by: George Lauby and Sophia Walsh - Jul. 3, 2021
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The archway was mounted Friday at Fourth and Dewey, proclaiming the downtown area the Historical Canteen District in tribute to the World War II Canteen that fed millions of troops as they came and went by passenger train, to and from their duties overseas.
The arch at Fourth is one of two that will be erected as part of the “streetscape” improvements downtown. Another arch will eventually be installed over Dewey near the S Curve, organizers say.
Also, flowers have been planted in large planter boxes throughout the downtown area and trees are expected to be planted in July.
1,615 people have died, unchanged from one day earlier 6,272 people have been hospitalized, up 1 from one day earlier
One week ago, those three totals were 110.338/1,602/6,228.
WEST SEATTLE TRENDS: Sunday is the night we check these numbers, shown in two-week increments on the “geography over time” tab of the countywide daily-summary dashboard. For WS status, we combine the totals from the West Seattle and Delridge “health reporting areas” (HRAs): For the past two weeks, 46 positive test results; 75 in the 2 weeks before that; 118 in the two weeks before that. … We also are noting two other West Seattle stats each week. The total deaths for the entire pandemic in the two HRAs comprising West Seattle: 69, no additional deaths since last week’s check. And a look at hospitalizations: 196 total have been attributed to people in the two peninsula HRAs since the start of the pandemic, adding one this week.
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June 2, 2021
Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut Acting Commissioner of Education Charlene Russell-Tucker, and Connecticut State Librarian Deborah Schander announced the launch of the 2021 Governor s Summer Reading Challenge – an annual, statewide program encouraging students to read books during the summer months. This year s theme is Tails & Tales.
Subscribe Research indicates that children who do not read during the summer can lose reading progress made during the past school year,
Governor Lamont said. We want to encourage all students to read, learn, and have fun with books during the summer months. Building confident and proficient readers will put our students on the path to become productive, engaged lifelong learners,