Employee Ann Marie Singleton sorts cards at Jane’s Hallmark Shop on Wednesday. The shop, formerly Linda’s Hallmark, opened under new ownership on May 7. Aisles of cards are pictured inside Jane’s Hallmark […]
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Vulture Staff Oscar Voting For Your Considerations
Photo-Illustration: by Vulture; Photos by IFC, Focus Features and Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures The Oscar voting period runs through this Wednesday, March 10, with nominees getting revealed next Monday, which means all over Hollywood, ballots are still being filled out. The major contenders have been campaigning for months and, […]
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TCC includes school staff in vaccination efforts: Vaccine appointments available in Fairbanks, Healy | Alerts
Ten new deaths from the COVID-19 virus were reported over the weekend in Alaska, including two Fairbanksans — a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s — as well as a North Pole woman 70 years or older. Half of the newly reported deaths happened in the […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Court rules against fast-track of Trump EPA’s ‘secret science’ rule | Bureau of Land Management exodus: Agency lost 87 percent of staff in Trump HQ relocation | GM commits to electric light duty fleet by 2035
HAPPY THURSDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. Signup for our newsletter and others HERE. […]
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Coronavirus hits Kansas hospitals harder, sidelines staff
MISSION, Kan. Kansas health officials on Tuesday urged communities to take stronger action as more hospital rooms are devoted to caring for coronavirus patients and hundreds of doctors, nurses and other workers are quarantined, leading some surgical procedures to be delayed. Hospital emergency departments in at least two communities were […]
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Scary video game jack-o-lanterns from Polygon’s staff
There are few activities that fit the autumnal, Halloween season better than pumpkin carving. That’s why we’ve swapped our pens, pencils, and tablets for some more appropriate tools for the season. Yes, the Polygon staff got out our carving tools, pumpkins, and honeydew melons — you’ll see — to create […]
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How to spice up staff meetings, Part 1 – News – MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA
Wow, there is nothing like a good weekly staff meeting to get the creative juices going and the work intensity flowing. I bet that as your reading this column you’re thinking fondly and nostalgically about last week’s meeting and you just can’t wait for the next staff meeting coming up […]
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What our staff bought in September
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s what made it into our shopping carts this past month. Image: bob al-greene / mashable By Dylan HaasMashable Shopping2020-09-30 16:03:40 UTC If you […]
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Co-op Funeralcare staff use ‘tricks’ to boost profits after lockdown
Siobhain McDonagh, the Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden, who has campaigned against funeral poverty, said: “This is such a distressing time for people ordinarily, but with coronavirus on top, [people are] dying prematurely with very little money… there should be urgent action to set up a funeral regulator.” The […]
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Staff working from home ‘miss out on camaraderie’
Staff working from home for fashion retailer Next have been “stultified” by boring online presentations and missed out on office camaraderie, the company said. Next said that overall, the impact of the pandemic on business had been “expensive and miserable”. But it had also seen some advantages from the upheaval, […]
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School Kids, Staff Are Canaries In A Coal Mine
Editor’s note: The following is Patch Field Editor Russ Crespolini’s, hopefully, weekly column. It is reflective of his opinion alone. It is an archaic expression borne of a practice in a time we’ve mostly forgotten. Sending a canary into a coal mine to see if the air was safe to […]