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
Main Character of the Week: McDonald’s secret shopper Main Character of the Week is a weekly column that tells you the most prominent “main character” online (good or bad). It runs on Fridays in the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get ... 05/4/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
Column: After battling cancer and getting heart transplant, Montgomery nurse’s strength ‘truly an inspiration’ After talking to Nancy Polizzi of Montgomery, I can see why her co-workers in Labor and Delivery at Northwestern Medicine ... she had just finished physical therapy for a back issue on this, her day ... 05/3/2024 - 3:39 am | View Link
Durham workers and community members march for labor rights on May Day For Houston, May Day celebrates the historic struggle of workers and unions for labor rights and equality. Houston believes that the fight for the working class is especially relevant in a state like ... 05/2/2024 - 3:30 pm | View Link
North Carolina workers march the streets on May Day to push for labor rights So, this coalition of organizers took their rally and led to a march down Main Street forcing Durham police to warn citizens to avoid the downtown area due to active protest. All of this is to get ... 05/2/2024 - 1:16 am | View Link
NFL should re-take Labor Day weekend Twenty-three years ago, the NFL ditched Labor Day weekend. "People want to stretch those last, lazy days of summer," the league explained in its announcement from August 30, 2000. "That’s why the NFL ... 05/1/2024 - 4:58 am | View Link