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Follow the little red llama markings to find D.C.’s newest distillery, tasting room, and bar opening this Friday. Then ready your tastebuds for some sweet heat. “Chacho is polarizing and I’m totally fine with that,” founder Daniel Ziegler readily admits. “When people like Chacho, they love Chacho.” Chacho Spirits replaces
City of Walker promotes captain to police chief
City of Walker
and last updated 2021-05-11 08:49:04-04
WALKER, Mich. â The City of Walker has selected Captain Keith Mankel to lead the Walker Police Department as its next police chief.
Mankel will officially assume the position July 31 after Chief Greg Longâs retirement, according to a news release Tuesday.
Mankel started with the department back in 1993 as a dispatch operator, eventually moving on to patrol officer, road patrol sergeant and eventually captain in 2016.
He also spent almost seven years as a firefighter with the Walker Fire Department.
âCaptain Mankel has been a tremendous leader for our city for many years and has a strong following not just within our police department, but also our city staff and other local agencies,â Walker Mayor Gary Carey Jr said. âAs a second-generation Walker police officer, Keith has a great understanding of the challenges faced in law enforcement today and know
Communities and veterans organizations will return to the cemetery this Memorial Day to honor their fallen servicemen and women.
COVID-19 concerns caused many communities to cancel last year’s Memorial Day events or limit their activities. Some of those communities will be bringing back their parades while most will reopen up the ceremonies to the public.
Memorial Day is always observed on the last Monday in May. This year it is May 31.
See how your community will commemorate the lives of those lost while serving in the U.S. military. Not all communities had their plans finalized by the publishing of this article. Their events will be published separately when they become available.
Highlights: La Bomba, Part 1: South of the Border
Showcasing series of solid south swells from Peru to Mexico
Tyler Warren, Puerto. Photo: Billy Watts
Marcus Sanders
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Last week, when we saw swaths of purple marching across the South Pacific, we got pretty excited, as we tend to do when we see that kind of stuff, and decided to call it the La Bomba swell. Turns out, maybe we should’ve gone a little more plural on the whole thing. Las Bombas, maybe. Especially for Central America and Mexico, which have basically been pumping nonstop for almost a week now. Some places have been better than others, of course, but there’s been no shortage of energy in the water South of the Border, as evidenced by the gallery below.
Grandmother shot and killed in Dorchester
By Adam Sennott and Nick Stoico Globe Correspondent,Updated April 10, 2021, 1 hour ago
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The brazen daylight shooting drew furious condemnation from top city and law enforcement officials.
âItâs absurd that a grandmother canât sit on her porch on a beautiful spring day without the worry of gunfire,â Acting Mayor Kim Janey told reporters during a press briefing at the scene.
Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief Greg Long echoed that sentiment, and urged people to cooperate with police.
âAs the mayor indicated, It is outrageous and heartbreaking that a woman in her 70s canât sit on her porch and enjoy a warm evening without this being the end result,â Long said.