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Renew is a free, eight-week virtual wellness program designed to help people gain healthy behaviors.

The 44-year-old man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Those who knew Gordon well detailed the work he did to make Newport a better place to live.

  MOST people when they reach their eighties are thinking about slowing down. But not care worker Liz Thomson, who just celebrated her 80th birthday.  As Activities Coordinator at Balhousie Huntly care home in Aberdeenshire, Liz is busting plenty of myths surrounding older workers, and care staff.  She leads the events calendar in the Aberdeenshire residential home for dozens of residents, organising daily activities like afternoon teas, knitting clubs and gardening sessions.  And...

Transportation Alternatives’s bold plan to claw back a quarter of the city’s public space from the domain of automobiles is already making waves in the mayoral race, with five top progressive candidates backing the safety and quality-of-life initiative. Others reacted tepidly or not did not return responses. Called “NYC 25 by 25,” the plan asks mayoral candidates to commit to dedicating 25 percent of the space now designated for vehicles — including 19,000 miles of roads and three mil...

Tipp FM Text 083 311 3311 (L to R) Paudie Bourke (Paudie Bourke Photography), David Spain & Alan Spain (Spain AV), Robin Wallace. Those behind ‘Nenagh Live’ are now encouraging people to come up with ideas on how to recreate St Patrick’s Day festivities this year. The initiative, held in conjunction with Tipperary County Council, was a major success before Christmas in highlighting small businesses and local musical talent. The photographers and videographers involved are now ...

Even as Gov. Murphy’s new campaign seeks a fresh start, questions linger about his first and its leader, Brendan Gill.

Feb 4, 2021 In lieu of its traditional large-scale in-person Annual Meeting, the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation & Regional Affiliates recently held its Annual Meeting virtually Jan. 15 which featured a “State of the State” address from its Executive Director, Judy Sjostedt Ritchie. Sjostedt Ritchie noted that 2021 marked the 22nd Annual Meeting that she has had the privilege of conducting. The PACF’s grantmaking capacity has grown significantly over its history. In 1964, one yea...

The pre-Christmas promotion of businesses and local talent called ‘Nenagh Live’ has been praised as an “amazing success”. The daily videos which interviewed local business people, musicians and other well-known characters in the town, amassed a total of just over 572,000 online views in the weeks leading up to Christmas. The initiative was a collaboration […]

After Texas ban lifted, second-trimester abortions jumped, a new study shows Shannon Najmabadi, Texas Tribune © Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune After Gov. Greg Abbott’s order that postponed all non “immediately, medically necessary” surgeries expired in May, second-trimester abortions increased 61%. The number of Texas residents who went out of state to receive abortions leapt from 157 in February to 947 in April, after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered that all procedures...