Here We Go a' Wassailing
The annual Wassail weekend has been going on in Woodstock for Nearly 40 years. Wassail was a Viking custom for the long, dark winters, they would go from house to house and have some grog, wishing each other "Wassail, to your health."
Read full storyRaid on Illegal Internet Cafe
The Florida Commission's gaming enforcement division raided the Rio Arcade located just north of Havana at 6766 Florida Georgia Hwy., Florida with a search warrant and siezed seventy suspected illegal gambling devices, computers, an ATM, and cash. Criminal charges are pending.
Read full storyBidenomics Successful for Many
Consumers are slated to spend an almost inconceivable $1 TRILLION DOLLARS on Christmas this year. Spending is already up 8% from last year from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday to $38 Billion dollars in four days.
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A decade after the federal government began offering expanded Medicaid coverage in states that opted to accept it, up to 600,000 people with no insurance could be added to the rolls.
Read full storyVermont's Capitol Wants Its Post Office Back
Montpelier, Vermont was flooded in July of 2023, causing massive damage to the downtown area. The Federal building that houses the Governor is still out of operation, best guesses are January of next year to re-open.
Read full storyRemodeling Gainesville's Iconic Swamp: Gator Fans Unite
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, nicknamed The Swamp, for the Famous Gators Football Team, is getting a massive facelift. The athletic program is hiring Crawford Architects to develop renovation, construction and phasing options. Some of the things the groups are looking to upgrade are seating, restrooms, entry gates and the sound system.
Read full storyFDA Approves New Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease
In a landmark decision, the Food and Drug Administration Friday approved the first gene-editing treatment to alleviate human illness. Sickle Cell is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen through the body.
Read full storyL.A. to Vegas High Speed Rail Funded by Biden
Thanks to an $8.2 billion boost to rail projects. Included in Friday’s announcement is $3 billion to fund the Brightline West project to connect Las Vegas, where Biden makes the Friday announcement, to Los Angeles in half the time it currently takes to drive.
Read full storyFlorida Home Solar: Political Pawn?
Florida, the sunshine state, lags behind many others in home solar power. NY just ranked 6th in the nation, Florida gets lots more sunshine. The advantage of home solar is that the house becomes self sufficient. With its bounty of sunny days, Florida ranks third in the nation in rooftop solar energy potential but 13th in the amount of solar energy generated.
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McDonald's is opening a new style of restaurant with a new name. The first will open in Bolingbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. It is not known at this time whether there will be locations in Florida, additional locations are planned, with Texas being mentioned. A total of 10 are expected to open by the end of the year.
Read full storyNew Vermont Bookstore Benefits Low Income Residents
Just in time for the Christmas season, a new bookstore in White River Junction, Vermont opened a few days ago. Residents are pleased they now have a bookstore just one block from downtown, which sells books at reasonable prices. It's called Cover to Cover Books.
Read full storyRemember Pearl Harbor
In 1941, most Americans had no idea where Pearl Harbor was. The Japanese attack stunned the nation, just as 9-11 attacks did to a later generation. It's been 82 years since the attack. The handful of American servicemen still living that survived the attack are approaching 100 years old. Or more. The attack happened 80 years after the start of the Civil War. If there were any survivors left from that war, they probably felt similar. Vivid memories of war that the people around them had little or no recollection of.
Read full storyObamacare Appears Here to Stay
The Affordable Care Act, dubbed Obamacare, is a prime target for Republicans who want to scale back or eliminate the plan. Affordable Care in America is more embedded in society than it was when Trump took office and vowed to get rid of it. He failed. But most of the nation, particularly Republican voters and many GOP lawmakers, have moved on from trying to repeal and replace the law.
Read full storyGainesville Restaurants Close: 3 Closures in 2 Weeks
Three restaurants in Gainesville have announced they are going out of business in just the last 2 weeks. Swamp Boil, a Cajun-Vietnamese fusion restaurant, was the most recent. Before that is was the La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant, which has been in business for 34 years, and the Halo Donuts potato donut shop, which closed last week. The owner of Halo opined that more restaurants would follow soon.
Read full storyTriple Crown; Belmont Stakes in 2024 Will Run in Saratoga
Due to large scale renovations at Belmont Park Race Track, next years Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown, will be run on Saturday, June 8. It will be part of a four-day Belmont at Saratoga racing festival, beginning on Thursday and ending on Sunday, June 9. The announcement will be made today by Governor Kathy Hochul.
Read full storySandra Day O'Conner Would Not Fit Supreme Court Today
The first woman to sit on the Supreme Court had a reputation for finding compromise in the nations most difficult controversies. Her best known decisions have been abandoned. Two of her best-known opinions − a landmark case that for three decades established the nationwide standard for abortion access and another upholding the limited use of affirmative action in admissions − have been abandoned in recent years by the current court's conservative majority.
Read full storySan Jose Creeks Filled With Spawning Salmon Again
In the Bay Area of California, big Salmonm, as large as 30 pounds and almost three feet long, are returning to the Guadalupe River Watershed by the hundreds to spawn. Creeks such as Los Gatos and Guadalupe had formerly lost most of their salmon population as trash clogged the gravel beds of the streams.
Read full storySpeaker Johnson Wants Capitol Rioters Protected from DOJ
House Speaker Johnson wants images of January 6 Rioters blurred on publicly released footage to protect them from the Justice Department. Johnson said that he want to make sure rioters are not prosecuted, indicating if they could be identified they could be retaliated againt or " be charged by the DOJ, or have "other concerns and problems."
Read full storyDeSantis Calls for Republican Chairman to Resign in Florida
Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler is under criminal investigation by the Sarasota Police Department regarding a sexual battery complaint from October. Because of that, Governor Ron DeSantis said he shouldn’t be in charge of the state GOP. “I think he should step aside,” DeSantis told reporters during a news conference after Thursday’s debate with Gavin Newsom.
Read full storyDemocracy at Risk; The Trump Who Would Be King
The distinct choice voters face next year is made clear by Trump's plans for anti-democracy. Trump has argued several times that he is immune from the laws under which other Americans are judged. The premise of Constitutional goverment itself may be at risk.
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