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Abbey and Josh Schmitt own and operate Banyan Coffee Company, a specialty coffee roaster, in Bradenton. (Tiffany Razzano)
BRADENTON, FL Josh Schmitt remembers his first cup of coffee well, but not fondly.
He was in his early twenties and attending flight school near Chicago, taking night courses. To stay awake, he d order traditional airport coffee, he said. The stuff that s been sitting and baking for probably 10 hours, and it wasn t the best, you could say, but I needed a pick-me-up.
Those were my less glory days of coffee, said Schmitt, who today owns and operates Banyan Coffee Company, a specialty coffee roaster, in Bradenton, with his wife, Abbey.
UpdatedMon, Feb 1, 2021 at 3:54 pm CT
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The 2021 Alabama Legislative Session will officially convene on Tuesday. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
TUSCALOOSA, AL A Tuscaloosa-area lawmaker is continuing his fight to ease restrictions on Alabama gun owners and allow for concealed carry of a handgun in a vehicle and certain public spaces without a permit.
Republican state Sen. Gerald Allen pre-filed a bill to address the matter ahead of the 2021 Alabama Legislative Session, arguing that the current law punishes law-abiding citizens, further restricting their constitutional rights, while detractors claim the changes to the law would put more guns on the street and pose additional safety concerns for law enforcement.
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Jan. 31, 2021
With women vastly underrepresented in STEM and male-dominated industries such as construction, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Million Women Mentors Connecticut Chapter state Chairwoman Carolyn Alessi, Paradigm for Parity coalition Founder and Co-chair Jewelle Bickford, state Department of Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno, and Girls for Technology Founder, President and CEO Sabrina Tucker-Barrett today underscored the critical need for introducing young girls to female mentors at a young age to further advance women in these fields and close the gender gap.
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High-skill and high-wage careers in the STEM fields are in high-demand, but too often, women are underrepresented in these industries, resulting in a large gender gap. Women fill close to half of all jobs in the U.S. economy, but they hold less than 25 percent of jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math fields. And of the people working in construction, women comprise only 10.3 p
UpdatedMon, Feb 1, 2021 at 3:04 pm ET
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A crowd gathered in front of St. Petersburg City Hall on Monday as they watched city leaders raise the Dr. Carter G. Woodson flag. (Skyla Luckey | Patch )
ST. PETERSBURG, FL Possibly the largest crowd ever at the annual tradition of raising the Dr. Carter G. Woodson gathered outside St. Pete City Hall to celebrate Black History Month on Monday, according to Mayor Rick Kriseman.
Kriseman, other city leaders and community members gathered in masks and bundled up in coats during a chilly 57 degrees as they stood near the flag pole outside the city building.
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