On St. Patrick s Day last year, the flow of green beer was cut short. Painfully short.
On March 17 2020, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order that closed all bars, breweries and nightclubs at 5 p.m. It was the first of two closures that would devastate the industry, plummeting sales numbers to depths bars have still not yet recovered from.
But just because they couldn t party last year doesn t mean all Irish pubs are ready to break out the shamrocks and kegs for 2021. We re not doing anything to attract, you know, a large crowd, said Robert Snow, who oversees the PaddyWagon locations in Lakeland and Winter Haven. We don t feel comfortable with, you know, doing a big thing out in the parking lot like we usually do and outside sales and all that.
Jacksonville Holiday Home Decorating contest winners
The City of Jacksonville Environmental and Appearance Advisory Committee recently named the winners of the 2020 Holiday Home Decorating contest winners. The contest encourages city residents to show their community pride and creativity during the months of October, November, and December.
Halloween category: First place, Raymond and Angela Drye - 108 Fawn Trail; second place, Patrick and Margaret Benjamin - 129 Dublin Lane; third place, Nina Mahlum - 404 Windham Court.
Christmas category: Best Cottage Decoration, George Kelly - 312 Anne Street; Best Classic Cottage Decoration, Timothy and Angela Solum - 100 Keller Court; Best Classic Decoration, Charlie Brown - 2614 Northwoods Drive; Most Welcoming Decoration, The Bader Family - 121 Wesleyan Court; Griswold Worthy Decoration, Michele Vanhorn - 1007 Decatur Road; Best Use of Space Decoration, Marissa Kelly - 121 Arthur Court; Most Patriotic Decoration, Jason and Corey Lagan
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Fairfield students gathered Monday to decorate the sidewalks at McKinley Elementary School with messages of unity. (John Whaley)
FAIRFIELD, CT Less than a week after McKinley Elementary students encountered vandalism outside their school, they received a much different surprise messages of kindness and unity, artistically rendered along the school sidewalks.
Students discovered Tuesday on the school s front walkway chalk drawings of hearts, rainbows and flowers, and words encouraging them to be a light in the darkness and reminding them there is unity in our diversity.
The happy surprise was the result of a collaboration between several Fairfield high school and middle school groups. The organizations came together after graffiti that said United States of China and Biden For Socialism was reported to police Jan. 13 on sidewalks near the school and a snow mound in the parking lot.
Don’t Listen to the Lizard People April 06, 20218:10 AM Slate podcast transcripts are created by Snackable using machine-learning software and have not been reviewed prior to publication. Listen to this episode
S1: This bombing was a reminder of the destructive power of an individual or small group can muster and the need for continuing vigilance across the board.
S2: This reptilian theory, which basically says that there are individuals on planet Earth that are lizards sent here to do harm.
S3: I have now been vaccinated. As Joe likes to say, there’s a big difference between the vaccine and vaccinations. I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine, literally. This is about saving.