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for young adults Beacons Inc. offers summer workshops for young adults ages 16 and older with mild/moderate developmental or intellectual disabilities from June 21 to July 29 on Zoom and at the nonprofit’s on-site location, 6150 Yarrow Drive. Topics range from self-advocacy to dance and motion. Private pay cost is $120 or if eligible, the San Diego Regional Center might pay for up to four workshops. Register at bit.ly/2Rclm1z. Visit beaconsnorthcounty.com. Flower Fields closes for the season ...

Urban Hikers inspire documentary about neighborhood walks Group hopes to push the Black community to explore the mental and physical benefits of walking for leisure Urban Hikers inspire documentary about neighborhood walks and last updated 2021-04-29 21:16:26-04 CINCINNATI — Since 2015, rain or shine, a group of men have met every Saturday in different neighborhoods for a walk. They call themselves the Urban Hikers, and they’ve been trekking their way through all the neighborhoods in ...

Weve come to expect celebrity endorsements during national elections — think George Clooney endorsing future President Barack Obama or C-listers backing President Donald Trump — but we dont expect Oscar-winning stars to throw their support behind a candidate running in a local school board race. Neither did Tonya Derrick, whos running for Terrell ISD School Board District 3, yet this week she got a star-sized endorsement from none other than Jamie Foxx. Derrick says Foxx is a childhood fr...

Three urban hikers embark on a 61-mile odyssey through Appalachian wilderness and document their journey in an upcoming film Why We Walk . The group

The deadline to file to run for public office occurred Friday and in Bangs there will be new mayor on May 1. After serving for a decade, Bangs Mayor Eric Bishop is not running for re-election and council member Rick Phelps is the only person to file to run for the office, therefore Phelps will succeed Bishop. “I am looking forward to this opportunity to serve my community in this capacity,” Phelps said. “I believe that by the grace of God, hard-working employees and amazing residents, we ...

Community rallies to support Westfield family after house fire Updated Feb 05, 2021; Facebook Share WESTFIELD — In less than 48 hours since the Masso family lost their Orange Street home in a fire, the community has come together to raise funds and organize clothing and meals for the extended family of 11. Miriam Masso, along with her husband, David Gonzalez, sister, Melissa Masso, parents Jose and Ketty Masso and children Mariela, 13, David, 11, Gabriella, 10, Victoria, 9, Noel, 7, and Nick...

Fire at Westfield home displaces 11 people, 11 birds and 2 lizards Updated Feb 04, 2021; A fire that broke out at a Westfield home early Thursday left just under a dozen residents and their pets displaced, among them more than 10 birds and lizards, authorities said. The blaze was reported at the two-family home at 56 Orange St. around 1:20 a.m. and was believed to have started in the attic, according to Westfield Deputy Fire Chief Eric Bishop. “With a report of smoke in the area, the deputy ...

Rachel Schattman and Kate Yerxa of the University of Maine. The awards will support at least 22 UVM faculty and students from 5 colleges/schools and 8 departments. Over 40 local, national, and international collaborators from at least 8 partner institutions will participate, including the University of California-Davis, the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), the Winooski School District, Bioversity International, and Bahir Dar University. Catalyst Awards are the Gund Insti...

During a recent meeting of the Bangs City Council, new council member Rick Phelps asked that hours at the city service center be extended to assist those who can not utilize the facility during the current hours of operation. Mayor Eric Bishop released the following information Tuesday evening: The dumpsters located at the city service center at 1003 North Third Street are available to residential, commercial and industrial customers who receive solid waste sanitation service from the City of B...

This  This year’s holiday show at Fourth Street Fine Art is aptly named: “Home Is Where the Art Is.” The collection features works as eclectic as the artists who make up the cooperatively owned studio. Celena Peet’s mixed-media fiber art hangs beside new oil paintings by Prabin Badhia and Valerie Sobel’s abstract acrylic paintings. This holiday season, people are making their spaces more inviting and functional. Fourth Street Fine Art in Berkeley’s “SoU” District is one of many...