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Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would like to nominate someone as a Neighbor Spotlight, visit timesexpress.com , select the “Post Story” button in the upper right corner, click the “New Article” button and complete the form to publish your nomination. Questions? Email Neighborhood News Network editor Katie Green at kgreen@triblive.com...

Mt. Lebanon Public Library All Mt. Lebanon Public Library programs are being held virtually. Visit www.mtlebanonlibrary.org or call 412-531-1912 to register and for more information. • Virtual Knitting and Crochet Group is at 10 a.m. March 3 and 17. Whether you are experienced or just learning, join online to work on your own projects and chat. • Monday Maker Lab, 10 a.m. March 8 and 22 Join resident artist Judé Ernest for a collaborative work¬shop using the CreativeBug database, available through the library’s website. Discuss your experiences with Judé and others in ...

Keeping Mauritius the paradise it is meant to be Mahendra Gooroochurn lives on an island that Mark Twain supposedly compared to paradise on Earth. Was Twain right?  In Mauritius, people of diverse cultures live in harmony, near blossoming pink sugarcane, beautiful, pearly-white beaches and indigenous forests. But all is not what it seems: paradise is in crisis. Energy usage and waste generation are rising, as is the use and transportation of fossil fuels, with predictable consequences, such as last year’s devastating Wakashio oil spill. Beyond that, imported fast fashion in a country with ...

ICTworks In an astonishing letter to the editor published in the December 17, 2020, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), a group of five doctors from the University of Michigan Medical School presented findings from their study on adult inpatients receiving supplemental oxygen at the University’s hospital. They found that the variance between blood oxygen levels measured through a pulse oximeter – an optical device that estimates blood oxygen by analyzing the light absorbed in an extremity, usually a finger – and more rigorous (and invasive) analyses of arterial blood...

Browsing returns: Rockford Public Library locations to reopen to public ROCKFORD — The city's libraries are ready to reopen to browsing again — another step toward a return to regular services but still quite a ways from pre-pandemic operations. Come Monday, the city's Hart, East and Montague library branches will open their doors, allowing patrons inside to browse through and select materials for checkout and to use computer stations for 45 minutes at a time. This means no congregating or classroom use, no storytimes or in-person programs. The number of people allowed inside the buil...