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UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:46 pm CT Reply Huntsville Ballet will perform "Bridge the Ballet" later this month. (Huntsville Ballet) HUNTSVILLE, AL — The Huntsville Ballet made the difficult decision in 2020 to cancel their season due to the coronavirus pandemic, which meant skipping the companys annual performance of "The Nutcracker." In just a matter of days, however, Hunstville Ballet makes a triumphant return to the stage with "Bridge to Ballet." "Bridge the Ballet" is a fundraiser to ens...

UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 1:46 pm CT Reply Region 9 in the governors Restore Illinois reopening plan, made up of Lake and McHenry counties, Wednesday returned to Phase 4 coronavirus mitigation measures. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) LAKE FOREST, IL — For the first time since October, Lake Forest and the rest of Lake County Wednesday returned to Phase 4 of Gov. J.B. Pritzkers Restore Illinois reopening plan. The shift in state-mandated coronavirus mitigation measures means bars and restaurants c...

Reply Parents in Babylon tell Patch they are frustrated with a lack of a plan for students to return to full-time school. (Google maps) BABYLON, NY— Parents of junior high school students in Babylon are frustrated with what some say is the lack of a district plan to return to full-time in-person learning. In January, 112 parents of seventh and eighth-grade Babylon Junior High School students signed a letter to the superintendent and board of education asking for more transparency, and a plan ...

UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:14 pm ET Replies(3) SPRING VALLEY, NY — A Rockland County resident who had been saved Jan. 18 from illegal deportation to Haiti, where he has never been, was unexpectedly deported there overnight Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Freshman Rep. Mondaire Jones, who had intervened last month to prevent Rockland County resident Paul Pierrilus from being deported to Haiti, where his parents were born but where he is not a citizen, said he learned a...

UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 3:10 pm ET Reply New New York State community-based pop-up vaccination sites are coming online this week in the Hudson Valley. (Nick Garber/Patch) SPRING VALLEY, NY — One of New York States community-based pop-up vaccination sites is coming online this week at the MLK Center in Spring Valley. The sites, at churches, community centers, public housing complexes and cultural centers, are expected to vaccinate over 25,000 people throughout the week, with more sites comi...

UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:30 pm ET Reply(1) The North Carolina DMV decision affects about 2,500 license plates printed with the Confederate flag emblem. (Courtesy North Carolina Department of Transportation) NORTH CAROLINA — The Confederate flag will no longer be printed on specialty license plates in North Carolina, the states Department of Motor Vehicles announced. The Confederate flag tags, which were issued to members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, were discontinued as of Jan. 1,...

Reply The Sudbury CVS and 17 others in Massachusetts will divide 21,600 COVID-19 vaccine doses. (Renee Schiavone/Patch) SUDBURY, MA — Eighteen CVS stores across Massachusetts, including one in Sudbury, will receive shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine as state officials seek to improve a so far difficult inoculation rollout. CVS said Wednesday that the 18 stores will share about 21,600 doses. The stores getting a share are located in Boston, Braintree, Cambridge, Chelsea, Holyoke, Hudson, Medf...

UpdatedTue, Feb 2, 2021 at 3:10 pm CT Replies(2) Mantanona owns Flowers by Cammy. (Cammy Mantanona) Mantanona has been in business in Waukesha for 14 years. (Cammy Mantanona) The coronavirus pandemic hit florists particularly hard. (Cammy Mantanona) WAUKESHA, WI—Cammy Mantanona, owner of Flowers by Cammy at 2120 E. Moreland Blvd., encourages residents to patronize local florists this Valentines Day. Mantanona has owned her own floral and gift store in Waukesha for 14 years and noticed a decr...

UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:37 pm ET Replies(6) A life guard station on Lake Erie is shown frozen solid after a polar vortex brought arctic temperatures to the United States. (Shutterstock / arthurgphotography) ACROSS AMERICA — Break out the woolen mittens and the long underwear, Americans — Mother Nature is about to bring the full wrath of winter down on most of the United States. Consider this your warning — the polar vortex is coming. And with it, so are bitter and below-freezing temp...

February 3, 2021 Its still early in the new year, but the surprising political events of the first month, from President Trumps second impeachment to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obradors coronavirus infection, set a baseline for these predictions for 2021 from both sides of the border Subscribe Dont cry for Liz Cheney. The stalwart Republican who stood up to Trump on mask mandates, and voted to impeach him, is now beating back calls to resign her post as the no. 3 in House GOP leade...