Page 67 - Pl67 News Today

Holy Loch is not just a footnote from history This month is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the US nuclear submarine base at Holy Loch on the Clyde. The event was not without controversy. While it brought prosperity to the Dunoon area it was also the focus of protest until it was closed and the submarines sailed away. The base was established as a NATO operation to maintain a ‘nuclear deterrent’ to the Warsaw Pact. It complemented the nearby Royal Naval nuclear base and both at...

Optimism drives start of food truck season KIMBERLY DUPPS TRUESDELL | For The Journal Gazette For food trucks such as King Arthurs Trolley and Ziffles, St. Patricks Day normally would mark the start of the food truck season. While most St. Patricks Day parties are on hold this year, the trolley has been taken out of storage and is ready for its first event of the year, CaSandra Arthur says. “I really think its going to be a great year,” Arthur says. Although outdoor dining was seen as a s...

5:40 p.m. One Merck & Co.s facility located in Durham is at the receiving end of a $105.4 million federal government investment to aid in the production of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. "Our Durham, N.C. facility is part of Mercks global manufacturing network. This site is preparing to produce bulk drug substance for the J&J vaccine," a spokesperson for the company said in a statement to ABC11. JUST IN: Durham’s Merck Vaccine Plant will aid in production of the Johnson & Johnson CO...

Former world champion Wilhelm Steinitz was born in Prague, achieved fame in the 1860s as the “Austrian Morphy” in Vienna, spent some time in England and lived the last 17 years of his life in New York. His successor, Emanuel Lasker, was born in what is now Poland, earned the title as a German, left Nazi Germany for the Soviet Union in the mid-1930s, and wound up, like Steinitz, living out his final years in the Big Apple. David Janowski, a contemporary of both men, was born in 1868 in what ...

W&C acts for Mid Europa on Sage acquisition financing White & Case has advised London-headquartered private equity company Mid Europa Partners on securing financing for its acquisition of Sage Poland from The Sage Group. The acquisition agreement, which was first entered into in December last year, officially closed on 1 March 2021. Mid Europa Partners called on White & Case to help it secure a syndicated loan to finance the acquisition, which was granted to it by a consortium of lenders includ...

Message After several years of growth across all real estate segments, 2020 was anticipated to maintain this trend. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic put an end to these aspirations. However, despite an economic crisis and restrictive measures imposed by governments, the real estate market in Europe is still considered to be the most attractive property investment region in the world. Before Covid-19 hit the continent, industry experts were targeting returns between 5% and 10% for their prop...

Poland is expected to announce new rules this week demanding a negative coronavirus test result to enter the country, Poland's Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Monday.

Community Bulletin Board: the Suburban (for March 10)   A COVID-19 testing site has been set up in the front parking lot of the Sayreville Police Department, 1000 Main St., Sayreville. It will be running daily, with no out of pocket cost.     Share a passion for knitting and crocheting and pick up a few new tips from fellow crafters at 6:30 p.m. March 11 and every second Thursday of the month. Have supplies and a current craft project ready. For more information, call Aziza at 732-727-0212. ...

BATAVIA — The number of active COVID-19 cases continued its decline Tuesday across the GLOW region.

film profile] thus takes as its starting point a specific fact (the first wave of deportation of the Jews from the Grand Duchy) but, while the film possesses certain characteristics of the historical reportage, it isn’t really one. Rather, the film aims to show a process of intergenerational reflection that can be very educational, too. The viewer witnesses the development of the political and historical awareness of the impact of the Shoah in three young people who have lived through trauma...