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1of17Graduates stand for the National Anthem as Colonie Central High School holds graduation for seniors on their football field on Friday, June 26, 2020 in Colonie, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of17Troy High School graduates line up to receive their diplomas at the first of two graduation ceremonies on the school s football field on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Troy, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Whiting home uninhabitable after Friday morning fire
A duplex style home in the Whiting section of Manchester Township is uninhabitable following a Friday morning fire on Willow Court.
Manchester Police said they arrived on scene around 9:04 am and saw flames coming from the roof of the residence.
They able to confirm right away that nobody was home at the time but officers did start evacuating neighboring homes.
Police were soon joined on scene by firefighters from the Manchester, Ridgeway, and Whiting Volunteer fire departments along with fire crews from the Lakehurst, Joint Base, Forked River and Bayville fire departments who extinguished the fire.
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Thunder Bay, Ontario (Newsfile Corp. - January 15, 2021) -
White Metal Resources Corp. (TSXV: WHM) ( White Metal or the Company ) is pleased to announce that its partner Noronex Ltd. (ASX: NRX) ( Noronex ) has commenced an airborne electromagnetic ( EM ) geophysical survey over the DorWit Copper-Silver Project (the Property or the Project ), located about 150 km east of Windhoek, Namibia. The EM survey is the first ever state-of-the-art airborne survey to be undertaken within the Project area. The use of the significantly improved modern technology and geophysical interpretation is intended to generate new exploration targets to expand on the 150,000 m of historical reverse circulation and diamond drilling that has already identified numerous sedimentary hosted Cu-Ag deposits.
SAP Appoints Julia White, Scott Russell To Executive Board
WALLDORF (dpa-AFX) - German software major SAP SE (SAP) said Friday that its Supervisory Board has appointed Julia White and Scott Russell to the Executive Board.
White will take a new Executive Board role as chief marketing and solutions officer, while Russell will head SAP s Customer Success organization.
Russell will succeed Adaire Fox-Martin, who has informed the Supervisory Board that she will depart the company at the end of this month.
White joins SAP after nearly 20 years at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), where she led product marketing for Microsoft Azure over the past five years. Previously, she was responsible for product marketing for Microsoft Office 365 during the transition to the cloud.