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Date Time World celebrations for Wetlands Residents of Hobsons Bay are invited to join us in celebrating World Wetlands Day 2021 at Truganina Explosives Reserve on Saturday 6 February, to shine light on the vital role our wetlands play for our people and biome. Included in the free festivities at this COVIDSafe event are: a talk from Deakin Uni’s Blue Carbon Lab; guided walks around Hobsons Bay’s wetlands; a sausage sizzle; a guitar performance by Ted Smith; storytime with local author, Cla...

Brock Township mayor loses battle with cancer Posted on January 27, 2021 by oshawaexpress in NEWS, REGION (Photo courtesy Township of Brock) The Brock Township community and the Region of Durham are in mourning after the passing of Brock Mayor Debbie Bath-Hadden following a long battle with cancer. Bath-Hadden passed away early in the morning on Jan. 24 at home with her husband and family by her side. In a recent statement, Brock Deputy Mayor Ted Smith said Bath-Hadden was a “decisive ...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Square Advisors, a boutique technology-focused investment bank, today announced the release of its 2021 Outlook Report: . Union Square Advisors forecasts that 2021 will be a strong and successful year for technology deal making, given the sectors proven resiliency and adaptability through the economic and social disruptions of 2020. The firm is optimistic that stable interest rates, bipartisa...

Firm But Fair – Agency Succeeds Across Three Generations ACA recently talked with Kirstin DeMaio from Paramount Collection Service about the company’s story and operations as a small agency in western Michigan. 1/19/2021 7:00 AM  News By Betsy Clarke As a newcomer to the accounts receivable management (ARM) industry, I imagined collection agencies typically keep a low profile. I was intrigued during a recent trip when I spotted the Paramount Collection Service office with its well-lit marq...

Not something you find in the book: Pilot details emergency landing at Bradley FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. in a file photo from October 2, 2019.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of11 A twin-engined Piper Aerostar that made an emergency landing on its belly at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. on New Year’s Eve, 2020. No injuries were reported after the plane landed around 1:35 p.m., an air...

A joint project testing wastewater at Mayfield’s treatment facility could highlight future COVID-19 spikes in the community before symptoms can even develop in local residents. The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and University of Louisville Co-Immunity Project have partnered with the Graves County Health Department, Mayfield Electric and Water Systems, and Murray State University to provide an early warning system to help health officials prepare for potential coronavirus outbreaks in t...

Mayfield Ky. wastewater testing project helps pin point community COVID-19 outbreaks Dr. Bikram Subedi extracts the virus from wastewater in his chemistry lab at Murray State University. (Source: Co-immunity Project) By Ashley Smith | December 30, 2020 at 2:14 PM CST - Updated December 30 at 2:14 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KFVS) - A Mayfield wastewater testing project is helping pinpoint community outbreaks of COVID-19 before residents experience symptoms. The project could allow for more targe...

By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter Durham, N.C. — The first shipments of Modernas coronavirus vaccine arrived in North Carolina on Monday, with much of the states allotment reserved for residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. North Carolina nursing homes have seen more than 500 coronavirus outbreaks since the pandemic started, and about half of the states 6,200 virus-related deaths have been in long-term care facilities. State officials said they expe...

Updated December 18, 2020 8:25 p.m. EST By Leslie Moreno, WRAL multimedia journalist Raleigh, N.C. — The emergency use authorization the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted to Modernas coronavirus vaccine on Friday means that staff and residents of nursing homes in North Carolina could start being vaccinated by Dec. 28. "It’s a great time of anticipation. We are really looking forward to this opportunity," said Ted Smith, chief executive of Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Raleigh...

Updated December 11, 2020 6:16 p.m. EST By Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter Raleigh, N.C. — More than 27,000 people in North Carolina have caught COVID-19 while living in nursing homes and residential care facilities. That’s only about 7 percent of the 423,000 cases statewide, but the 2,780 deaths linked to nursing homes make up nearly 50 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the state. Facilities are preparing now to give their precious population the vaccine — maybe even by Dec. 28. Thats the ...