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Christmas Festival to bring over 100 vendors to Aqua Turf on Sunday- SOUTHINGTON People looking for handmade and one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts will have many options to choose from at Frosty’s Christmas Festival, a crafts fair being held today at the Aqua Turf.With 140 vendors selling all sorts of treats, trinkets.
A woman who lives near the scene of Wednesday s deadly standoff in Boone that left five people dead, including two Watauga County Sheriff s Office deputies, said she is heartbroken about what happened in her tight-knit community. Debbie Warren said she is a family friend of Sgt. Chris Ward, one of the deputies who was killed in the ambush that happened at a home located at 553 Hardaman Circle. I m a local and he s a local. I ve known their family and friends for years, Warren said. (I m) just very sad, very heartbroken for our community. The suspect, along with his mother, father, were also all found dead during the ordeal. Investigators said Ward and Fox were dispatched to the home located at 9:44 a.m. after the homeowner and his family didn’t report to work or answer telephone calls.The deputies were hit by gunfire after entering the home, and while Ward was “extracted from the scene,” Fox remained inside, investigators said. It s a tight-knit community, Warren said.
A total of 65 individuals were paid in excess of £100,000 by councils in south east London, according to a rich list compiled by a right-wing pressure group. The figures, for the 2019/20 financial year, have been published by the Taxpayers Alliance as part of its latest annual findings.
Greenwich has the most top earners, 28 in total, the highest paid being Chief Executive Debbie Warren with a salary of £198,466. In Bexley, 15 employees were included. Again, the Chief Executive topped the list in earnings, taking home £187,546. A spokesperson for Bexley Council said: We have continued to reduce the number of senior officers in our structures and in the last year we have reduced the cost of our management structure by £900,000.