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Published April 28. 2021 4:20PM  Thanks to all who subscribe to The Day and care to voice opinions. The City of Groton is in very good shape, and for that we owe a debt of gratitude to the leaders governing. We all share in reduced property taxes, while given greater amenities in quality of living standards. The city is certainly a special gem, with all its gifted residents, and all of us living and working together. If you have not already, please read Mayor Keith Hedricks resume at mayorkeit...

DESTIN EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT April 24 Pam Griffin, The Destin Log © [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO] Community events, entertainment Please send your events, meetings, etc., to pgriffin@thedestinlog.com at least 2 weeks in advance.  Destin City Hall All city meetings are being held at the City Hall Annex, 4100 Indian Bayou Trail, until further notice. All meetings are subject to change or cancellation. To virtually view the meeting, https://www.cityofdestin.com/. To view/stream is www...

Senior transport planners and climate experts have urged transport secretary Grant Shapps and London Mayor Sadiq Khan to put an immediate stop to work on the Silvertown Tunnel to re-evaluate the scheme’s environmental impact. In a letter to Shapps and Khan, the group of 52 academics and campaigners have called for an “emergency review” to be carried out to determine if the East London project is in line with the UK’s climate change objectives. (See below for full list of signatories.) T...

Thu 22 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT In the US, they call it “hustle culture”: the idea that the ideal person for the modern age is one who is always on, always at work, always grafting. Your work is your life, and when you are not doing your hustle, you have a side-hustle. Like all the world’s worst ideas, it started in Silicon Valley, although it is a business-sector thing, rather than a California thing. Since the earliest days of tech, the notion of “playbour”, work so enjoyable that it is i...

BikeRadar Rides | Scaling the Alps in the shadow of Mont Blanc BikeRadar Rides | Scaling the Alps in the shadow of Mont Blanc The highest mountain in the Alps lurks menacingly on a testing day out in the Haute-Savoie Words: Matt Ray Advertisement The words pop into my head spontaneously: “Thar she blows!”. The piercingly white upper slopes of Mont Blanc suddenly hove into view on the horizon, as I ride a gentle decline down through green, alpine meadows towards the v...

Australian UC SaaS provider Access4 has inked a deal with Cisco to combine its hosted BroadWorks calling solutions with Webex messaging and meeting capabilities. Dubbed Collaborate with Cisco Webex, the solution called SASBOSS can be used by managed service providers (MSPs) to deliver collaboration tools and cloud technology through a single management portal. “We are excited to partner with Access4 to provide the latest Cisco Webex functionality,” Cisco cloud collaboration regional boss Ro...

CDC Illinois could become the second state in the nation to fully decriminalize transmission of HIV.  A measure is under consideration at the statehouse.  Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) sponsored the proposal that was approved in a bipartisan vote last week. Ammons called the 1989 criminalization of HIV “a vestige of a forgotten period when little was known about HIV. Forty years have passed since the virus was identified." “This bill will repeal the provisions that criminalize HIV tran...

Special to the Northwest Florida Daily News/USA TODAY NETWORK MIRAMAR BEACH — Listen up! Emerald Coast Theatre Co. (ECTC) will put a song in your heart when singer/songwriter Tim Jackson takes the stage in The Listening Lounge. New this season, The Listening Lounge is part of ECTC’s Professional Theatre Second Stage series that showcases live local musicians. Jackson is the final artist in the series and will perform a one-night only show on Tuesday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. The Listening Lou...

David W. Fais, who served for 26 years on the Franklin County Common Pleas bench before an age-limit for judges forced his retirement in 2015, died Saturday morning. Fais, 78, recently had been released from a Columbus hospital, where he was treated for breathing problems, said Ron Janes, a close friend who graduated from Ohio Northern Universitys law school with the former judge. "Its a shock," said Janes, who praised Fais for his compassion as a judge. "He made everyone feel comfortable in ...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT April 17 10th annual Music in Pictures The 10th Annual Music in Pictures student art exhibition is on display through April at Amavida Coffee and Tea, Rosemary Beach; Coastal Branch Library, Santa Rosa Beach; Freeport Public Library, Freeport; and Ascension/Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, Miramar Beach. ECTC’s Mary Poppins Jr. “Disney’s Mary Poppins Jr.” will be staged, April 17 at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and April 18 at 2 and 4:30...