BUTLER — Eastside High School senior Lauren Brown has been selected as a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Student of the Year candidate and will conduct a seven-week campaign, continuing until
Councillor’s partner reduces extension plan );
PLANS to extend a house in Henley have been scaled back following objections by neighbours.
Catherine Notaras has revised her planning application for more living space at her three-bedroom detached property in Elizabeth Road, which she shares with Henley town, district and county councillor Stefan Gawrysiak.
She still wants an annexe near the northern boundary, which would house a bedsit with a bathroom and kitchen-diner on the ground floor.
There would be a fourth bedroom with an en-suite bathroom on the first floor, along with another bathroom, plus new dormer windows in the loft.
Speaking up for change
Thank you for the article “To be Black, a woman, and a cop: A trifecta of American complexity” in the Nov. 16, 2020, Monitor Weekly. It affirms my view that we need Black women in leadership in every law enforcement department. In the article, police Lt. Melissa Morgan tells readers to raise their voices and be clear about what changes they expect in their communities.
I expect policing reforms to be enacted into law. I think national standards are needed to prohibit discriminatory profiling, to ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants, and to require data collection and de-escalation training.