AMHERST At the park-like Wildwood Cemetery designed by Emily Dickinson’s brother Austin Dickinson in the 19th century, 50 or more funerals, including green burials, continue to take place each year in its meadows and woods.A place for walkers,.
AMHERST Paulo Coelho, an immensely successful Brazilian novelist, has a gloomy take on the end of life.“Whenever someone dies,” he said, “a part of the universe dies too. Everything a person felt, experienced and saw dies with them.” Or not.An.
AMHERST A bronze horse sculpture stolen from a gravesite at Wildwood Cemetery was recovered by Amherst Police at a Springfield pawnshop, following an investigation into the theft.Rebecca Fricke, general manager of the Amherst cemetery, said Tuesday.
The complimentary insurance perk enjoyed by lawmakers is not a self-serving carve-out, but a matter of long-standing precedent, Wardner said.
“It’s a great benefit for lawmakers no question,” he said. “However, it’s been that way since back in the (1970s), and there’s been no reason to change it.”
During some lean years, when the budget struggled with shortfalls, state employees went without pay increases but kept the full health insurance benefit.
In the private sector, employers pay the full health insurance premium for single coverage for roughly 60% of employer groups who are insured through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Dakota, spokeswoman Andrea Dineen said.
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