Colin Everett News Today

So, here we are, in what is arguably the most active month on the Irish/Celtic music calendar – especially here in Greater Boston/Eastern Massachusetts. A sampling of what’s coming up follows.– SEAN SMITH We’ll start with the Burren’s Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series, which will present Dàimh on March 6. Based in the Isle of Skye and West Lochaber, the quintet – former winner of

MATTAPOISETT — At a Tuesday night meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board, all the usual p

CONCERNS have been raised about a “loophole” that would allow second home owners to stand for election to the Senedd.

Its time to fill up the calendar with music events happening this summer on the SouthCoast.

MATTAPOISETT — For a few hours on Sunday, Jan.

Don’t miss out on the 66th Newport parade, the New Bedford Half Marathon, or a slew of Irish-themed events happening the week of March 12th.

Colin Everett recounts the anarcho-syndicalist origins of the Brazilian labour movement, and its eventual supersession by authoritarian, state-linked unions.

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ICE-SKATERS have been left to travel across England to train for important competitions as they are keen to ‘keep their dreams alive’. Skaters who would usually attend the Deeside ice-skating rink have been training elsewhere in Widnes, Telford, Sheffield or Nottingham to allow them to be ready to compete at the British Celebration of ice dance. This has added great difficulty to competitors as they have made ‘great sacrifices’ to ‘keep their dreams alive’ without their home i...

THE mass vaccination centre based in Deeside is under review as the Covid vaccination programme continues across Wales.