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The 2021 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival won't be the biggest. And it probably won't be the best. Considering the festival's storied 38-year run, that's a...
Free beach access gets everyone going at the Jersey Shore. The worst of the worst? People were urinating on our sand dunes. Hopefully by now, you know how I feel about nonsense like this. So as a result, new parking rules were put into place and officials started to seriously consider charging visitors for beach badges. Well....now that scary thought is a reality. Middletown Township has just announced that you will need a beach badge to use Ideal Beach from Memorial Day through Labor Day....so the typical Summer season. According to APP.com, here is what the town considers Ideal Beach:
The U.K. government pushes to expand abortion in the province despite local opposition Pro-life campaigners at the Parliament buildings on the Stormont Estate in Belfast Getty Images/Photo by Paul Faith/AFP Before March 2020, the number of abortions in conservative Northern Ireland in a given year consistently stayed in the double digits. Women could get legal abortions only if the pregnancy put their lives at risk or posed serious threat to their physical health. But the U.K. Parliament in October 2019 voted to force Northern Ireland to legalize the procedure....
Credit Gavel Alaska Soldotna’s Kristie Babcock was confirmed to the Alaska Judicial Council today in a tight vote by the Alaska Legislature. Babcock, who runs a State Farm Insurance agency in Kenai, was among a slew of appointees confirmed Tuesday from Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy. She’s married to Tuckerman Babcock, the former chair of the Alaska Republican Party and Dunleavy’s former chief of staff. While many other appointees sailed through, Babcock was nearly rejected. "In large measure, my objection really comes back to the constitution," said Anchorage Rep. Matt Claman, one of 2...
View Comments Lafayette Parish had a historic March in terms of retail sales, shattering the previous record for sales in a single month by more than $28 million, according to data from the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. Lafayette Parish had nearly $700 million in taxable retail sales in March, an increase of 31.5%, or $167.2 million, from February. Before March 2021, the parish's record for sales in a month was about $670 million in December 2014. “It’s clear from these numbers as operating restrictions are eased and businesses re-open or expand their services, shoppers are re...