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Detroit police killed hundreds of unarmed Blacks in response to the civil rights movement. Their ability to get away with it reveals why today’s initiatives to make police more accountable are bound to fail, and how we can do better.
Clifford “Chucky” Howell, a thirteen-year-old Black male, was walking home from playing at a friend’s house when a white Detroit police officer shot him near his own backyard on the evening of Sept. 13, 1969. The patrol team did not summon medical assistance for at least forty minutes, and Chucky died later at the hospital. Officers on the scene claimed that he had been fleeing the burglary of a white family’s home, a felony, and that it was therefore appropriate to shoot him. Numerous eyewitness accounts, however, insisted Chucky had been an oblivious bystander. His parents and a local Black organiz
Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 6:11 am
OGDENSBURG The Dinner Murder Company of the Grasse River Players will present Kindred Spirits,” at the Frederic Remington Museum on Saturday, April 24 at 6 p.m.
The production, written and directed by Arthur Johnson, involves a seance in which a medium tries to contact a lady s deceased husband when the evening takes an unexpected turn. It will take all the museum s guests to figure out who is responsible.
Cost for the Murder Mystery Theatre is $25 per person.
Light refreshments made by Sugar Rush Bakery will be available.
Advance tickets can be purchased by calling 315-393-2425 or online at Murder Mystery – Frederic Remington Art Museum.
Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 6:01 pm
OGDENSBURG The Dinner Murder Company of the Grasse River Players will be presenting Kindred Spirits at the Frederic Remington Art Museum on Saturday, April 24 at 6 p.m.
The production, written and directed by Arthur Johnson, involves a seance in which a medium tries to contact a lady s deceased husband when the evening takes an unexpected turn. It will take all the museum s guests to figure out who is responsible.
Spread throughout two buildings and the Eleanor Vilas McNally Courtyard, this fun and safe, interactive theatrical experience allows the audience to safely mingle with characters, dropping hints of their checkered pasts. One correct super sleuth will receive a mystery prize for their great detective work in exposing the murderer. This year s cast includes Derrick Conway, Carole Berard, Art Johnson, Elaine Kuracina, David Weisbard, Julie Manders, and Cole Madore.
Fannie Mae Earns Seventh Consecutive ENERGY STAR® Award
Single-Family Green Business Honored for the First Time
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WASHINGTON, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) is proud to announce that it has received the 2021 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy. This is the seventh consecutive year Fannie Mae s Multifamily business has been acknowledged for its outstanding contributions to increasing adoption of energy-efficiency improvements in housing, and the first such recognition for the company s Single-Family business.
An ENERGY STAR partner since 2011, Fannie Mae is committed to creating positive environmental, social, and economic outcomes through mortgage finance. Leveraging its Green Financing Business, Fannie Mae supports the single-family and multifamily housing markets by financing homes and multifamily
Arthur Johnson
Beloved father, grandfather, brother, friend, community lawyer and activist
Arthur L. Johnson, a/k/a “Mr. JP” died peacefully at his home in Jamaica Plain on March 28.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, on September 17, 1946, Arthur was the oldest of Edith Dooley Johnson and William Johnson’s six sons. He graduated in 1964 from St. Francis de Sales High School in Toledo, Ohio and in 1968 from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester where he was editor of the campus newspaper and participated on the varsity tennis team.
He served in the United States Navy from 1968 to 1970 and was stationed on a destroyer off the coast of Vietnam. When he returned, Arthur was granted an honorable discharge from the Navy as a conscientious objector to the war in Vietnam.