Stanley George Hickok, who drove beautification efforts in Schenectady, dies at 90
Stanley George Hickok, who drove beautification efforts in Schenectady, dies at 90
Funeral will be held Tuesday for man considered towering figure in efforts to add thousands of trees to the city s landscape
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Stanley Hickok, who died Feb. 1, 2021, plants a tree Tribute Park on Eastern Avenue in Schenectady.Photo provided
SCHENECTADY The next time you go to the city s Central Park, look carefully for the straight lines of trees.
That s the work of Stanley George Hickok, who died Feb. 1 due to complications from COVID-19 at age 90.
Hickok had many roles: Veteran. Father. Researcher. Linguist. Global traveler.
A former Catford Lib Dem council candidate is now an organiser for a “secretive far-right racist group” living locally in a whites-only base, according to reports. Nicholas Hill, 50, a computer engineer who unsuccessfully contested the Catford South ward in 2006, is currently regional organiser for Patriotic Alternative, founded by British neo-Nazi and anti-semitic conspiracy theorist Mark Collett, Vice reports. An investigation by anti-fascist research group Red Flare revealed a number of “White Lives Matter” banners pictured on beauty spots around the country were printed by Hill. He reportedly lives in a self-sufficient white’s only “ethno village” in Catford and grows food and makes wine under the label “Ethno Villages”.
TEN years ago, this week, the family of a man who killed a customer outside their North-East pub saw its opening hours dramatically reduced. Durham Police were monitoring the Beehive, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, before Maurice Rowell, 27, killed Stephen Wilson, 48, early on August 10, 2009. A police application to revoke the licence at Durham County Council’s Spennymoor offices failed - but did result in several changes. As well as closing three hours earlier at weekends, the licensing committee decided that a licence holder must be present at all times after hearing Rowell’s sister, Rachel Rowell, the designated premises supervisor, had left when Mr Wilson was hurt.
Grantham Covid support group postpones reopening but support remains
A Covid support group have postponed their reopening due to Covid-19 guidelines.
Grantham and Rural Areas Community Effort (GRACE) hoped to open their doors again next week, but due to the county moving into Tier 4, they will now reopen on Tuesday, January 19, at St John the Evangelist Church, on Station Road, Grantham.
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Founder Jayne Robb wants to reassure the public that support is still available.
She said: If you need us in anyway- household items, clothing, food bank vouchers, any support whatsoever please contact us via our Facebook site and we will respond. We are still here for you. We just need to keep everyone safe and it gives us the chance to deep clean the church. We will review accordingly.
A KEEN walker and trained mountain leader is planning a series of winter walks in aid of a local charity. Susan Uttley is inviting anyone who would like to join a small group of people on a socially-distanced, six-mile circular walk around Oxenhope and Haworth. She is also happy to lead a group of friends or a family on the walk, which will take in the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and scenery made famous in the film The Railway Children. Susan, who lives in Clayton, is hosting the walk on six dates over the Christmas and New Year period, in aid of Down Syndrome Bradford, a charity close to her heart.