Arqueólogos escavam o Cerro do Ouro, para descobrir os mistérios da Serra de Monchique Por Elisabete Rodrigues • 27 de Junho de 2021 - 7:00
Campanha arqueológica em dois locais megalíticos prolonga-se até meados de Verão e conta com cooperação e interesse internacional
Cerro do Ouro. Um «nome fantasioso» para um monte onde, no início desta semana, começaram as escavações arqueológicas naquela que é a maior mamoa alguma vez encontrada na serra de Monchique. E o que é uma mamoa? É um túmulo megalítico, que deverá ter sido construído há cerca de 6000 anos, no alto daquele cerro de onde se avista, lá em baixo, metade da costa algarvia.
They did it for Helen. They wanted to make a difference.
Now a determined group of 2020 Colonial Forge High School graduates who lost their friend in a car accident have been recognized with a National Purpose Award for their work to improve Staffordâs rural roads.
Their classmate, Helen Wang, was killed in a crash May 16, 2019, on her 17th birthday.
After more than a yearâs work to create change, her young activist friends won âBest Student Campaignâ through PR Week, a national trade magazine for the public relations field. The recognition followed many meetings with legislators and the birth of the student-led group, Changing Staffordâs Roads, which culminated in Helenâs Law.
WITH a pandemic still lingering, Christmas lovers throughout the area have been more heavy-handed with the holiday decorations than ever before. And for the 30th year, my list of Grand Holiday Displays will prove it.
Below you will find manyâbut certainly not allâof the most highly decorated, brightly lighted and outright delightful displays in our area. Theyâve all been nominated by readers and verified by this columnist.
If you go out looking, youâll see countless decorated houses, and thatâs a good thing for those who love touring through the night to see fun Christmas displays, but the ones on this list are exceptional, and worth the extra mile.