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But, some Penn State students are straying away from fast fashion and moving into sustainable fashion. Sustainable fashion is clothing that holds a longer life span, with quality that can last multiple years rather than multiple wears. It’s also more eco-friendly overall. A huge part of sustainable fashion, as student Emily Margolis pointed out, is knowing and understanding where your clothes are coming from. “To me, fashion sustainability means — just at the bare minimum — ...

Unemployment claims in Maryland have increased greatly since the start of the pandemic, and more than half filed since January were found to be fraudulent. The Maryland Department of Labor has flagged 65% of all unemployment claims since January 2021 alone for fraud, and of that percentage, 87% were actually fraudulent. "We did not have the luxury of planning and preparing for a global pandemic that resulted in an 800% increase in our claim volume essentially overnight," Maryland Secretary of L...

Stafford supervisors voted 4–3 on Tuesday to downzone nearly 90,000 acres of agricultural land in the county from one home per 3 acres to one home per 6 acres. Downzoning has been on the supervisors’ radar for years and four months ago, Supervisor Gary Snellings hinted at a compromise. “I think we can work something out that will be satisfactory to everyone without providing 10-acre lots,” said Snellings. Supervisors Tinesha Allen, Tom Coen and Cindy Shelton each voted again...

Friday, 5 March 2021, 9:15 am New fixed wireless 4G Broadband plan offers 60GB of data and home phone line for $40 per month Economical home connectivity packages of internet nuggets are now available on Vodafone’s fast and reliable mobile network, including a 4G Broadband home wireless connection with 60GB of data and a phone line for just $40 a month - dropping to $30 a month for customers with an eligible Vodafone Pay Monthly Mobile Plan. The newly launched Vodafone Gold Plan is availabl...

Harvey Reis Harvey Reis was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 7th 1936 to Nat and Rose (née Bilker) Reis. He attended Walnut Hills High School and graduated in 1953. Harvey then went to the University of Cincinnati and studied business. Harvey was very close to his parents and grandparents. His grandparents started Bilkers in 1908. Harvey grew up working at Bilkers and later ran the store in Roselawn. His children recall that he worked all the time. “We have memories of him going bac...

ALBION — Noble County 4-H Junior Leaders will have its annual flower sale fundraiser now through April 19. Customers may order flowers in several ways. Order forms are available for pickup during business hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Noble County Extension Office. Forms can be mailed back to the Extension Office, 2090 N. State Road 9, Suite D., Albion, IN 46701. Flower orders may be called into the Extension office at 260-636-2111 or 1-800-601-5826. Any orders rece...

The Wyoming Legislature passed amendments Tuesday morning that could save Teton County schools from deep cuts. House Bill 61 deals with the quinquennial recalibration of the school funding model, and it originally proposed cutting $100 million from schools around the state for the next fiscal year. However the House Education Committee narrowly passed an amendment that would increase the sales tax by 1% when the rainy day fund dips below $650 million, eventually raising around $164 million each...

Initial unemployment-insurance benefit claims in North Carolina continued to trend lower last week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.

SALEM — It could soon get a lot harder to access public records from the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range. State Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, has introduced a bill that would exempt the city of Pendleton from disclosing records produced by the test range if making them public “would cause a competitive disadvantage to the test range or its users.” The exemption covers a broad range of records, “including but not limited to pricing, intellectual property and customer r...