Local Heroes & Community

45+ min ago   (266+ words) OSWEGO COUNTY – Oswego County announces another opportunity to support local youth! From now until Saturday, Oct. 31, its Department of Social Services’ Mental Hygiene Division is accepting applications for up to $5,000 in grant funding for youth-centered activities. Proposals must serve youth…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago   (118+ words) class MoodLabel(Enum): CONTENT = "content" CURIOUS = "curious" PLAYFUL = "playful" ANXIOUS = "anxious" SLEEPY = "sleepy" IRRIATED = "irritated" LOVING = "loving" MELANCHOLIC = "melancholic" @dataclass class AffectVector: valence: float = 0.0 # -1.0 to +1.0 emotional axis arousal: float = 0.5 # 0.0 to 1.0 activation level dominance: float = 0.5 # 0.0 to 1.0 sense of control novelty_seeking: float = 0.5 # 0.0 to…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (317+ words) America’s immigration debate usually revolves around the same stuff. Things like how many people are flooding in. What happens to US wages? What does it mean for housing, schools, crime, the border, and the economy? But immigration doesn’t stop being…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (422+ words) The Middle Patuxent Environmental Area has been a protected part of the Clarksville community for 30 years. Dedicated in 1996 as a “forever protected” natural area, the 1,021-acre property is the largest in Howard County’s system of parks, open space and natural…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (421+ words) Imagine the woodlands of Westmoreland County, but not the small patches of today. Imagine what it might have looked like 300 years ago, with vast tracts of old-growth forest that dominated the land as it began to slope up toward the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (244+ words) Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center Sunday, September 20, 2026 To Coral McLaughlin and Nikolai Beck-Sweigart of Stateline, Nixon Joseph Sweigart, born Sept. 5, 2026, weighing 7 pounds and 10 ounces. To Veronica and Jaymes Adams of Carson City, Sailor Samantha Lee Adams, born Sept. 7, 2026, weighing 7 pounds…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago   (471+ words) Home » Lifestyle » ‘Reformed abuser’ Sello Maake kaNcube launches men-focused movement Actor Sello Maake kaNcube is using his platform, and his own experience, to engage with South African men amid the country’s GBV crisis… Sello Maake kaNcube is launching a new…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (213+ words) The gathering offered a broader understanding of peace—not simply as the absence of war, but as a continuing effort to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world. The Peace Museum & Learning Lab was created in response to the…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (610+ words) The dinner buffet of colorful rice and vegetable dishes included a variety of sushi. This year’s celebration featured an Asian theme with attendees in Asian costume. The dress code for the Ebony Asian Celebration was Asian Attire, and these ladies…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (276+ words) Crucially, most recordings had at least five different speakers, as the film has both exposition and dialogue. The team recruited 820 people from three different language groups—Chinese, English and Semitic (Arabic, Hebrew and Maltese speakers)—to listen to clips and…...