The sudden death has occurred of Dylan Doherty, 17, Breen Park, Victoria Bridge, Strabane.
Requiem Mass can be viewed live from St. Theresa’s Church, Sion Mills on Thursday, 4th February, at 2 p.m. via the Parish Webcam at http://www.parishofsionmills.com/media.html
Interment afterwards in the adjoining Churchyard.
Due to Government Restrictions, the House, Mass and Interment are strictly private to the immediate family only please.
Family flowers only please, donations in lieu if desired to Hoist Away, Culdaff c/o any family member.
Staff Report
Giana Acosta was selected as the fifth grade Student of the Year, and Audrey Lanoux was selected as the eighth grade Student of the Year at St. Theresa Middle School.
Acosta has maintained a 4.0 GPA, is part of the St. Theresa Middle cheer squad, a member of Junior Catholic Daughters of America No. 1955, and has participated in 4H. She is involved in many service and volunteer projects in the school and community such as recycling, baking cookies for the local fire department, and donating to the less fortunate.
Through Wiggles & Wags, she has had an opportunity to contribute her own money and blankets for the animals. She has been honored on her school s principal s list, as well as received the highest Scholastic Awards each semester at St. Theresa Middle. Acosta was selected for an interview to compete at the Diocesan level. On Jan. 13, Giana was named the 5th Grade Student of the Year for the Diocese of Baton Rouge and will move on to compete at the regional leve
Gertrude Hardisty
WOODBURY – Gertrude Hardisty, of Woodbury, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was the widow of Chester C. Hardisty.
Gert was born in Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 15, 1929, daughter of the late Henry and Katherine (Conley) Cassidy. She was a graduate of Staatsburg High School in Staatsburg, N.Y. She grew up in a tight-knit family whose lives were deeply affected by the depression, the tragic deaths of their father and two spouses just as brothers were called overseas to serve in World War II, leaving mother and daughters to share financial and child rearing chores. Luckily, Gert liked to work and she was a quick study. As one of the 30-some employees at The Old Hundred, a wonderful ice-cream making plant started by neighbor Sam Green, she met Chet Hardisty, whom she married in 1953. They made their home in Woodbury and Gert started working at The Curtis House, alongside her husband and mother-in-law who owned the historic inn. She would work
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Diana Pacheco (left) discusses her DACA renewal paperwork with immigration specialist-in-training Karla Campalans, through Immigration Services Little Rock at St. John Center Jan. 8.
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Diana Pacheco (left) discusses her DACA renewal paperwork with immigration specialist-in-training Karla Campalans, through Immigration Services Little Rock at St. John Center Jan. 8.
DACA restrictions lifted
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Young undocumented immigrants again have the chance to live and work in the United States without fear of deportation under the protection of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after restrictions were lifted Dec. 4.
Federal judge Nicholas G. Garaufis, of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, ruled the government must allow eligible immigrants to apply for DACA, invalidating a memorandum from summer 2020 that allowed DACA renewals to be processed but barred any new applicants, according to a Dec. 4 report in
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For those who want to dine out or order takeout this holiday season, a few restaurants across the Valley Isle are offering Christmas meals.
⢠Hula Grill Kaanapali is offering holiday cooking and takeout options, with pre-orders available until the end of today. Individual or family-style takeout meals can be picked up from 2 to 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Christmas Day.
The holiday menu includes kiawe-roasted ham, green bean casserole and candied Molokai sweet potatoes, as well as a family-style honey-baked ham and kiawe chicken dinner with fixings. There’s also a hula pie that serves between eight to 16 people.