Archeologists in the US are giving a grassy hilltop overlooking iconic Plymouth Rock one last look before a historical park is built to commemorate the Pilgrims and the Indigenous people who once called it home.
Braving sweltering heat, a team of about 20 graduate students enrolled in a master’s program at the University of Massachusetts Boston began excavating an undeveloped lot on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, this week.
The National Historic Landmark site which contains the first cemetery used by the Pilgrims after they arrived from England in 1620 and was a Wampanoag village for thousands of years before that
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - The City of Ridgeland honored its past, present and future military heroes on Memorial Day with the grand opening of its Veterans Memory Park. After more than a year of planning and construction, Ridgeland officially dedicated and cut the ribbon on its newest park – which pays tribute to veterans. “I think [.]
Quarterly MOSPLAN Report and Financial Statement
Council received and adopted progress reports on the 2020-2021 MOSPLAN Operational Plan, as well as Council’s 2020-21 Budget for the January-March 2021 quarter. MOSPLAN delivery has remained largely on track, despite some ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. A further improvement of just under $200,000 has been made to the forecasted end-of-year operating result before capital grants and contributions, with a surplus of approximately $500,000 now expected.
Council Election 2021
Council noted recent advice from the NSW Electoral Commission regarding the proposed use of nine polling venues and a pre-polling venue (Boronia House) in Mosman for the September 4 Council elections. It was resolved that Council respond to the NSW Electoral Commission seeking seven polling venues only (not nine) and requesting that the community be provided with information advising of optimal times and places for voting, noting the additional impost
Ballina Shire Council. Photo David Lowe.
Ballina Shire councillors managed to cover a lot of territory at their last meeting, which finished before a very late lunch.
Farmers market expansion
An expansion request for Ballina Farmers Market was approved at Commemoration Park, in spite of councillors expressing some concerns about parking. Following will be a DA, likely to request a doubling of the market size to sixty stalls. Ballina Deputy Mayor Sharon Cadwallader. Photo David Lowe.
Deputy Mayor Sharon Cadwallader said, ‘When you’ve got something like this the community is really responding to, I am very happy to support.’ Cr Eoin Johnston opposed the motion, but was overruled.