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UpdatedFri, Mar 5, 2021 at 10:21 am ET Replies(4) The discovery of one of five missing panels in famed American modernist Jacob Lawrence’s painting depicting Shays’ Rebellion — located on an apartment wall in New York City’s Upper West Side — led to the discovery of yet another missing panel. (Photo courtesy of the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society, New York; via Peabody Essex Museum) ACROSS AMERICA — A good treasure hunt is what we need. But like everything else in this past year of the pandemic — a) it's been a year? b) it's only be...

UpdatedFri, Feb 12, 2021 at 9:23 am ET Replies(7) Montclair, New Jersey, brewers Leo and Denise Ford Sawadogo pay homage to their African and Caribbean ancestors every year during Black History Month with special releases that celebrate their cultures. (Photo courtesy of Montclair Brewery) ACROSS AMERICA — With every pull on the tap in his Montclair Brewery taproom during February — Black History Month — Leo Sawadogo toasts his ancestors with special releases that feature ingredients with cultural significance. "Brewing runs deep in my West African culture, and it means so much to me th...

UpdatedThu, Feb 4, 2021 at 8:32 am CT Replies(2) Hinsdale Finance Director Darrell Langlois is leaving the village after 11 years to become the assistant controller at Joliet Junior College, officials said. (Google Maps) HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale's finance director is leaving his job after 11 years and becoming the assistant controller at Joliet Junior College, officials announced Tuesday. Officials said Darrell Langlois' departure was technically a retirement, meaning he can start collecting his government pension. At the Village Board meeting, Village President Tom Cauley credited Langloi...

UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:58 pm ET Replies(16) Connecticut will roll out driver's license renewal to more drivers soon. (Patch graphic) CONNECTICUT — The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles is rolling out online driver's license renewal for Connecticut residents in a major step to make trips to the DMV less frequent. The DMV launched a pilot program in November for online driver license renewal. So far 100,000 people have been eligible to renew online and around 20 percent have done so, Commissioner Sibongile Magubane said. The proportion of people renewing online is expected to inc...

Gertrude B. Shapiro (nee Berkman), a long-time resident of Stamford, CT, who was born in Oconto, Wisconsin, passed away in her sleep on Saturday, January 30th just 12 days after the death of her husband of 74 years, Marvin L. Shapiro. She is survived by her 3 children, Susan, Barbara and Jonathan ("Jody") (fiancé Annette), as well as two granddaughters, Jennifer (Michael) and Casie (Josh) and four great grandchildren, Madison, Everly, Scout and Ellis, all of whom she loved very much. She is also survived by a sister, Jane Feld of Syracuse, NY. Subscribe Mrs. Shapiro was the second youngest o...