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June 30, 2021 6:56 PM Elenee Dao
SPOKANE, Wash. This extreme heat continues to impact businesses. It’s another blow as the state just fully reopened. Some local places couldn’t join in on the celebration Wednesday.
On a scorching day like Wednesday, ice cream or a milkshake sounds great. But people wouldn’t get it at Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle, at least not on Wednesday.
The a/c started giving up last week when it hit mid 90s in Spokane. The building got too hot, Tom Ritchie said, the owner of the milk bottle.
“The heat in here just ruins all the ice cream, aren’t able to keep the ice cream freezer going,” he said. “The ice cream is soft serve instead of hard. Just really rough on all the equipment.”
KEYNOTES: Ceremony in 2018 dedicated bridge to Pfc. Thibault
Rosemary Rimkus
Washington Street bridge, the main thoroughfare over the Assabet River in downtown Hudson, was dedicated to the memory of Vietnam War hero, Army Pfc. Kenneth M. Thibault on June 16, 2018, following the reconstruction of the bridge. Thibault, a 1966 graduate of Hudson High School, was killed by hostile fire in Binh Dinh, Vietnam, on April 2, 1967, two days after his 20th birthday.
Army Lt. Col. David S. Diaz was keynote speaker at the dedication, in addition to state Sen. Jamie Eldridge, state Rep. Kate Hogan, Hudson Selectman chairman John Parent and Kenny’s Hudson High School classmate Jay Murphy, also a Vietnam War veteran. Jason Caron led the Hudson High School band in the national anthem and “God Bless America.” The Color guard was provided by Hudson Police Department and members of Hudson Amvets Post 208, which has been named in Thibault’s memory.
TAUNTON In February, the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District instituted a new policy regarding webcams during remote learning. Children are now required to keep their cameras on during remote learning if the teacher so asks.
While some school community members think this change will positively impact students academic performance, others say they believe it could be detrimental to learning for some students.
D-R Superintendent Anthony Azar said one of the main reasons the district made the policy change was to make it easier for teachers to check on students social and emotional well-being. Being able to see them on the screen would tell tales of Are they in a good place? Have they been doing okay from a physicality standpoint, he said.