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From left: PARA was represented by Becky Booker, Casie Jones, Gary Minor, Jay Logan and Chelsea Hall (PARA )
TUSCALOOSA, AL Tuscaloosa County Park & Recreation Authority (PARA) was recently recognized with two prestigious awards from the Alabama Recreation and Parks Association during its 2021 annual state conference in Orange Beach.
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The awards were presented on Jan. 25, which saw PARA voted Agency of the Year by its peers, along with Faucett Center Manager and Aquatics Director Mark Harrison receiving Professional of the Year in parks. PARA says agencies are eligible to receive the Agency of the Year award once in a five-year period and PARA was recognized with it previously in 2015.
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New Yorkers are urged to avoid non-essential travel as crews dig out city from massive Nor Easter s snowfall. (Scott Heins/Getty Images)
NEW YORK CITY A heavy blanket of snow up to 19 inches deep will keep New York City s daily life on ice for hours to come.
Snow showers are likely Tuesday but the massive Nor Easter that struck the city has largely blown away, according to the National Weather Service.
City crews worked round the clock to clear roads throughout the storm, and will continue Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo s office urged New Yorkers to avoid non-essential travel, even as above-ground subways reopened from their storm-forced hiatus.
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(Image via Wallingford Funeral Home)
MERIDEN, CT - (From Wallingford Funeral Home) Dolores Gagne, 88, of Meriden, widow of the late Fred Gagne, died on Friday January 29, 2021 at home with her children by her side.
Born in Meriden on November 9, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Dorothy (Hilte) Dennis.
She was a passionate supporter of those in need. As a Community Training Home provider for over ten years, she welcomed into her home children and young adults with mental and physical challenges. Later, her enthusiasm for the Dominican Republic Mission Team bubbled over into any conversation you had with her.
UpdatedTue, Feb 2, 2021 at 7:32 am MT
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Peter Johnson, chief executive officer of Phat Scooters, rides his product with his family. (Patrick Breen/The Republic)
TEMPE, AZ When the pandemic first began in March 2020, business boomed at Phat Scooters.
With so many people isolating at home and searching for ways to entertain themselves in quarantine, the Tempe-based company could barely keep up with demand for their electric scooters.
Peter Johnson, chief executive officer of Phat Scooters, said that the three-year-old company had a great financial year and was looking to give back in a meaningful way. The company was set to launch its new delivery scooter at the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago before it was shut down because of the pandemic. The units were just sitting in a warehouse until Phat Scooters realized they could be put to better use.
UpdatedTue, Feb 2, 2021 at 2:34 pm ET
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Gov. Ned Lamont announced restaurants and bowling alleys may stay open until 11 p.m., effective Tuesday. (Tim Jensen/Patch)
CONNECTICUT Restaurant owners in Hartford and Tolland counties are pleased by Gov. Ned Lamont s decision to extend business hours to 11 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. Our better numbers are allowing us to slightly relax some of the restrictions, Lamont said at a news conference Monday, noting that they tend to skew toward an older demographic that is now getting coronavirus vaccinations.
The restaurant curfew will be pushed back from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. with 50 percent dining capacity. Lamont noted other nearby states have eliminated or pushed their curfews later into the night, but generally Connecticut allows a higher capacity limit.