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In mid-August, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. David Hicks helped launch the Las Vegas-based Operation Sacred Promise, which helped some 1,000 refugees leave the country before Kabul fell to Taliban control. And the group’s mission does not stop once people are out of Afghanistan.

In a year of continued uncertainty, musicians held their colleagues, and listeners, close.

Walking through some Connecticut malls today can be a depressing experience: vacant storefronts, shuttered anchor stores, rundown exteriors and empty parking lots abound. The shift to e-commerce, accelerated and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has turned some of these once bustling centers of commerce into shadows of their former selves. But can these one-time seemingly invincible retail titans be brought back to life, even in the face of the growing popularity of Amazon and other online c...

Backed by an eclectic group of musicians, the latest work from violist/composer Jessica Pavone is centered on intuition and instinct.

Fingerlakes1.com Menu Have a tip for the newsroom, press release, local event listing or digital content to share? Send it here. Support our mission by visiting patreon.com/fl1 and becoming a monthly subscriber. The Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a 31-year-old Odessa man following a rape investigation. Deputies say Christopher Hoffman, 31, of Odessa was charged with second-degree rape and criminal sex act- both felonies after investigation. Hoffman is accused of having...

Penn State announces results of elections for alumni-, ag-selected trustees Updated May 07, 2021; Posted May 07, 2021 Old Main on the campus of Penn State University on Aug. 11, 2020. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com Facebook Share One incumbent trustee was defeated in what was one of the closest vote counts in recent years. The top vote-getter in this year’s election, run from April 10 through May 6, was former Penn State football star Brandon Short, who was first elected to the board i...

James Brandon Lewis, a Saxophonist Who Embodies and Transcends Tradition His new album, “Jesup Wagon,” is a tribute to another polymathic figure who insisted on cutting his own path: George Washington Carver. James Brandon Lewis read biographies of the scientist and inventor George Washington Carver before composing the seven tracks and two poems that appear on his new album, “Jesup Wagon.”Credit...Chase Hall for The New York Times May 5, 2021 When James Brandon Lewis plays the saxophon...

The production is being live-streamed only April 30, May 1 and May 2 at 7:30 p.m. Written By: Sheryl Jensen, For the News Tribune | 12:09 am, Apr. 30, 2021 × Socially distanced onstage and masked, the company in UMD’s ‘bare” had to find new ways to employ their craft, since only their eyes were visible, and they could neither touch or even get too close to their fellow actors. Kudos to Thomas Jacobsen, director and music director, and choreographer Matthew Wagner, for helping t...

Shawn Chabot has resigned as superintendent of Maine School Administrative District 75, effective June 30. Maine School Administrative District 75 Superintendent Shawn Chabot is resigning effective June 30, making him the third superintendent to leave the district since 2018. Chabot’s letter of resignation, dated April 20, did not give a reason for his resignation and attempts to reach Chabot for comment Monday were unsuccessful. “I want to thank all of the staff for their work and dedicat...