School board trustee marks 50 years of service The year was 1974. Tim Fletcher, a recent Slidell graduate, decided he should try to bring his fresh, first-hand knowledge as a student to the Slidell School Board. He got the votes and started on the ... 04/24/2024 - 5:05 am | View Link
Cook County Board approves $70 million to help feed new arrivals Without discussion, the Cook County Board has reallocated the sum from its Disaster Response and Recovery Fund. Chief Financial Officer Tonya Anthony said that money primarily will be used for food. 04/18/2024 - 2:53 pm | View Link
Marion County School Board honors one of its own military leaders at regular meeting Six months away is a long time, however, the community served by Pleasant Valley Elementary School made the time away a little easier for Principal Christopher Binotto. 04/15/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
Election totals produce several newcomers to County Board County Clerk Maria Davis said that a total of 18,325 ballots were cast by the county’s 43,511 registered voters across the 61 precincts on April 2. 04/13/2024 - 11:34 pm | View Link
Meet and greet for Ottawa County Board candidates set for April 18 More: Our go-to guide for races in Ottawa, Allegan counties Two days later, the LWV Holland Area will host a meet and greet with candidates for the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners. All 11 seats ... 04/13/2024 - 8:41 pm | View Link
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
I’ve completed 17 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles in the past 14 weeks. Mostly by myself.
Over that same time, I also cut way back on booze, halved my phone screen time (okay, it’s maybe 30% less), and gone on a dozen hikes. All without losing a single cardboard piece.
I never really saw myself as a puzzler, but it’s become a nice way to put aside the problems of the world and focus on something else for five or 10 minutes, or for a couple of hours.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,” by Shahnaz Habib (Catapult, 2023)
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you.
“The Memory of Lavender and Sage,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Harper Muse)
Tempesta’s father is dead. His will leaves the family fortune to her brother. But to everyone’s surprise, the will gives Tempesta money that had belonged to her mother, who died years before. Tempesta has no reason to remain in New York. Her grandmother hates her, her brother is disdainful, and she’s bored with her newspaper job.
So on a whim, Tempesta buys, sight unseen, a house in her mother’s native Sainte-Colombe, France.
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
A. J. Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” was a huge best-seller. “End of Story” is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner.
Literary critic Nicky Hunter is a huge fan of mystery writer Sebastian Trapp.