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Hundreds of people visit the building every day but few know about the ruins that lie beneath Norwich Magistrates Court.

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For the second year in a row, Manhattan voters this week turned down a high school operations levy request, forcing the district to move to its contingency plan to fund programs for the next academic year. Superintendent Brian Ayers said Wednesday he is disappointed the levy failed, but stressed, “I don’t view a failed levy as the community not supporting schools.” Instead, he said it’s clear the district failed to effectively communicate its need for the funding, and he vow...

Wedding dress dash sale by central Ohio nonprofit allows brides to shop by the armload Allison Ward, The Columbus Dispatch © Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch After a 30-minute dash to sort through some of more than 8,500 dresses, Madison Osborne, 14, right, watches as her mother, Elizabeth Beckwith, 37, of Grove City, hugs her new wedding dress Friday as she checks out with program coordinator Lacey Wicksall, left, during a dress sale for Wish Upon a Wedding. Choosing a wedding ...

African-American barber snips Covid fictions 196 carefully guides his trimmer as he fights misconceptions about Covid-19 among his African-American customers, who face an outsize risk from the virus but are less likely to get vaccinated. Kerdell Porter is a 60-year-old mailman who said he has shared his doubts about the vaccine with his barber, including the claim that the shots are a ploy to kill Black people. “I don’t trust it. The first person I know who got it, she fainted,” said Akee...

Attack on 2A Researcher, Dr. John Lott, Rebuffed by Defenders Ammoland Inc. Posted on Dr. John Lott. researcher and author, is now working as an adviser to the Justice Department’s Office of Justice program. (Dave Workman photo) U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- When a California gun control advocate went on the warpath in The Hill criticizing the hiring of author and firearms researcher John Lott as an advisor to the Justice Department’s Office of Justice program, the reaction was swift in d...

Gun-control activists need to stop demonizing John Lott Michael R. Weisser, opinion contributor © Istock gun and ammo The recent reaction of Griffin Dix to the appointment of John Lott as an adviser to the DOJ Office of Justice Program reflects the continued inability of the gun-control advocacy community to address the fundamental issues that prevent us from making an effective response to the problem of gun violence. Lotts book "More Guns, Less Crime" has become a flashpoin...

portz was a close friend toition police commissioner fred bealefeld. they played hockey together. >> hes almost a 10-year veteran of the department. december 21st will make 10 years. hes assigned to western district patrol. >> this has been a tragic day for the entire city. and a very rough few days, particularly for the police department. >> reporter: port z is the third baltimore officer to lose his life in receipt weeks. officer ballard lost his life over the weekend. and detective ...