South Belfast community come together to create new sensory garden
The Greater Village Regeneration Trust and their partners TreeCo are creating the garden at a vacant site in the area
The Village community in South Belfast are creating a new sensory garden for the area (Image: GVRT)
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The Pittsburgh Penguins react after Game 6 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the New York Islanders, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Uniondale, N.Y. The Islanders won 5-3. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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90.5 WESA Nursing home workers rally for better working conditions near the Beaver Valley Heathcare and Rehabilitation Center on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.
More than a dozen nursing home workers gathered on the side of a winding, rural road outside the Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehab Center on Tuesday afternoon to protest working conditions at the facility.
Georgetown Road in Beaver Falls doesn’t get a lot of traffic, but the demonstration was one of many taking place across Pennsylvania.
“No better time than contract season,” said nurse’s aide Dawn Trufley. According to SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, some 4,500 nursing home staff at more than 80 facilities across the state will negotiate new union contracts this year.
On this week s Explainer:
Public health experts react to Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to lift more coronavirus restrictions on Memorial Day. Health and science reporter Sarah Boden explains what that could mean for the region, as well as the latest on vaccination rates.
The Pittsburgh Public Schools board has five open seats this year. Education reporter Sarah Schneider checks walks through who s been endorsed by local organizations, and how candidates hope to change the district s education systems.
It s been more than two years since a gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack the United States history. Arts and culture reporter Bill O Driscoll talks about new design plans in the building s future, a project which will be led by an internationally known architect.
Paramilitary mural replaced by one marking Northern Ireland s centenary
The previous mural had been in place for roughly 20 years
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A new mural celebrating Northern Ireland s centenary in South Belfast. It has replaced a paramilitary mural (Image: ReachPLC)
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A new mural has been created in South Belfast to mark Northern Ireland s centenary.