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Le second tour des élections régionales et départementales a lieu ce dimanche 27 juin. Quels sont les horaires des bureaux de vote, l'heure d'ouverture, l'heure de fermeture ? Qui sont les candidats en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté...

Current and coming: Iberian inspiration at the Chrysler Sammy Dalati Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark. Everyone’s familiar with French, Italian, and British influence on American art; perhaps less with the influence of Spain. An upcoming exhibition at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820– 1920—the first stateside exhibition to explore this subject—takes visitors on a spi...

Reflections: Wrapping up the Christmas holiday By Evelyn Long - Contributing Columnist I find it interesting to read how Christmas was celebrated in Cardington in past years — for instance, in 1899 there was a Soldiers Feast which “closed out the year.” Held in the G. A. R. Hall on Christmas Night the writer described those attending as “marching along the streets to the hall but with no guns on their shoulders nor knapsacks on their backs.” Instead they were carrying baskets of food ...

Chasing Shadows: Carrabelle becomes a town on Christmas Eve By Tamara Allen Special to the Times Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the founding of Carrabelle. In 1877, a real estate developer from Minnesota named Oliver Hudson Kelley set up a tent on the east side of the river where the Crooked and New Rivers joined and emptied into Apalachicola Sound. He moved in his wife and four daughters and declared himself the mayor. He began immediately to organize a community named...