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Striking coal miners rally, reach out for solidarity By Susan Lamont May 24, 2021 United Mine Workers of America Striking coal miners and supporters join together at weekly rally May 5 in McCalla, Alabama. MCCALLA, Ala. — A third weekly solidarity rally for 1,100 United Mine Workers of America union members on strike at Warrior Met Coal in nearby Brookwood drew several hundred miners, family members, union retirees and other supporters to Tannehill State Park here May 5. The strike has entered its second month.  UMWA coal miners who wor...

Fred Albert Newport Life Eileen Pollina’s winsome watercolors have earned a loyal following over the last few years, adorning everything from artworks to greeting cards. Now the artist has opened her own shop at 452 Thames St. Eileen on Thames carries her entire line of gifts and stationery, as well as other nautical-inspired items.  The website ohanga.com debuted last fall, offering affordable works by Rhode Island–based artists and artisans. The site proved so popular a bricks-and-mortar incarnation has now opened in the Brick Market Place at 225 Goddard Row. Ohanga Newport sells fin...

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Some parents and boosters in the Chestnut Ridge School District are asking school officials to consider upgrading the district’s athletic facilities. A group representing the Chestnut Ridge Touchdown Club football booster club briefly spoke to the district school board at its meeting Tuesday night about their hopes for larger weight room, as well as new facilities and turf for the football field. “We’re behind the times,” said Jamie Ickes, who spoke on behalf of the group. Ickes said the group’s top priority is a bigger weight room for student athletes, saying the cur...

Fred Albert Newport Home magazine A few years ago, Jill and Barry Martin went shopping for a house in Newport so they could indulge Barry’s passion for sailing. Although the couple loved old houses, they weren’t looking to tackle a makeover so much as a makeunder — Jill’s term for a light, cosmetic touch-up where you slap on a new coat of paint and call it a day.   The house they ended up buying was not one of those.   The Queen Anne–style residence in Newport’s Kay-Catherine neighborhood had been remodeled several times over the past 130+ years, and spent much of its life as a ...