Brian Gordon and Paul Woolverton
USA TODAY NETWORK
Bridget Hurley, a fourth-grade student in Asheville, knows what she wants.
“I would like to go back to school,” she said. Her district, Buncombe County Schools, hasn’t had any in-person classes since Christmas, and Bridget misses her classmates.
“She learns better at school,” her mother, Cherylin Hurley, added. “They need to be in school. Safety has to be the first thing, but if grocery stores can open and other things can open, why not schools?”
At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper agreed.
“We’ve learned much more about this virus, and now it’s time to get our children back into the classroom,” he said.
Pennsylvania politics between 1776 and 1787 was divided roughly two-to-one between those who favored a strong central government, called Federalists, and those who preferred confederation, known as the Anti-federalists. This breakdown, however, was not manifested in either the election or the voting of the eight-member delegation to the Constitutional Convention which had been held in Philadelphia.
All eight resided in Philadelphia. The single-house Pennsylvania legislature was in lame-duck session when Federalists literally forced those opposed to ratification to attend so as to constitute a quorum which allowed the legislature to choose mostly pro-Constitution delegates to the ratification convention.
The Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention met on November 20 and lasted until 12 December 1787. The division between those advocating the document and those opposed has frequently, if simplistically, stated as urban mercantile and trading proponents and agrarian opponents.
Dec 31, 2020
City officials have been discussing forming partnerships with downtown lot owners to develop additional parking along and near Main Street. Michael Lindsay
The Crossville City Council wants more information on some of the downtown parking options studied by the cityâs engineering department.
âThe staff needs some directions on which options you want us to pursue,â City Manager Greg Wood asked the council during its Dec. 1 work session.
There were 10 options presented to the council at its Nov. 19 retreat, adding up to 254 parking spaces in the downtown area, with construction costs for all 10 options estimated at upwards of $280,000. There would be additional costs to purchase or lease the property.
Backlog in Maine courts grows as virus surge delays some trials and hearings
The disruption is adding to a mounting backlog of criminal cases with a return to normal operations at least months away.
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Some Maine courts have pushed off jury trials and canceled in-person hearings as COVID-19 cases in Maine continue to surge.
The disruption is adding to a mounting backlog of criminal cases with a return to normal operations at least months away.
Courts shut down for all but emergency business in March, then moved most hearings to telephone and video platforms.
Over the summer, federal and state courts brought grand juries back, started to schedule some hearings and resumed walk-in arraignments. Augusta and Bangor even hosted jury trials this fall, and other courts had hoped to do so this month or next.
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BRUNSWICK Police arrested a Brunswick man Sunday night after he he allegedly ran away from officers during a traffic stop.
Police stopped a vehicle near the New Meadows Motel on Bath Road shortly after 7 p.m. because a headlight was out, according to Brunswick Police Cmdr. Paul Hansen. The officer learned the passenger, 35-year-old Michael Blasingame, had two warrants out for his arrest.
Hansen said when the officer informed Blasingame of the warrants, Blasingame jumped out of the car and ran. After a short foot chase, the officer found Blasingame hiding near a cabin at New Meadow Motel. He was arrested and taken to Cumberland County Jail in Portland.