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Soo Locks Candy Shop: Coming May The Sault News SAULT STE. MARIE — Numerous communities in Michigan, including the Sault, have been awarded half a million dollars in grants aimed at supporting small local businesses to create resiliency and strengthen downtowns. The Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Development Authority is slated to receive $25,000 from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for a new business coming to the downtown area: Soo Locks Candy Shop at 351 Portage Ave., which will b...

Another cop has killed another Black man in the United States. Daunte Wright’s death is the latest awful reminder for people around the world that traditionally unquestioned police power needs modern interrogation. In Halifax, it’s been two years since a landmark report proved what Black Haligonians had been saying for decades: Police in Halifax do not treat Black and white Nova Scotians the same—they stop Black Haligonians at a rate far higher than their proportion o...

The final design for the Washington Street Park, known as “Hot Corner Mural Park,” was approved by commissioners on Tuesday. The site for this park is on the corner of Washington and Lumpkin streets, and in its current form, is a parking lot approximately the size of a basketball court. When the project is complete, it will be a green celebration of the Hot Corner, the historically black business district in downtown Athens. Facing the park will be the Costa Building, home to the Hot Corn...

The Fight for the Soul of Portland: Moving forward amid social, economic crisis KATU Staff Replay Video UP NEXT The global coronavirus pandemic jolted the world, and also exposed the underbelly of a city on the verge of a social and economic crisis.  It wasnt long ago that the Rose Citys star was rising, but now were in the middle of the fight for the soul of Portland.  A year ago, in March 2020, the pandemic forced us all to stay home and shelter in place. Streets emptied an...

In a Tuesday evening Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission regular session, Jessica Reynolds presented the commission with news that the city of Athens is now the newest 2021 Georgia Exceptional Main Street community. Reynolds is the director for the Office of Downtown Development at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, which manages the Georgia Main Street Program. Downtown Athens will receive a gateway sign that will read “Welcome to Downtown Athens, A Georgia Exceptional Mai...

"Coins For A Cause" money donated to the Center for Mental Health JOAN REDEEN and last updated 2021-04-05 21:17:09-04 GREAT FALLS — On Monday morning, the Downtown Safety Alliance distributed the money raised from their seventh year of collections for the "Coins For A Cause" program. The Downtown Safety Alliance is comprised of the Great Falls Business Improvement District, NeighborWorks Great Falls, the Great Falls Police Department, the Downtown Great Falls Association, Neighborhood Cou...

Sunday, April 4, 2021 - 5:05 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG – Despite some debate over ensuring the need for adequate public review and assurances it would not replace the Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan, Ogdensburg City Council agreed to accept a draft Community Development Plan. Deputy Mayor John Rishe with some help from fellow councilors drafted a 30-page plan. Despite frequent disagreements between factions of the city council, the plan pa...

1 TABLE NOTES The totals for the health zones (Northern, Eastern, Western, Central) may be different than the totals youd get by adding up the numbers in the Community Health Networks that make up each zone, because the province doesnt track all cases at the community network level. The zone totals reflect every case in the area; the community network numbers only show cases that can be localized to a region inside the bigger area. The names of the community networks here have been ad...

Jack R. Jordan/The Moultrie Observer Moultrie opens Downtown Welcome Center By Jack R. Jordan | jack.jordan@gaflnews.com Mar 31, 2021 6 hrs ago From left are staff members of Downtown Moultrie: Heather Crosby, Amy Johnson and Caroline Barber. Jack R. Jordan/The Moultrie Observer MOULTRIE, Ga. — The Downtown Welcome Center on the Colquitt County Courthouse Square opened Tuesday. In the former Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Mou...

Map of COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia as of March 31, 2021. Legend here. THE COAST 2 new cases March 31 as the humans win the month  Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 numbers as of Wednesday. With a new case in the Halifax community health network and another in the Lunenburg network (check our table below), the province is announcing two infections today. "Both cases are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada," says Wednesdays daily update. "The people are self-isolating, as req...