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Glacier Point Rd. in Yosemite Yosemite, CA — A popular seasonal road will reopen this Friday in Yosemite National Park. The gate to Glacier Point Road will open at 8am for travel. Visitors are urged to use caution if heading out on some of the trails in that area as many are still s...

The work of area volunteers and unsung heroes was honored Wednesday during the New Bern Sun Journal’s 52 Faces of Community Recognition Drive-Thru Celebration at Union Point Park. Now in its fourth year, the event spotlights those individuals featured in the paper’s weekly 52 Faces of Community feature, which focuses on those who have made a positive difference in the community.  Antoinette Boskey-Chadwick was also chosen as this year’s recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Servic...

The movie stars Boston actor Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan (“Ready Player One”) and Lily Rabe (“American Horror Story”). Dorchester native and UMass Amherst grad William Monahan wrote the screenplay. He also scripted Martin Scorsese’s crime drama “The Departed,” which was filmed in Boston and Quincy. The 2006 Oscar-winning movie starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. "The Tender Bar" is a reunion for Affleck and Clooney, who worked together as producers on “Arg...

Women’s work, ‘Curated Cocktails,’ Met Gala: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: The state has temporarily paused giving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine out of an “abundance of caution” while federal officials investigate reports of rare blood clots, the state health officer announced Tuesday. Dr. Scott Harris cautioned people to remember those were just six incidents out of 6.8 million doses of ...

Georgia colleges hold tuition flat for second straight year JEFF AMY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, University of Georgia students move about during a class change at Sanford Hall on the first day of the spring semester in Athens, Ga. Regents announced Tuesday, April 13, 2021, that they would not increase tuition and fees for the 2021-2022 school year. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP, File)Joshua L. Jones/APShow Mo...

AllOnGeorgia March 12, 2021 The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has announced the selection of the 2020-2021 Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program “Conserve Georgia” grants for conservation and outdoor recreation projects. Selected applicants will now be invited to the Second Level Application, marking the final level of the application process for their proposals. This cycle will commit $20.58 million in funding to support local parks and trails systems and state-owned lands. These G...

ByZack Haber Unhoused residents (left to right) Matt Long, Deanna Riley, and Edward Hanson stand behind a barricade at Union Point Park. Photo by Zack Haber on February 28 As the City of Oakland has stated intentions to relocate unhoused residents living in Union Point Park in East Oakland, some residents say they will refuse to move unless they can receive a new place to live where they can have independence and services for survival.  “We’re trying to figure out so...

The Patriot Ledger WEYMOUTH — No arrests have been made nearly two weeks after a shooting at the Mastlight apartment complex in Union Point that left one Cambridge man dead and at least two others injured. David Traub, a spokesman for Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrisseys office, said the Weymouth Police Department and Massachusetts State Police detectives continue to investigate the shooting. Traub said police have not released any new information publicly about the progress of...

PLYMOUTH – Kathryn Spiegel believes she’s at her best when she’s the busiest.  And for the last four years, the Plymouth South senior has been very busy in the classroom and on the athletic field as a two-year captain of the girls lacrosse and dance teams, president of the National Honor Society and secretary for the Student Council.  Somehow, Spiegel found the time to make it all fit in while remaining one of the top academics in Plymouth South’s Class of 2021. She’s no stranger to...

52 Faces of Community: Judy Dennis By Holly Desrosier Judy Dennis was graced with the gifts of compassion and patience and has selflessly shared that with those who often need it most. She took an interest in people with special needs several decades ago and has worked with them through schools, church ministries and volunteer work for most of her adult life. Judy grew up in Muncie, Indiana, and attended Ball State University. She went back and forth on becoming a home economics teacher or a nu...