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Thurso community project launches free online course to get growing By Alan Hendry Published: 13:45, 06 January 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper The community gardens at Ormlie. Community group Thurso Grows is launching a free online course to cultivate the skills of new food growers in the Highlands. The virtual Get into Growing Group will run for five sessions, starting next weekend and continuing into Fe...

Man charged with breaking into Cork brewery ordered to stay off intoxicants  The man was charged with trespassing to steal at Heineken brewery, Leitrim Street, Cork. A man charged with breaking into a brewery has been required to stay off intoxicants while out on bail. Detective Garda Brian Murphy arrested Roy Kelly and charged him with trespassing to steal on April 12 at Heineken brewery Leitrim Street, Cork. There was no objection to bail being granted to Kelly, formerly of St. John’s Squa...

Fran Brownell St. John News St. John Square was aglow last Sunday evening, December 13, with the brilliance of Christmas lights decorating vehicles of a variety of types and descriptions for the city’s first Lighted Christmas Parade, organized by St. John Police Sgt. Tori Perez. “We had 29 official entries, but people kept showing up and getting in line,” Perez said. “It was a lot of fun!” St. John Police Chief Allen Adams commended Officer Perez in a SJPD Facebook  post: “I want t...

The Bury shop will be the popular donut and coffee chains first in Greater Manchester. Based in St Johns Square, it has created around 25 jobs and is set to open on Tuesday, December 22 at 9am. It replaces a former Accessorize store and has now been fully kitted out and is ready to go, with staff undergoing final training tips. Dunkin, also known as Dunkin Donuts, has nearly 13,000 locations in dozens of countries. The UK has opened several branches in recent months as the multination...

€5 million for former Bord na Mona staff to insulate Laois houses Reporter: );  ); Laois council houses are to be given €5 million worth of energy upgrades installed by former Bord na Móna employees in the next three years. The state granted money has been allocated for Laois under the Just Transition fund. The fund is paying to retrain the semi state company’s Midlands workers to work in greener industries, as peat production is ending due to its environmental impact.  Another €300...

Information. so unless you have confidence in information, under the circumstances really hard to move forward and with as little and as sketchy as its been it would be really hard for that to happen. >> david soucie, john square since i have two of you here. well talk to you later on in our programming. thank you. all right. so this new search area allows planes to fly longer but does it also mean better weather? meteorologist alexandra steel compares the positions for us. what will it take...

this is according to the boston police department. there is some movement returning to the city that has been at a virtual standstill all morning which releases last night. and we will bring you updates as we get them. again. all over this story. right now we want to bring in peter brooks two works for the cia as a former deputy assistant secretary of defense. how critical is it that the 90 year-old brother of tamerlan tsarnaev be caught alive? >> well, is important. there is still som...

c-span.org/localcontent. >> next on booktv, justin martin recounts the life of frederick law olmsted. reports on his numerous designs which include the u.s. capitol ground, new york city at central park and emerald necklace and is work as an abolitionist. this is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> i ran prospect park for 30 years. i thought i read everything there was to know about frederick law olmstead until i read justin martins book. is a fun book to read and i was pleased to as...

>> i thought i had read everything about olmstead and to read his book. it is a fabulous and fun book to read and i was pleased justin asked me to ask him a few questions about olmstead. i learned so much in this book and i learned a lot about the history of that time period which is a fascinating time. before the civil war, was happening in this country and happened after words. i am not sure we could still produce this genius of place but justin martin has written two biographies. on...