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Premium Content Subscriber only Community groups across the Hinkler electorate will be supported by a new Coalition Government program to lower energy costs and support local jobs. Hinkler MP Keith Pitt said the Powering Communities Program will fund up to 12 projects worth a total of $67,700 in the electorate. "Grants of between $5,000 and $12,000 will be available to eligible community organisations, with no co-contribution required," he said. "The grant will assist groups to lower their ...

President Biden’s Immigration Executive Actions: A Recap President Biden signs executive orders on immigration on Feb. 2, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) In his first weeks in office, President Biden issued several executive actions focused on reevaluating and unwinding the panoply of protectionist immigration policies former President Trump set in place through executive branch action. Some actions, like the Task Force on the Reunif...

4:55 In his virtual state of the city address Monday night, North Adams, Massachusetts Mayor Tom Bernard covered the COVID-19 pandemic, infrastructure concerns and the Black Lives Matter movement. Bernard’s address comes in the final year of his second two-year term at the helm of Berkshire County’s second city. “As I reflect on the year just past, and on the years ahead for North Adams, I am filled with immense gratitude for the countless people in our city, who have demonstrated the pow...

Bishop Robert Deeley elected chairman of National Catholic Risk Retention Group Illinois-based insurance provider National Catholic Risk Retention Group Inc. has announced that Bishop Robert Deeley has been elected chairman of the board. Since July 2019, Deeley, bishop of the Diocese of Portland, has served as the company’s episcopal moderator and as a member of the board. Deeley succeeds Father Jay Haskin of the Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, who has been chairman since 2006. Haskin will b...

Suicide Prevention in Communities Program co-ordinator Merilyn Keene said the concept started in the UK. "Police decided to do something about elderly people and loneliness, so it was a police initiative that was adopted enthusiastically by a town and it went from there," she said. "We were talking at the beginning of last year about projects and the one they decided on was a chat seat and a mens event. "We started with a small group and we used a trial to fine tune what we were going to do...

Feb 13, 2021 Ohio Southeast Economic Development, in partnership with Bricker and Eckler LLP, announced five communities in southeast Ohio were selected to participate in the Prepared Communities Program: The village of Greenfield in Highland County, the village of Chauncey in Athens County, the village of New Concord in Muskingum County, Jefferson County and Noble County. Facilitated by OhioSE and Bricker and Eckler LLP, the Prepared Communities Program recognizes the unique challenges faced w...

A handwritten note addressed to Sophia Lambert lies at the intersection where she was fatally injured by a skidding car. (Haleigh Donahue/WUFT News) Home/Law and public safety/Gainesville Community Calls For “Not One More” With Programs To Address Spike In Pedestrian Safety Issues Gainesville Community Calls For “Not One More” With Programs To Address Spike In Pedestrian Safety Issues By Haleigh Donahue February 9, 2021 Gainesville residents are once again concerned about pedestrian s...

Advertisement 1st Gear: It’s Just A Giant Dashcam For Spying On Drivers In an unlisted video on Vimeo embedded below, Amazon claimed it’s “setting its drivers up for success” with what appears to be a combination of a four-way dashcam and OnStar. It watches drivers and starts an alert if it detects what it considers distracted driving or any other unsafe behavior, as The Verge reports from news broken by The Information: An unlisted, week-old video hosted on the website Vimeo details th...

Amazon To Expand From Stealing From Drivers To Spying On Them, Too Jalopnik 2/4/2021 © Screenshot: Amazon DSP Resources Amazon’s working conditions are notoriously horrible, but the company thinks its drivers are the problem. All that and more in The Morning Shift for February 4, 2021. 1st Gear: It’s Just A Giant Dashcam For Spying On Drivers In an unlisted video on Vimeo embedded below, Amazon claimed it’s “setting its drivers up for success” with what appears to be a combination...

Please, reenter the code in the captcha! The link was successfully Sent! Ooops!:( An error has occurred!   Greenfield Village Council seat open after Branham resigns Greenfield Council members are pictured during the Feb. 2 regular meeting. Shown are (l-r) Kyle Barr, Eric Borsini, Phil Clyburn and Brenda Losey. The Greenfield Village Council has an open seat following the resignation of Mark Branham, who began serving on the council ...