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Written by Cara Mocarski Spring is here and now is the time to start making new business connections. Area business professionals are invited to visit the Westport Business Networking International (BNI) Chapter. This dynamic group of business professionals is seeking new members in specific business categories.   Currently, weekly BNI meetings are held on Zoom but will resume to a hybrid or in-person format sometime this summer or fall.  Classifications that are open include:  interi...

Committee denies permit for St. John Cantius demolition St. John Cantius Church. The OConnell Development Group has applied for a permit to demolish the building on Hawley Street and Phillips Place. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 4/6/2021 9:51:16 PM NORTHAMPTON — After a lengthy hearing Tuesday evening, the city’s Central Business Architecture Committee voted to deny a local developer’s permit application to demolish St. John Cantius Church. The hearing was held to assess the application...

ORMOND BEACH — Just before 9:30 a.m. on a windy Good Friday, 60-year-old Angela Petriello pushed a supermarket cart across the street from the Jerry Doliner Food Bank and shoved several boxes of donated groceries into the backseat of her car.  She had enough to feed herself and her two granddaughters for more than a week, but one special treat she had scored at the food bank brought her to tears. She had found a chocolate birthday cake for her granddaughter Gracie, who turned 10 on ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Central Queensland teenager’s quick thinking saved the life of his friend who suffered a drug overdose at Nebo. Samuel Caleb Christensen, 19, and CJ Warren Single, 18, fronted Moranbah Magistrates Court on March 11 for three drug-related offences. Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said police and paramedics were called to a Water Street address at Nebo on October 2, 2020, in response to a reported drug overdose. Christensen called triple-0 after Sin...

Last Updated: Human Activities Turn Amazon Rainforest Into Net Climate Change Contributor; Imperil It According to the study, both natural & human-caused factors have contributed to an imbalance in the absorption of carbon by the rainforest & emissions of gases. A group of climate scientists and the National Geographic Society teamed up for the first time to analyze the influence of the Amazon rainforest on global climate and Earth’s rising temperatures. The Amazon rainforest is most lik...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Mackay-based tradesman lost his licence while he was in Moranbah for work after being caught drink driving. Deon Wesley Ryan, 39, pleaded guilty at Moranbah Magistrates Court on March 11 to driving while over the middle alcohol limit but not over the high alcohol limit. Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said Ryan was intercepted by police about 9.30pm on January 28, after being seen driving out of the Black Nugget Hotel car park. He took part in a random-...

Premium Content A mature-aged Moranbah man was caught drink driving after enjoying a bottle of wine. William Browning Cullen pleaded guilty at Moranbah Magistrates Court on March 11 to driving over the general alcohol limit but not over the middle alcohol limit. Cullen was intercepted by police for a roadside breath test at 7.10am on February 22 on Moranbah Access Road and told police he had enjoyed a bottle of wine with dinner the night before, the court heard. Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul...

NY Federation of College Republicans call for SUNY Chancellor’s resignation Harry Karpen / Photography Intern The New York Federation of College Republicans is calling for SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras’ resignation amid allegations of attempting to hide and alter data about the COVID-19 pandemic in New York. The move follows discovery of Malatras potential connection to Gov. Cuomos nursing home deaths scandal March 11, 2021 College Republicans from across the state are calling up...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Central Queensland mother-of-four broke down in tears as she faced court for the first time over a drink driving offence. Krystal Ann Wilson, 37, who represented herself, pleaded guilty at Clermont Magistrates Court on March 10 to driving under the influence of liquor. Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said Wilson, who had no traffic history, was stopped for a roadside breath test on Tropic Street, Clermont, at 6pm on February 14. He said she returned a ...

What you need to know about voting in the San Antonio city, school election in May 2021 San Antonio Mayor, 10 City Council seats, police collective bargaining rights proposition, proposed charter change on ballot Published:  Updated:  Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio municipal election is slated for May 1, the first Saturday in May. On the ballot will be a rematch between two mayoral candidates, all 10 city council seats, a proposition aimed at repealing the police department’s colle...