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Business Buzz City moves forward with grant application During a special meeting May 19 the Newton City Commission passed a a resolution to apply for the 2021 Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program from the Department of Commerce. "It’s the third round of COVID-relief funds for small businesses," said Erin McDaniel, director of public information for the city of Newton. "The City is applying to the Kansas Dept. of Commerce for $150,000 that will then be given out to lo...

SBA Launches Webinar Series to Help Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs On May 21, 2021 The U.S. Small Business Administration and the non-profit Public Private Strategies Institute will launch a new regional webinar series, “Getting Back on Track: Help is Here,” to provide Main Street entrepreneurs with the information and resources they need to continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The educational webinars will feature speakers from The White House, ...

arrow Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Len Berk, David Zabar, and Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul on May 10, 2021 Manhattan Borough President Brewers office When the pandemic began, lox slicer Len Berk was furloughed from Zabars. At first, as Berk recounted in the Forward last year, he was fired because, with his supervisor saying, "I love you, but you’re over 90 years old and you’re in the group that is most susceptible to the virus and if you got it, if anything hap...

Looking Ahead to 2022 with ‘Realistic Optimism’ Stock valuations are driven by future expectations. That mindset proved beneficial to equity investors who were willing to look towards the future with optimistic expectations for a re-opened world and the resultant economic recovery. They have been rewarded with positive returns over the past twelve months, but now that we are in recovery mode, what comes next?  Our Three Tactical Rules* shape our view as we look out over the next ninety day...

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff kissed through their masks Wednesday - even though they are both vaccinated and CDC guidelines say those who have the shot can be together without masks.

The third annual Community Mental Health Awareness Shabbat, spearheaded by Congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem in Côte Saint-Luc, will take place May 6 to 9. It will be fully virtual,

When the COVID-19 pandemic finally ends and we look back at this very sad period in human history, there will be a few takeaways that will benefit us down the line. Platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams head the list. They have certainly made an enormous impact on my life, notably in my role hosting a video show for Suburban On Air and my role as a communications professional and a city councillor. I have met too many people to mention whose businesses have been decimated by the pandemic. Oth...

8 Signs That Things Are Getting Back to Normal Weve all been anxiously awaiting a return to "normal" after a year of shutdowns, quarantine, and our lives being turned upside down. The coronavirus pandemic has been brutal on us, and Im not really sure that we will ever go back to the way things were before. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and we are excited! Some subtle signs that things might be on their way back in our world are below and feel free to add your own thoughts in the ...

People attend Mass at St Marys Cathedral in Sydney May 15, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS/Dan Himbrechts, AAP Image via Reuters) Over the years, we have begun to discover some differences between Jesus and the church: Jesus has credibility. The reputation of the church, on the other hand, teeters. The papacy, the very cornerstone of the church, is a little-known history because so many of the early popes themselves were morally decrepit. The institution itself has w...

8 Signs That Things Are Getting Back to Normal Weve all been anxiously awaiting a return to "normal" after a year of shutdowns, quarantine, and our lives being turned upside down. The coronavirus pandemic has been brutal on us, and Im not really sure that we will ever go back to the way things were before. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and we are excited! Some subtle signs that things might be on their way back in our world are below and feel free to add your own thoughts in the ...