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Roseway returned to the water at Mystic Seaport Museum
Rudy Schreiber descends the ladder from the deck of the World Ocean School schooner Roseway as crews prepare to return the vessel to the water Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at Mystic Seaport Museum s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
25 outdoor events around New England from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend Patricia Harris and David Lyon
Expect a big welcome at outdoor events this summer. It’s hard to tell who’s more excited the organizers, the artists and vendors, or the rest of us who want to go
somewhere and do
something. As vaccination numbers are rising and gathering restrictions are easing, organizers are moving ahead with cautious optimism. They’re eager to welcome visitors, but the situation remains fluid. Before heading out, check to make sure an event has not been canceled and to find out about health protocols. And because crowd size may be limited, it’s best to buy tickets or make reservations far in advance.
As a casual observer of the pandemic layoffs at Mystic Seaport Museum just reading news stories about the shutdown last spring I certainly had the impression employees would be called back when the health crisis subsided. Seaport, aquarium and YMCA lay off staff but pledge comeback, was a headline in The Day on March 26 last year.
Indeed, seaport spokesman Dan McFadden told Connecticut Public Radio at the time that saying goodbye, temporarily as it may be, was difficult. We cut everything we could before we had to turn to reducing our workforce, McFadden told the public radio network at the time. So when we are given the green light, we are going to work as fast as we can to reconstitute our staff.
VANCOUVER Apr 27, 2019
British actor Idris Elba has married model Sabrina Dhowre in Morocco. Images featured by British Vogue on Instagram showed the star of “Luther” sharing an embrace with Dhowre, a former Miss Vancouver. The magazine says the couple exchanged vows Friday at the Ksar Char Bagh hotel in Marrakesh. The bride wore custom gowns by Vera Wang. For the ceremony, she. Pennsylvania Apr 1, 2019
Pope Francis defended his decision to reject French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin’s resignation after he was convicted of covering up for a predator priest, saying Sunday the appeals process must run its course before a final decision is made. Francis also explained why he rejected proposals by U.S. bishops to respond to the sex abuse scandal there, saying they neglected the.
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Alabama
Montgomery: Vaccines for COVID-19 are now widely available, but some people remain hesitant to take the shots, State Health Officer Scott Harris said Friday. After months of struggling with getting an adequate supply into the state, Harris said health officials are now trying to battle some people’s reluctance to sign up for doses. While people can be reluctant to take the vaccine for a variety of reasons, one is the false belief that the vaccine is more dangerous than the coronavirus, he said. “If you can identify one single issue that is a problem, it’s that there are people who are just convinced that the vaccine is somehow more dangerous than the disease,” Harris told reporters. “That’s a false belief we have to try to combat as often as we can. It’s simply not true.” Nearly one-third of Alabama’s population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. However, that figure ranks the state third from last