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John Edward O Hara, 99.9 years old, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021 at his home in Narragansett, RI.
John was born March 20, 1921 in Reddish, Stockport, England, the son of John O’Hara and Clara “Worthington” O’Hara. The family immigrated to America when John was 2 years old, moving to Riverside, RI before settling in North Providence, Rhode Island. As a child, John lived through The Great Depression. During John’s teenage years, he became a graduate of La Salle Academy before joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (the CCC), Unit- S 51, Charlestown, RI @ Burlingame’s road building crew.
In 1942, John enlisted in the U.S. Navy immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack leading to WWII. John bravely served in the three major theatres of WWII: the European Theatre, the Pacific Theatre, and the Mediterranean- African & Middle East Theatre. It was during “Operation Torch”, the invasion of North Africa; that he served w
The first executive director of the Rhode Island Lottery, Peter J. O Connell, died at his home in North Scituate on Wednesday, just a few weeks shy of his 100th birthday, his family said.
O Connell became director of The Lot after a 25-year career with the Rhode Island State Police, where he retired as a major and also served as acting director. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall of Fame in 2014.
Tapped to head the lottery by then-Gov. Philip Noel in 1974, O Connell reluctantly accepted and held the post until retiring in 1993. The state agency s headquarters in Cranston is named for him.
Two Halton schools lost £50k when lettings firm collapsed HALTON schools lost more than £50,000 when a facilities lettings company collapsed last year, the LDRS can reveal. School Lettings Solutions (SLS), which arranged the rental of school facilities to sports teams and community groups, went into administration last year owing hundreds of schools a total of more than £4m in unpaid hiring fees. Ormiston Chadwick in Widnes lost more than £40,000 and The Heath in Runcorn more than £7,000. Seventeen schools in the Liverpool City Region were owed a total of £217,982, money that would have been spent on school trips, books and other important supplies.
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Pensby High School lost the most of any Merseyside school, with SLS owing the school £55,066 when it went into administration. Picture: Google Maps / Streetview MERSEYSIDE schools lost more than £200,000 when a facilities lettings company collapsed last year, the Local Democracy Reporting Service can reveal. School Lettings Solutions (SLS), which arranged the rental of school facilities to sports teams and community groups, went into administration last year owing hundreds of schools a total of more than £4m in unpaid hiring fees. Among those were 17 schools in the Liverpool City Region who were owed a total of £217,982, money that would have been spent on school trips, books and other important supplies.