas and, peri-urban settings.
Volunteers working toward restoring Forest Service barn near Priest Lake
NORDMAN, Idaho – At the edge of an expansive meadow here, just far enough into the forest to make the highway invisible, there’s an old log barn that isn’t much of a barn anymore. There’s no roof – it caved in a few years ago. Decaying wood is strewn about inside. Bright green moss is growing on the walls in spots. But it’s still standing. It still has four walls, stalls where animals once ate and drank and, if you ask Kristen Winn, a lot of potential.
Volunteers working toward restoring Forest Service barn near Priest Lake
NORDMAN, Idaho – At the edge of an expansive meadow here, just far enough into the forest to make the highway invisible, there’s an old log barn that isn’t much of a barn anymore. There’s no roof – it caved in a few years ago. Decaying wood is strewn about inside. Bright green moss is growing on the walls in spots. But it’s still standing. It still has four walls, stalls where animals once ate and drank and, if you ask Kristen Winn, a lot of potential.
The Undertaker (2023) | Thriller
An undertaker makes the wrong choice at a moral crossroads as he is made to dispose of the victims of a gangster's power grab.An undertaker makes the wrong choice at a moral crossroads as he is made to dispose of the victims of a gangster's power grab.An undertaker makes the wrong choice at a moral crossroads as he is made to dispose of the victims of a gangster's power grab.
Owners Insurance Company v. TCG
Owners Insurance Company v. TCG Plaintiff: Owners Insurance Company Defendant: TCG doing business as Tritex Construction Group Case Number: 2:2023cv00204 Filed: March 29, 2023 Court: US District Court for the District of Utah Presiding Judge: Robert J Shelby Nature of Suit: Insurance Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract Jury Demanded By: None RSS Track this Docket Docket Report This docket was last retrieved on March 29, 2023.
Letter: TH misses mark on advocating demolition
The Telegraph Herald Editorial Board missed the mark in the piece on the Joliet Events Center building. Seems to me that the Historic Preservation Commission acted in accord with chapter 10 of the City’s Unified Development Code.
County 'Reimagining' Of Bus Routes Would Replace East Hampton Routes With On Demand
A proposal by consultants working on a "reimagining" of Suffolk County's public transits system would leave the S-92 bus route, which runs a 60-mile loop between East Hampton Village and Orient Point, in place but eliminate the scheduled feeder routes to Springs, Amagansett and Montauk in favor of on-demand services.
Fleming Says On Demand Buses Could Be A Bright Future For East End
Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming says that the on-demand bus system that the county has been piloting in place of the 10A route between Southampton Village and Sag Harbor has been a success and could be the solution to the struggles to provide useful public transportation services on the East End. But the key to success for the county transit program, however it operated, will be sufficient funding support from the state and county.
Thousands Of Fowl Euthanized By State At Sag Harbor Game Farm Over Bird Flu Outbreak Concerns
The United States Department of Agriculture was at Spring Farm on Wednesday. STEPHEN J. KOTZ Thousands of pheasants and ducks at a Sag Harbor game farm had to be euthanized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week after some of the birds were discovered to have died from the highly contagious bird flu — which has forced farmers to destroy millions of commercially raised chickens and turkeys nationwide in recent months.
Aviators And Noise Critics Alike Are Unhappy With Proposed New East Hampton Airport Rules
'Santa' and the 1947 Ercoupe he flew in to East Hampton Airport last December for the airport's annual holiday party. A local pilot, Kathryn Slye, pointed out to the Town Board this week that part of their proposal would limit small planes like this one in the same way it limits commercial helicopters.
Blade Shopping For Alternatives To East Hampton And Montauk Landings
The long dormant helipad at the Bistrian sand pit on Springs Fireplace Road recently got a major upgrade, spurring concerns among Springs residents that helicopter owners and possibly even commercial companies might try to shift there if they are barred from East Hampton Airport.
COVID-19 Infections Drop To Pre-Holiday Levels
COVID-19 infection rates have plummeted in recent weeks, from record numbers of new cases in January to levels that indicate almost no community spread now. The state has lifted its mask mandate for business but many residents and store employees are still donning masks as a precaution against transmission.
Governor Attends Wainscott Wind Farm Ceremony On Friday
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Governor Kathy Hochul were in Wainscott on Friday for the ceremonial groundbreaking on construction of the South Fork Wind project. Governor Kathy Hochul and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Friday exalted the promise of the offshore wind power industry as an environmental and economic boon at the ceremonial groundbreaking for South Fork Wind, the first offshore wind farm that will send power to New York to reach the construction phase.
The Express Sessions panel. Business leaders from several South Fork industries said they see the easing of concerns about COVID-19 infections and the lifting of the mask mandate on all businesses as a boost that will make their lives, at least, more comfortable, if not always easier.
Proposed Congressional District 1 A proposed redrawing of New York’s congressional district lines would give Democrats a sizable electoral advantage in the 1st Congressional District and carve out a substantial portion of Republican-leaning western Southampton Town, where residents of East Quogue and Westhampton would now find themselves in the 2nd District.
East Hampton Looks To Expand Affordable Housing Density
The Cottages, off Route 114, will be added to a town proposal to develop a larger affordable housing development. Michael Heller East Hampton Town plans to loosen limitations on the density of some affordable housing development, doubling the number of units that can be built per acre, as the town fights to tackle a mounting housing crisis in the region.
Sag Harbor Trust Presses East Hampton To Embrace Partnership On Housing Development
The Sag Harbor Community Housing Partnership's cottages on Route 114. The group is pressing East Hampton Town to include the property in the affordable housing overlay district it has proposed for two neighboring properties.
Those With Booster Shots Have Little To Worry About, County Official Says, Even As Case Numbers Rise To Record Levels
Long lines of cars have formed at every testing site in the region and pharmacy shelves are empty of at-home rapid tests as a new surge in COVID-19 infections hits just before the Christmas holiday.
Governor Orders Mask Mandate As Numbers Spike
Shoppers are again being told they must wear masks when entering stores in local hamlets after Governor Kathy Hochul instituted a new mask mandate through at least January 15 as hospitalizations from COVID-19 have more than doubled since Thanksgiving week.
East Hampton Town Formally Bans The Sale Of Balloons
A helium balloon ban was adopted by the East Hampton Town Board. East Hampton Town unanimously adopted legislation on Tuesday that formally bans the sale of helium-filled balloons in the town. Tuesday’s vote comes months after the measure was introduced with pleas from local students and members of the East Hampton Town Trustees.
East Hampton Airport Traffic Soars Again
Flights by helicopters were still down, slightly, in 2021 compared to pre-pandemic levels but there were thousands more flights by jets, which could be targeted in new restrictions by East Hampton Town expected this winter.
Federal Review Of South Fork Wind Is Complete, Approvals Imminent
The Block Island Wind Farm turbines, as seen from the bluffs in Camp Hero State Park in Montauk. Michael Wright photo The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said last week that it has concluded its review of South Fork Wind, as the 12-turbine wind farm that will send power to East Hampton is now known.
Town Hits Back On 'Truck Beach' Legal Standing
Town Police gave 14 summonses to fishermen in October for violating a court order to keep vehicles off an Amagansett beach. Now the town is asking a court lift that order, and declare the beach accessible for fishing and fishing related purposes.
Wind Farm Cable Will Run Deeper Under Wainscott Beach, Ørsted Says
Work on the South Fork Wind Farm's power cable installation is expected to begin in Wainscott by the end of January 2022.
Another Grim Opening Of Scallop Season After Third Massive Summer Die-Off
A parasite called “a significant threat” to the Peconic Bay scallop fishery may have been a factor in the near total collapse of the scallop population last year. EXPRESS FILE Predictions that the opening of the 2021 bay scallop season would be met with a paucity of the cherished shellfish proved painfully accurate this week as the few baymen and recreational harvesters who ventured out on Monday found essentially nothing to harvest.
East Hampton Officials To Meet With FAA To Discuss Airport Closure Parameters
Montauk Airport seen from the air. East Hampton Town officials say they want to impose restrictions at East Hampton Airport without pushing waves of new flights to Montauk's small tarmac.
All Nine Trustees Seats On The Ballot
The current East Hampton Town Trustees during an in-person meeting this summer. For perhaps the last time, East Hampton voters will face a large and tangled field of options when they reach the far righthand side of their ballot and the choice for the nine seats on the East Hampton Town Trustees. After many years of spitballing and wrestling with voting laws, this will be the final year in which the entire nine-member board is on a ballot together.
'Truck Beach' Legal Battle Ends After 12 Years, Town Rebuffed By Highest Court
The beach in Amagansett long known as Truck Beach will be private for the foreseeable future after a court ruling ended the town's appeals this week.
Workshops Held On Future Of East Hampton Airport
A pair of jets on the tarmac at East Hampton Airport. Stephen J. Kotz photo Residents of Wainscott and Montauk, aviation advocates and those who wish to see East Hampton Airport permanently closed, heaped opinions and ideas on the consultants leading East Hampton Town’s information gathering sessions about the future of East Hampton Airport this week — with but one common thread of understand shaking out: the status quo should not be the future at the airport.
Hundreds Of New COVID-19 Infections In South Fork Towns
East Hampton Town mandated facemasks be worn in town buildings last month and on Thursday announced that the town will return all of its regulatory meetings to Zoom until further notice, because of a rise in new COVID-19 cases in the town.
New Group Calls For Closure Of Airport
A pair of jets on the tarmac at East Hampton Airport. Stephen J. Kotz photo A new citizens group has joined the fray over the future of East Hampton Airport, calling for the closure of the airport for environmental reasons.
Another Bay Scallop Die-Off In Bays Looms, But Giant New Generation Leaves Room For Hope
Sawyer Clark shows off some of the baby scallop "bugs" that are abundant in the Peconic Estuary this summer. But their adult progenitors appear to have died in huge numbers over the summer, for the third summer in a row, leaving few hopes for the fall harvest.
Tug Of War Over East Hampton Airport's Future Begins
Opponents and supporters of the airport packed East Hampton Town Hall at only the second in-person board meeting since pandemic restrictions were lifted. The town is weighing whether to close the airport.
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