I am 74 and for a while there I was feeling like I was 94, Friesen said. It was getting hard to even walk. I knew I had to do something or I was going to end up in a wheelchair. Getting groceries, going to meet friends in the park or just going for a walk with her husband were just distant memories until recently. Now we go for walks every night if the weather is decent, I went to a book club meeting in Lheidli T enneh Memorial Park and was able to walk to a sunny spot carrying my lawn chair, Friesen said. I tell you three months ago I would not have been able to do that. I can move and go grocery shopping and do all those things again.
How Did Democrats Wind Up Believing Such Crap? - Bill Maher Blasts Liberal Media s COVID Panic Porn
by Tyler Durden
Sunday, Apr 18, 2021 - 01:20 PM
Comedian Bill Maher used his HBO show once again to highlight some awkward facts and ask some uncomfortable questions about media and politicians approach to COVID.
He rightly
decries the politicization of medicine and the manner in which the media has been a handmaiden of panic throughout. Let us hope that his monologue, transcript below, is a foreshadowing of what will soon emerge as the conventional wisdom.
Full monologue transcript
(via AIER) (emphasis ours) And finally new rule, don’t spin me when it comes to my health. Over the past year, the COVID pandemic has prompted
Future ferry service connecting N.J. and New York gets a $5M boost from the state
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 20, 2021
Carteret s proposed ferry terminal to be constructed in the empty land on the right, next to Waterfront park, received a $5 million NJDOT grant for construction.
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Ferry service to and from Manhattan took a significant step toward setting sail after Carteret received a $5 million state grant to build a ferry terminal on the Arthur Kill waterfront located between the borough and Staten island.
The grant is part of the state Department of Transportation’s NJDOT’s Smart Move Program intended to provide congestion relief. Ferry service is seen as a way to reduce congestion on the nearby New Jersey Turnpike. The DOT grant is added to earlier federal grants to buy a ferry boat.
USA TODAY NETWORK and The Gannett Foundation Announce 2020 National Grant Recipients for “A Community Thrives”
By
Staff
4 months ago
MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), and the Gannett Foundation today announced 16 non-profit organizations that will receive national grants from the company’s
A Community Thrives program.
Now in its fourth year,
A Community Thrives awards grants to worthy causes in communities across the U.S. to help create positive change. Supported by the Gannett Foundation, the program also enables non-profits to promote their ideas and efforts on a national platform from the USA TODAY NETWORK, inclusive of USA TODAY and Gannett’s hundreds of local media outlets, to drive further support through donations.