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July 7, 2021
Progress Center for Black Women moves to downtown Madison July 6, 2021 4:35 PM Site staff MADISON, Wis. — Sabrina Madison is moving her Progress Center for Black Women from Fitchburg to the Capitol Square. The non-profit announced in May it would be leaving the space it has called home since its launch in 2018, but decided to keep the new location under wraps until after the movers finished unloading the boxes last month. Madison says the new space will make her organ...
June 5, 2021
Cook County officials inaugurated an accessible canoe and kayak launch Saturday at Busse Woods as part of a Forest Preserves of Cook County initiative to provide more accessible amenities and services for people with disabilities.
May 20, 2021
Read Article OXFORD — Every year The Progress Center (TPC) is proud to celebrate each employee’s anniversary! However, this year marks a special anniversary for TPC’s longest consecutive employee. May 11 marked the 22nd anniversary here at TPC for Liz Blaquiere, the Kitchen Program Manager. Since starting with TPC in 1999, Liz has created a long list of accomplishments and helped grow the TPC Community Kitchen to what it is today. From the beginning Liz has held a continued spirit of ...
May 18, 2021
Briefs Chamber of Commerce awarded funds to support tourism Kennebec Valley Tourism Council (KVTC) has awarded sponsorship support funds in the amount of $1,662.50 to Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for the Taste of Waterville to assist in the growth of tourism in Maine’s Kennebec Valley and produce a positive economic impact on the region. Mid-Maine Chamber was one of 12 sponsorship recipients awarded as part of the 2021 KVTC marketing partnership program. In total, the 2021 KVTC sponsorship s...
April 15, 2021
Read Article The Alan Day Community Garden will launch the 2021 growing season on Earth Day with a garden blessing and work party on April 24. Emily Delamater NORWAY — Now that the snow has melted and the ice is out Lake Pennessewassee, the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy, the Alan Day Community Garden, and Spoke Folks are ready to greet spring, along with other community partners. CEBE and The Gem Movie Theater in Bethel have partnered to present Emmy-winning producer, Joe Gantz’s f...
April 10, 2021
The disability suit alleges that the lack of APSs at more than 99% of Chicago’s signalized intersections subjects people who are blind, have low vision or are deaf-blind to added risks and burdens not faced by sighted pedestrians, including fear of injury or death. Kim Liddell, who is visually impaired and has a seeing-eye dog, said shes always cautious and careful when crossing intersections, especially in the city. "Sometimes I let the signal, the light change two to three times, just to ...
March 13, 2021
Downtown Poughkeepsie New York Times columnist Ezra Klein recently wrote in a February 11 article: “In much of San Francisco, you can’t walk 20 feet without seeing a multicolored sign declaring that Black lives matter, kindness is everything and no human being is illegal. Those signs sit in yards zoned for single families, in communities that organize against efforts to add the new homes that would bring those values closer to reality.” ...