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
6 Reasons Why the Poor Stay Poor and Middle Class Doesn’t Become Wealthy To hear people on the left, the poor have no agency, no control whatsoever over their own lives. To hear people on the right, anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and increase their net ... 04/28/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
More Money More Problems: Here’s 14 Reasons Why The Rich Hate Poor People Explore the intricate rich vs. poor dynamics. Discover why the rich harbor complex sentiments toward the less fortunate. 04/26/2024 - 3:20 am | View Link
Netflix show ‘Outer Banks’ films on Hunting Island for hit series’ upcoming 4th season The north-beach parking lot in Hunting Island State Park was closed to the public as “Outer Banks” production crews used the area for trailers and equipment. The show’s first season ... 04/24/2024 - 6:25 am | View Link
'The most pernicious and insidious regressive tax on the poor': RFK Jr. slams the Fed, calls inflation and rate hikes 'poisonous medicines.' But he says there's an even bigger ... Inflation impacts everyone by eroding the purchasing power of money. However, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserts that it's low-income Americans who suffer the most from ... 04/24/2024 - 1:20 am | View Link
How to Get Cast on ‘Outer Banks’ Good news, “Outer Banks” fans: Season 4 of the Netflix teen mystery drama is on the horizon, with a premiere date expected sometime this year. The series became an instant hit when it ... 04/17/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Local entrepreneurs have a message for Fort Lauderdale: The city’s homeless crisis is bad for business — and getting worse.
The complaints take on a new urgency in light of a new state law that bans homeless people from sleeping in public. The new law, which goes into effect in October, also paves the way for critics to file lawsuits against local governments starting next year if they fail to enforce the ban.
Bernie Bedor, a business owner in northern Fort Lauderdale, says he has sent email after email to City Hall, begging Fort Lauderdale officials to do something about the city’s ongoing homeless problem.
“We take investors down to the beach and they see homeless people in tents,” Bedor told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
How badly does state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. want to depopulate?
So badly that in addition to participating with private-market insurers in a “takeout” program, the residual insurer is trying to remove customers out of policies that haven’t even begun.
And it’s doing so with confusing letters and questionable premium estimates that ensure the policyholder must take the private-market offer — at least for now.
State officials make no secret of the fact they don’t want Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
Q: In Saturday’s first quarter, the Heat missed shots, but the Celtics knew exactly what they Heat were trying to do. No one on the Heat was a trigger, with the Heat players making excessive passes and forcing the action to get the ball in the hands of Tyler Herro to set up the offense, even if it wasn’t there.
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By OLEG CETINIC (Associated Press)
PARIS (AP) — French media are reporting that actor Gérard Depardieu is in police custody for questioning about allegations made by two women that he sexually assaulted them on movie sets.
Broadcaster BFMTV and the daily Le Parisien reported that the 75-year-old actor was summoned Monday morning by Paris police and placed in custody.
The Paris police force said it wasn’t authorized to comment and directed questions to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY (Associated Press)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials appeared increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants against the country’s leaders, as international pressure mounts over the war in Gaza. Airstrikes overnight into Monday killed 25 people in a southern city, according to hospital records.
The deaths in Rafah included nine women and five children, one of whom was just 5 days old, according to the records and an Associated Press reporter.