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Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us a message.
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The early part of the year is often a time when Furness has witnessed some very wintry conditions. On February 23, 1994, the Furness peninsula and Millom were cut off as driving snow blocked road and rail links with the rest of Britain. TOPPED OFF: Stephanie and Robert Blackburn, aged three, with their snowman Sammy in Barrow in February 1994 Roads to the Dalton bypass became blocked by abandoned vehicles and the A590 link with the M6 was closed at Newby Bridge. The A595 was impassable for the whole of its length, from Greenodd to Ravenglass. Millom was snowed in when roads from The Green and Silecroft became too dangerous to travel.
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This month’s combination of cold weather and COVID awareness continues to be conducive to keeping inside. But to keep you company, here’s this week’s online-oriented litany of Hudson Valley events.
Multimedia Event Honors Area Black Cultural History | February 16
On February 16 at 6pm, local filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss will host the Zoom presentation “Black Cultural History of Ulster County” in celebration of Black History Month Kingston. The free event runs one and a half hours and utilizes rarely seen photos and video clips to highlight how the county’s Black arts, sports, industrial, and activist communities have shaped the greater Hudson Valley community. The program features Father Divine, Augusta Savage, Robert Blackburn, Ben Wigfall, Peg Leg Bates, Mickey Mathis, Billy Costello, Odetta, Jimi Hendrix, Jack DeJohnette, Richie Havens, Sonny Rollins, Juma Sultan, Simi Stone, and more.
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The Queen does not meddle in the affairs of parliament. That is a cornerstone of Britainâs system of constitutional monarchy. Or at least it is supposed to be.
The Guardianâs investigation into the secretive power of Queenâs consent, whereby the monarch is provided with advance sight of draft laws and invited to approve them, casts this fundamental assumption into doubt.
The investigation uncovered evidence suggesting that she used the arcane procedure to lobby the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her private wealth from the public for decades.