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Reply December 22, 2020 South Washington County Schools (SoWashCo) is planning to bring our youngest students back to school for regular in-person learning in January. In-person learning is not the same as the hybrid learning model that alternated students between A and B days. In-person learning is where all students learn at school daily (five days a week) with social distancing in place as much as possible. The state guidelines allow the return of no more than three grade levels at one tim...

UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 7:31 am ET Replies(3) A cat is lost in a Riverhead shopping center and the search is on to find her. (Courtesy Carolyn Lowry.) RIVERHEAD, NY — A cat who was just a heartbeat away from finding a forever home got lost Tuesday outside Petco in Riverhead. Carolyn Lowry, of Shirley, had been planning to adopt the stray she found while bird-watching in Calverton. Lowry said shed been feeding three cats in the woods but found herself growing attached to one in particular,...

UpdatedTue, Dec 22, 2020 at 8:38 pm CT Reply Tuscaloosa City Hall (Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Days ahead of Christmas, Tuscaloosa County topped a couple of dreaded records over the previous week, recording more deaths and new coronavirus cases in a single week than any other point in the pandemic. While officials say the situation for DCH Health System remains manageable, worries persist when looking at what the coming weeks may bring as the Christmas and New Years h...

Reply Officers determined power tools had been used to cut the catalytic converter off a vehicle. (Shutterstock / ArtOlympic) SAN BRUNO, CA — A police chase that started in the Peninsula ended in the East Bay where police made one arrest early Monday morning in connection with a catalytic converter theft, but other suspects got away and remain at large, San Bruno police said. Officers were called to the 500 block of Cherry Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. after a resident noticed a vehicle double...

UpdatedThu, Dec 24, 2020 at 7:38 am CT Reply A sign from the beginning of the pandemic cautioning the public of what would become known as the coronavirus or COVID-19 (Getty Images) Editors note: This story had been updated from its original version to include a respond from the U.S. Department of Education. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The U.S. Department of Education alleges the University of Alabama failed to disclose ties with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China after a reference on the facil...

Reply The DUSD Community Interview Committee will include 15 people. (Shutterstock) DUBLIN, CA — The Dublin Unified School District Board of Trustees hopes to have a new superintendent selected by May 11, ready to work for the coming school year. The board has begun its search process and plans to work with the community to identify the next superintendent. Daniel Moirao is currently serving as the acting superintendent after former Superintendent Dave Marken abruptly resigned during a board ...

UpdatedTue, Dec 22, 2020 at 9:06 pm ET Reply Severe weather could affect your holiday plans in Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia. A stormy Thursday is in the forecast, will it mean snow for Christmas? (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON, DC — Severe weather is expected to hit the District of Columbia and northern Virginia later this week, with a stormy Thursday in the forecast, but what are the odds for snow on Christmas? Right now the weather forecast favors a wet and windy Christmas Eve and Day...

Reply(1) (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont announced a new $35 million grant program for Connecticut businesses on top of the new federal money anticipated through a second round of coronavirus relief. Connecticuts program will use federal CARES Act money to give grants between $10,000 and $30,000 for small and mid-size businesses that suffered due to the pandemic — there will be a focus on the hardest hit businesses including restaurants, food service, retail, lodging, entertain...

UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 3:00 pm ET Replies(69) Capacity limits will be lowered to 25 percent for all Massachusetts businesses for two weeks. (Shutterstock) BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday announced new capacity restrictions on businesses ahead of an expected surge in coronavirus cases over the holidays. Starting Saturday, capacity limits will be lowered to 25 percent for all businesses for two weeks. Indoor gathering limits are also lowered to 10 people and outdoor limits are lowe...

Replies(2) CVS Health is set to start its vaccinations at Virginia long-term care facilities on Dec. 28. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) VIRGINIA — CVS Health, a partner chosen to vaccinate long-term care facility residents, plans to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines in 874 Virginia facilities on Dec. 28. CVS Pharmacy was selected by many nursing homes and assisted living facilities nationwide to be their vaccine provider. It is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions program o...