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Alma The proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus package is being hyped as being for those people that are out of work. Unfortunately, this package has monies that are not being well publicized. According to the Washington Post, here are a few: • $350 billion for state and local governments. Must we pay for sanctuary city mismanagement? • $90 billion for various transit and infrastructure projects. This includes a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi in California at $100 million, $100 million for Silicon V...

The House Budget Committee has approved legislation advancing President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, setting a path for intense

The House Budget Committee has approved legislation advancing President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, setting a path for intense

Neighborhood House Association works with local organizations and corporate partners to provide social services to the community. As a kid, Rudolph A. Johnson, III never imagined being the President and CEO of the Neighborhood House Association (NHA), but looking back on his career path to where he is today, he said it all makes sense. As a child, he participated in the Neighborhood House Association’s Head Start Program that supports early childhood education. Now, he leads ...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Liberty Head Start construction begins Photo by Lawrence Dorsey: Chairman Donald Lovette addresses the gathering at the groundbreaking ceremony. While the City of Hinesville was celebrating the groundbreaking of their Small Business Incubator in downtown Hinesville, on the opposite end of the County another ...

District focuses on increasing kindergarten readiness By MEGHAN BRADBURY - | Jan 27, 2021 An important part of the Lee County School District’s EnVision 2030 strategic plan — increase kindergarten readiness as only 41 percent are prepared for kindergarten– was addressed during a recent school board meeting The first goal of objective 2 is to increase the percentage of pre-k students identified as prepared for kindergarten to at least 50 percent by June 30, 2021. Board members asked how ...

Childcare waiting lists in Northern BC extended by lack of Early Childhood Educators SHARE ON: Child Drawing (Photo by Pixabay) Canadian childcare services continue to battle the short supply of Early Childhood Educators (ECE) in the country, and Northern BC is no exception. Some parents of young children in Prince George are even facing a two-year waitlist for daycare service. “It’s really stressful to find enough people to cover the work especially during COVID when somebody is getting t...

Obituary: Ruby Holland Walden Oct. 20, 1921-Dec. 22, 2020 December 29, 2020 Ruby Holland Walden, 99, passed on December 22, 2020. She was born on October 20, 1921 in Nansemond County (now Suffolk) to the late Axium Holland and Pearl Langston Holland. She was the sixth of seven children, all who predeceased her: Gladys, Stanley, Thelma, Doris, Roswell, and Reginald. Ruby was a lifelong resident of Suffolk, VA. In 1946, Ruby married her high school sweetheart, the late Frank LeGrant Walden, and...

By Pauline Benetti Archuleta Food Coalition Here we are entering the holiday season with all of its expectations and, at the same time, so many in our community are facing unfortunate circumstances, making the COVID-relief work of the Food Systems/Food Equity Coalition all the more necessary and urgent. The coalition in collaboration with other community organizations is responding on several different fronts. The coalition’s use of the Participatory Budgeting Process — a process involving ...

Fri, 12/11/2020 - 9:27am -- tim Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has announced over $2.9 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) awards to 10 communities in seven different counties and $243,853 in CDBG CARES Act funding (CDBG-CV) awards to eight communities throughout the state. DHCD awards approximately $7 million annually in competitive grants to Vermont cities and towns. The grants are funded through the...