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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago parents Willie and Brittany Preston have spent almost a year wrestling with online school schedules for their six children, often with everyone hovering over devices around the dining room table. On Thursday, they got some relief. Their youngest daughter, 4-year-old Lear, returned to class with thousands of others in pre-K and special education as the nation’s third-largest school district slowly reopened its doors...

'Disheartening.' What North Carolina's contact tracers say about the job as COVID-19 cases surge Adam Wagner, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) © Julia Wall/TNS Hallie Yamamoto, left, and Linda Winkler, right, both librarians, work out of Cary Regional Library on Thursday, June 18, 2020 to assist the Wake County Health Department in contacting tracing of COVID-19 exposures. RALEIGH, N.C. — When Margaret Campbell drives around Chapel Hill and sees groups of people huddled over restaurant tables or strolling to holiday parties, all she can think about is her day job. The ...

Grant will help build Lakeville farm’s mission of feeding the poor By John Laidler Globe Correspondent,Updated December 16, 2020, 2:04 p.m. Email to a Friend Dee Elliot, owner of Elliot Farm in Lakeville, with her son, Elliot Lough, on a tractor.Jim Lough A Lakeville farm that helps provide low-income families with access to fresh produce plans to expand its facilities as a result of new state funding. Elliot Farm was awarded a $500,000 grant through the state’s Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program, which supports efforts to ensure people throughout Massachusetts are able to o...

Vail Resorts’ Chief Executive Officer, Rob Katz, and his wife, Elana Amsterdam, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Elana’s Pantry, today announced more than $3.3 million in COVID-19 emergency relief and behavioral health grants. In nine communities where Vail Resorts operates, these separate donations will support local nonprofits’ ongoing efforts to (1) provide critical need services throughout the pandemic and (2) improve access to and affordability of mental and behavioral health services. “As mountain towns continue to contend with the impacts of COVID-19, there’s...

Vail Resorts’ Chief Executive Officer, Rob Katz, and his wife, Elana Amsterdam, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Elana’s Pantry, today announced more than $3.3 million in COVID-19 emergency relief and behavioral health grants. In nine communities where Vail Resorts operates, these separate donations will support local nonprofits’ ongoing efforts to (1) provide critical need services throughout the pandemic and (2) improve access to and affordability of mental and behavioral health services. “As mountain towns continue to contend with the impacts of COVID-19, there’s...