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HALSTEAD town centre is set for an overhaul after jointly securing more than £745,000 in funding.

Published: 1:46 PM February 22, 2021    Councillor Tom Cunningham, Braintree District Councils deputy leader and cabinet member for economic development and infrastructure - Credit: Braintree District Council Businesses impacted by Covid restrictions can apply for financial support through the Additional Restrictions grant scheme which is now open. Events sector businesses, market traders, taxi firms, businesses operating from home and companies in shared work spaces are among those who can ...

Long serving Clogherhead garda sergeant Ann Byrne has been praised for her outstanding service to the job and the community. Ann retired recently and local councillor Tom Cunningham was quick to recognise the immense role she had played in the area. She will be a great loss as she worked very closely with all the groups in the area, he said. Speaking at the Joint Policing meeting, Supt Andrew Watters echoed his words. She has been synonymous with policing in Clogherhead for years. Ann has given...

Braintree District Council has confirmed applications for the ‘Additional Restrictions’ grant scheme are now open. The grant is designed to cover the impact of Covid restrictions from December. The scheme seeks to help businesses who have been severely affected by the restrictions and unlike the other schemes includes businesses who do not have rateable premises. The scheme will award eligible businesses up to £9,900 in support based on their size and the extent of their fixed cost...

newsroom@reviewonline.com SALINEVILLE — Happy to be back in school, Southern Local administrators on Tuesday talked to the board about upcoming programs, activities and ways to work toward catching students back up after so much time in virtual classes. High school and junior high principal Jay Kiger said when the students returned it was obvious some had not been on a schedule of getting up early, but they were happy to be back at school. The high school is preparing for testing at this time...

WHILE these remain extremely difficult times for us all, Braintree District Council continues to do all it can to support residents during this…

WHILE these remain extremely difficult times for us all, Braintree District Council continues to do all it can to support residents during this…

Brian McMahon Joins Interpublic Corporate as a Senior Business Advisor Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (The) New York, New York, UNITED STATES New York, Jan. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --   Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) announced Brian McMahon, a 23-year IPG veteran and founding CEO of Orion, is joining IPG corporate as a senior business advisor. In this new position, Brian will work across the IPG portfolio to foster innovative thinking, with a focus on delivering...

Credit: Newsday via Getty Images This Is Our Dream: A Crowdsourced Poem To Inspire Hope Jan 28, 2021 Poetry can help us become more human. We saw it on display as 22-year-old inaugural poet Amanda Gorman read her stirring poem "The Hill We Climb" last week. It felt joyous and truthful, necessary and hopeful, and there was power in both her and her words. Gormans Inauguration Day poem no doubt helped inspire submissions to Morning Editions most recent poetry callout. Days be...

And the earth is cared for by all. Where nations boundaries blur reaching across to embrace in oneness. Where people are as free as the poets meter. And inclusion is real Where I can be black and woman, and be safe I dream a world where white folks see All non-white folks in the land of the free As true heirs to the founders liberty From oppression and powerful tyranny; I dream the world, king dreamed for me That the paved gold that America promises prospers Where the playing field is lev...