By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter
MP Charlotte Nichols spoke to residents during her visit to the site WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols has hailed a £11 million apartment development for over 55s which offers residents the opportunity to ‘maximise their independence’. The Labour politician visited Torus Group’s recently opened Harpers Green Extra Care scheme in Longbarn, on Harpers Road, where she had the opportunity to meet with staff and residents. The development opened in December 2020 and offers 97 one and two-bedroom apartments for over 55s with care provided by national, Warrington-based charity Making Space and funded by Warrington Borough Council.
Former board member, political newcomer vie for Erving Selectboard seat
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Published: 4/30/2021 3:52:56 PM
ERVING A former Selectboard member and a political newcomer are vying for a Selectboard seat in Monday’s town election.
Polls will be open at Town Hall from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The contested Selectboard seat is for a one-year term, finishing the term of Pete Sanders, who resigned from the board in January.
Also on the ballot, current Selectboard Chair Jacob Smith is running unopposed for another three-year term.
The two candidates for the one-year term are Scott Bastarache, who previously served on the Selectboard and the Erving School Committee, and Janice Vega-Liros, who has not been in an elected position before. This is the only contested race on the ballot.
Space Wars!
For being vast, mysterious and deadly, space is also somehow sort of hilarious. Even science fiction fans know this (see “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” all volumes). Thus we’ve spent years laughing at America’s new Space Force, especially when it unveiled its Starfleet logo and said its servicepeople would be known as Guardians. Too easy, guys!
But back to that “deadly” thing. As the dinosaurs could tell you if they weren’t all dead, a well-aimed rock dropped down the gravity well from space can pretty much be a game-ender, civilization-wise, making the defense of space actually kind of a big deal. China and Russia, America’s adversaries in the new cold war, seem to get this and have big plans to militarize the void, writes James Stavridis. They’re teaming up on a moon base, raising the specter of “Ad Astra”-style rover shootouts; they re also testing out blowing up satellites, the very thing that kicked off the plot in “Gravity.” We
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