May 2022

Nothing says summer more than finding the perfect vacation journal. Andy Forsyth, Assistant Library Manager, and Rita Covelli, Adult Services Manager, Ridgefield Library at Founders Hall's Books of…

Inflation has particularly affected people who are already struggling to fit gas in their tanks and groceries in their refrigerators. For many, a payday loan may seem like the only way to get the money needed. In recent years,…

Ginny Sykes sits on one of the walls built with the ceramic mosaic inserts she created. Credit: Submitted The flower tile inserts in the courtyard of the Levy Senior Center are an interesting example of public art, as they were…

Bob and Colette DeNooyer understand the power of education to transform lives. In 2010 they led a group of business and community leaders to come together to create the Holland/Zeeland Promise Scholarship Scheme. This bottom dollar…

This week's Vicksburg Post Volunteer of the Week is Monica Hicks, who contributed to Project Flower, a charity project through the Warren County Bar Association where volunteers helped with landscaping and repairing the…

OneWay Ventures funds immigrant entrepreneurs. BanyanWay helps Native Americans find their soul mates. Finch helps you make responsible choices At Hangar 75, we…

A faculty member from Texas A&M International University College of Nursing and Health Sciences who tirelessly sought out opportunities to expand real-world learning experiences for nursing students at TAMIU has been named the recipient…

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Found is officially one year old and we have a brand new look! To celebrate, we've decided to bring back four Founders who made us think, laugh, and have generally followed us since we spoke to them. If we've…

CHANDLER, Ariz. – Cardholders at the Chandler Public Library no longer have to worry about fines when returning books past their expiration date. The CThe Chandler Library Board voted to eliminate outstanding library fines at its May Board…

In their failed bid to blockade Bally's $1.7 billion River West casino, downtown city…

The service organization Dance/NYC has announced the 20 recipients of the second edition of the New York City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program (RSS), made possible through the generous support of the Mellon Foundation. The goal of the…

What started as a social media post culminated this month into a service project that involved more than 30 volunteers from local communities and surrounding Hollywood Cemetery. Orange citizens from diverse racial,…

Photo credit: Brian Doherty (Photo: Sherry Saeedi, Mark Hoppus, Nick Lippman)A group of industry veterans have announced the launch of Verswire, a VC-style music startup.Sherry Saeedi, Founder and COO of Veeps, Lead Vocalist of…

Loan sharks are illegal moneylenders, often part of organized crime, who threaten and use violence to recover their money from borrowers.…

iQ Credit Union, a North West-based financial institution, has launched an annual three-year grant program for local nonprofits through the iQ for Kids Foundation, a nonprofit fund that raises funds for local charities aimed at…

Between sorting through bulk bags of couscous and buckwheat for food baskets, a friendship has formed between two neighbors.Pensioners Leah Bergman and Hazel Kuperholz have lived next door to each other in Melbourne's east-central for five…

A host of major European tech founders and investors are today backing the launch of OneUkrainea new charity that brings sustainable humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine. OneUkraine will support Ukrainians at home and abroad,…

Honolulu (KHON2) - Coralie Chun Matayoshi explains the effects of sea level rise on the local real estate sector in KHON2's latest podcast episode titled "What's The Law". According to University of Hawaii scientists, Oahu could…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized the contribution of India's One Million Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) during the Covid-19 pandemic. ASHAs are recognized as facilitating linkages of households to health…

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Hands Across the Sand and Beach Cleanup in Sugar Beach, Maui. (5.21.22) PC: Surfrider Maui The Surfrider Foundation - Maui Chapter held a beach cleanup and Hands Across the Sand event at Maui's Sugar Beach on Saturday. Dozens of…

George Lea, 76, and his wife Linda, 71, used loans from Provident to help pay for everything from grocery shopping to buying Christmas and birthday gifts, but after they were sold poorly , loans were offered a pathetic amount of…

Developed with the Urban Institute and Harvard School of Design, the toolkit addresses inequalities caused by infrastructural racism The High Line Network, a High Line program that supports a group of nonprofits transforming…

Jakarta (ANTARA) - At least 43.9 million Indonesian citizens received the third or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, according to the COVID-19 Handling Task…

MANCHESTER – Arlington Athletics is looking for volunteers as the program prepares to host the Division IV…

The founders have received the note that the ground is moving under their feet at this time. What to do about it is the question. Already, teams plan to cut spending to preserve capital. They make painful staff cuts for the same…

Is the right career the one that pays the bills or the one that excites you? Is it possible to have the best of both worlds? "Do what you love and you won't work one day!" A common saying, but one that needs to be removed. As…

This week marks the second anniversary of an initiative created to support the Spanish-speaking community during the historically difficult time of the pandemic. “A unique space, by Latinos, for Latinos and in our language,”…

WASHINGTON DC – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (RW.Va.) and Joe Manchin (DW.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $890,700 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for five…

BUFFALO, NY - The Red Cross of Western New York says volunteers are mobilizing from across the country to help in Buffalo following a tragic shooting in Tops on Jefferson Avenue that left 10 dead and three injured . Their mission is to help…

ALBANY — Donald K. Ross, partner at lobbying firm Malkin & Ross and co-founder and former executive of NYPIRG and its many national affiliates, died last weekend after a brief illness.He was 78 years old. Ross was one of the…

JThe first thing we are shown is an overview of the new Saints Row's Santo Ileso, "a dense open world that rewards exploration", divided into nine districts. The gangs lift tire weights on street corners and party around inflated cars, and…

Sections of St. Louis' busiest streets have long been dug out with potholes the size of lobster traps. Yet with millions of US bailout dollars now to be deployed for repaving projects, the city's…

andreas160578 / Pixabay To help citizens cope with rising fuel prices, the City of Chicago will soon offer stimulus checks to low-income residents. These Chicago stimulus checks will come in the form of prepaid gas cards and public…

Tennessee and Virginia will square off to open the 2023 college football season at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, the schools announced Monday.The Volunteers were originally scheduled to play BYU in Provo, Utah as the season opener, but the…

Stop me if you've heard this one before: An app that promises to be the anti-Facebook focuses on real relationships rather than ads and brands. Of course, this has already been tried. There's a whole digital graveyard littered with the…

His daughter, actress Ashley Judd, was greeted onstage at the start of the tribute with a standing ovation. "Thank you for being in the community and fellowshipping with us," young Judd said. "Because we can pretend to care, but we can't…

Virginia is about to begin a comprehensive 12-month review of over 2 million people in its Medicaid program for the elderly and disabled and low-income families - it's just a matter of when. The federal government program, supercharged by…

GRAND FORKS — Altru dietitians have been volunteering at Hope Community Care Center & Food Pantry and LaGrave on First through the Prescription Nutrition Program since the fall of 2021.Typically, volunteers will be at each…

CLIFTON, NJ (AP) — Minjee Lee seemed more worried about finishing her third round on a dreary, rainy day than keeping the Cognizant Founders Cup lead. The 25-year-old LPGA Tour scoring leader did both on Saturday as she moved in one lap…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The federal court in Richmond has given preliminary approval to a class action settlement that would provide $489 million in relief to victims of illegal internet lending. The ruling was released Thursday,…

The public is invited to "Combating Racism and Discrimination: A Community Town Hall" at UNLV's Philip J. Cohen Theater in the Student Union on Friday, June 3, 6-8 p.m. The free event is hosted by the Clark…

Three local organizations and two individual artists received grants from the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County (UAA) Project Pool Grant Program. The winners of…

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - A lemonade stand was set up for a good cause in Lumberport today.5's John Blashke has the heartwarming story.Avery, 8, had to leave school early today to help with a lemonade stand. She had been looking to do…

ParaMy mother and my fatherMy mother Sudha Mookerjee was a painter, played the violin, sang and was a deeply spiritual soul. She was from the Tagore family of Bengal in India, and her great-uncle was Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who…

Friday, May 13, 2022 6:15 a.m. Klarna has agreed to collaborate with credit reference agencies to share useful data on the financial habits of its customers. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty…

Anesha "Duffy" Murnane, resident of Homer. (Homer Police Department) The Homer community is struggling to come to terms with this week's news of an arrest being made in the disappearance of Anesha "Duffy"!-->!-->…

ALBANY — The Bishop Maginn High School Youth Philanthropy Council says grant applications are being accepted for nonprofit organizations in Albany County. Applicants can request up to $2,500 for projects focused on health, arts, poverty…

Yampa Valley Climate Crew volunteers pose for a photo above a rock dam they created during a previous project with the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council. YVSC is looking for volunteers in!-->…

As many of their clients have learned over the past year, one minute the stock market is giving you a fortune…and the next it's taking it away.Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir "Vlad" Tenev are the co-founders of Robinhood Markets, Inc., the…

Photo by Avel Chuklanov on Unsplash Memphis, according to the 2020 census, is home to approximately 633,000 people, 64.5% of whom are African American. As a new report from the Black Clergy Collaborative of Memphis (BCCM) and the Hope…

Cambridge City Council's finance committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to advance a $3 million proposal for a planned community safety service.The committee approved the proposal at a fiscal year 2023 budget meeting. The proposal will now…

This is the sixth in a series of blogs celebrating grant projects funded by our Clean Air Act settlement with the owners of the ED Edwards coal-fired power plant outside Peoria, Illinois. The settlement calls for the plant to be closed by…

BLANCHESTER — With a change in ownership, a local graveyard needs tidying up. A Community Service Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 14 to clean up the IOOF Cemetery and prepare it for Memorial Day. The cemetery in the village of…

THE WHAT? The Estee Lauder Companies has announced that Too Faced Cosmetics co-founders Jerrod Blandino and Jeremy Johnson have left the brand. The makeup brand will therefore be led by Tara Simon, who has been promoted to Global…

Chaffee County Public Health (CCPH) will launch a new pilot project called Chaffee Community Clinic (CCC) in Salida on May 23 and Buena Vista on May 31. The inspiration for this initiative came from the most recent Community Health…

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By ELENA BECATOROS ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Sparks fly as a circular saw slices through metal, while nearby welders work feverishly to the sound of heavy metal. Upstairs, sewing machines rattle as women mark designs on garments…

(NEXSTAR) — Perhaps no one hated the more modern traditions of Mother's Day as much as the woman who created it. Anna Jarvis, who successfully campaigned to establish a National Mother's Day in the early 20th century, was…

According to information received by UNAMA, this is a formal directive rather than a recommendation, any violation of which will result in the punishment of male relatives. UNAMA is deeply concerned by today's announcement by the Taliban!-->…

Borrowers who were wrongly sold loans they couldn't afford by two companies that went bankrupt will get a little more back than they expected. Around 78,500 QuickQuid and Pounds to Pocket borrowers will be reimbursed some of the interest!-->…

JACKSON, MI — Six individuals and one organization have been honored at the Center for Family Health's eighth annual Advocacy Awards.The Thursday, May 5 event at Cascades Manor House in Jackson honored community leaders, dedicated citizens…

The White House on Friday announced an additional $150 million in aid to Ukraine. Additional aid will include artillery shells, radars and other equipment. A qualified doctor from North Texas who volunteers in Ukraine…

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Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation that strengthens consumer protections and addresses inequities in the state's financial services system. The legislation (S.1684/A.8293) directs the Department of Financial Services to conduct…

Monday night was like any other for Alexis Rangel. "I was at home doing my best to relax and, you know, have a nice dinner," she said. Then news broke that a majority of Supreme Court justices…

CATSKILL - The National Council for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program announced that it had received…

The Plumas Ski Club is calling for volunteers to help demolish and rebuild the clubhouse deck located in the Johnsville Historic Ski Bowl on Saturday, May 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.The bridge has seen many seasons of longboard racing and…

More than a decade after founding the company, Dave Waiser left ground transportation management company Gett to start a new business. Waiser, who has served as the company's CEO since its inception, will be named head of board advisory…

Posted May 3, 2022 6:11 a.m. Elaine S. Povitch Stateline Studies have long shown that high school students are woefully misinformed about personal finances and how to manage them. But the COVID-19 pandemic, which has…

For decades, churches have been central pillars of community health in predominantly black communities, compensating for a highly inequitable public health infrastructure. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the important…

LEXINGTON, Kentucky (May 3, 2022) — Carly Jessup, a May 2022 graduate of a master's degree in library science from the School of Information Studies at the College of Communication and Information, has brought a small, free library to the…

ANDOVER, Kan. (KSNW) – Since the tornado hit Sedgwick County and Butler County on Friday night, many people have asked how they can help. On Monday, the town of Andover invited volunteers to join The United Methodist Church.…

Now on shelves in over 170 locations Caliwater, the pioneering creator of the functional organic cactus drink, is accelerating its expansion in 2022 in all Stater Bros. markets, over 170 locations, for $2.99. Both popular flavors Caliwater…

There is always something to fix or improve in a house. From the roof to the foundation, home repairs can be costly. That's why so many homeowners turn to home improvement loans to help them get the job done. However, with so many types…

DULUTH, MN. (KBJR 6) – Hundreds of people gathered to honor the life of the Barry family during a public funeral service on Sunday."I can't even imagine the pain the family and their close friends are feeling," said councilor Arik Forsman,…

It is expected that 360,000 California students could receive the first dose of California's revamped "debt-free" financial aid program as early as this summer. The State's Modified Middle Class Scholarship is expected to receive $632…

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