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Salem School Committee Votes To Fully Privatize Bus Routes - Salem, MA - The proposal - which passed Friday 4-3 with Mayor Kim Driscoll casting the deciding vote - eliminates in-house service over three years.
Reply Avocaderia was slapped with 45 health code violation points this week. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) CHELSEA, NY — An all-avocado eatery was temporarily shuttered after health inspectors found filthy conditions, according to public records. Avocaderia — which took off after a $400,000 investment from Shark Tank — opened its Chelsea location at 271 11th Ave. last May. But Tuesday, Health Department inspectors found evidence of mice, food areas contaminated with sewage or liquid waste, and food surfaces not properly cleaned, according to the city's restaurant inspection report. ...
Replies(7) Porfilio is running for Homer Township Road District commissioner as part of the Homer Township Republican slate. (Shutterstock) HOMER GLEN, IL — Homer Township Road District Commissioner candidate and Republican Brent Porfilio spoke to Patch Friday, addressing posts on social media suggesting that he participated in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Porfilio said he was there but was not involved in breaching the building. Patch received several screenshots of Porfilio's now-deleted Facebook posts, including statements like "stormed Capitol building with my Trump breth...
Reply(1) (Jenna Fisher/Patch) RHODE ISLAND — Forecasters are eyeing a potential winter storm that could begin the week by dropping a foot of snow across southern New England, including in Rhode Island. Meteorologists say there is still uncertainty about the track of storm, and stress there's yet room for a change between now and Monday night when the storm is expected to begin. "[But] chances are increasing of an impactful winter storm," NBC meteorologist Aaron Perry told Patch Friday evening. Subscribe Early forecasts say the storm could begin late Monday night and last into early Wedn...
UpdatedSat, Jan 9, 2021 at 12:30 am CT Reply(1) Former Alabama governor and dermatologist Dr. Robert Bentley discusses the coronavirus pandemic and other issues in an exclusive interview with Patch on Friday (Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch) TUSCALOOSA, AL — Tuscaloosa dermatologist and former Republican Alabama governor Dr. Robert Bentley was in Washington D.C. at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association in early February 2020, attending for enjoyment and not business, when he heard about a special meeting called for all of the current governors in attendance. The focus of ...