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Dartmouth roundup: Women’s soccer hires assistant coach "> Modified: 7/14/2021 10:00:06 PM HANOVER — Dartmouth women’s soccer has hired Sarah Leiby as an assistant coach. Leiby graduated from the University of Vermont, where she played goalkeeper, in 2014. She spent two years as assistant coach at Montana State and two years as an assistant at Saint Leo University in Florida. In 2019, United Soccer Coaches named Leiby one of the country’s top 30 assistant coaches under 30 years old. “...

New park in Third Ward dedicated to George Floyd nearly one year after his death New park in Third Ward dedicated to George Floyd On the heels of the one year mark since George Floyd’s death, a new park memorial now sits on the corner of Alabama and Napoleon in the Third Ward. HOUSTON - This week, Houston is paying tribute to George Floyd who was murdered nearly one year ago.  On the heels of the one year mark since George Floyd’s death, a new park memorial now sits on the corner of Alaba...

Five years ago a swarm of European honeybees ( Apis mellifera) made a hive in an enclave of the trunk. Worried about what they may “do” to the tree, I approached a Brisbane beekeeper, Jack Stone of Bee One Third. Stone started his business in 2012 to highlight the important role bees play in our food system. The name is to “remind people bees contribute to one third of our global food supply through pollination”. When asked if he’d come to extract my new neighbours, his advice was une...

Tetractys New Music Players perform student compositions online. Unique among composition competitions, the Jack Stone Award for New Music is the only national music competition open solely to community college students. Last year, the coronavirus pandemic hit just before Northwest Vista College, the sponsoring college, could invite the winners to hear their pieces performed live before an audience. And with the pandemic continuing its march in 2021, Northwest Vista College hosted the 2020 and...

The Electroscope The first purpose-built theatre/cinema in High Wycombe was the Electroscope in Oxford Street, opposite Frogmoor. It was opened in 1912, and initially offered a varied programme of live artistes and silent films such as Charlie Chaplin’s ‘’It’s a Dogs Life’’. In 1938 it was converted into a cinema, The Rex, which many older residents of the town will remember. Plans for a New Theatre It was not then until after WW2 that a live theatre showing regular production...

Local roundup: Cards get Condon a first playoff victory Zahna Rice Modified: 3/5/2021 10:08:27 AM WEST CANAAN — Progress should be measured in milestones. It took seven seasons, but Stevens High girls basketball coach Ivy Condon claimed a big one on Thursday. Freshman Kiley Bundy scored 13 points and hit three key free throws in the fourth quarter as Stevens edged Mascoma, 41-35, in an NHIAA Division III preliminary-round tournament win at Kehoe Gymnasium. That gave Condon, the Cardinals’ s...

New evidence that opioid agonists such as methadone and buprenorphine could substantially reduce drug related deaths if more widely used in the community and prison, and for longer, has been published in

New evidence that opioid agonists such as methadone and buprenorphine could substantially reduce drug-related deaths if more widely used in the community and prison, and for longer, has been published in Lancet Psychiatry.

Local roundup: Stone, Raiders knock off D-I Keene Staff Reports Modified: 2/6/2021 8:33:36 AM LEBANON — Jack Stone had a team-high 15 points as the Lebanon High boys basketball team held on for a 52-41 victory over Keene on Friday night at Lang Metcalf Gym. Stone scored 10 points in the opening two quarters, and Lebanon received strong play off the bench Logan Sanchez and Cam Davio. The Raiders led, 32-14, at the half thanks to the fast start and looked ready to pull away from the visitors in...

The unmet HIV prevention and treatment needs of female sex workers and especially their male clients could contribute substantially to ongoing HIV transmission in South Africa, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Bristol, UK.