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NEWS on COVID-19 in Massachusetts: READ THE ORDERS: Mass. Moving Back to Phase 3, Step 1, Adding New Restrictions

Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that effective Sunday, December 13th, all communities in Massachusetts will return to Step 1 of Phase 3, of the Commonwealths reopening plan. This will reduce indoor capacities across a broad range of sectors of the economy and tighten several other workplace restrictions. The Administration announced the roll-back to respond to an increase in new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations since the Thanksgiving holiday that is straining the health care system in Massachusetts.

The return to Step 1 will also require the closure of certain businesses designated as Step 2 industries. These include indoor performance venues and certain high-contact indoor recreational businesses. In addition, capacity limits will be reduced to 40% statewide for most industries, and the limit on outdoor gatherings will be reduced statewide from 100 persons to 50 persons. Additional safety measures will be applied to restaurant dining as well.

These new measures are designed to prevent infection and viral spread, especially in indoor settings. They will create stronger mask compliance, more social distancing, and limits to the time spent with people outside of your immediate household.

The Administration also announced additional guidance for certain sectors including restaurants, office spaces and gyms, to address activities where mask wearing is not possible at all times.

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The search for identity and recognition is a common theme among the 2020 North Carolina Book Award recipients who are being announced virtually. Video acceptance statements from recipients are available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0D3Ny2CaPzmpuuwyMiP8trn6iVTzB-9e.

The Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction goes to William Sandy Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen of Durham, for From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century. The husband-wife team explores the economic and social impact of slavery, the mirage of equality during Reconstruction and the multiplier effect of ongoing institutional racism to imprison African Americans in poverty while building white wealth for generations. Darity is the Samuel DuBose Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Mullen is an author, folklorist and museum consultant.

The Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction goes to Katey Schultz of Celo, for Still Come Home, a tale of war in Afghanistan involving a young wife, her older husband and the Taliban, an American soldier, and how their lives intersect as each seeks to live their truth in circumstances often beyond their control. Schultz, author of Flashes of War among other titles, is an instructor of creative writing at Interlochen College of Creative Arts in Michigan.

The Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry goes to Dannye Romine Powell of Charlotte, for In the Sunroom with Raymond Carver, which has been described as prayerful, shimmering with incandescence, and offering sometimes blinding moments of self-recognition. In addition to being an award-winning poet, Powell has been a leader in North Carolinas literary community, serving as book editor and columnist for the Charlotte Observer for decades.

The American Association of University Women Award for Young Peoples Literature goes toMeg Cannistra of Charlotte, for The Trouble with Shooting Stars, as 12-year-old Luna explores the heavens. It also is an examination of Italian American life and the experiences of food, fireworks, acceptance and love. This is Cannistras debut novel.

The C.C. Crittenden Memorial Award for lifetime contributions to history goes to Elizabeth Buford of Raleigh, former director of the N.C. Museum of History, former deputy secretary of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, who has worked to preserve and protect North Carolina history for decades through historic preservation, exhibitions and special events. She is most proud of the successful transfer of National History Day from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction to the Office of Archives and History, ensuring that students would learn and protect the states history by doing history, creating exhibits, writing papers and producing performances. Buford spread her good works across the state by also being a longtime leader of the Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies.

The Hardee-Rives Dramatic Arts Award goes to Triad Stage of Greensboro, for nearly 20 years of consistently high theater service reaching thousands of theatergoers in the Triad with high quality, regionally authentic productions in Greensboro and Winston-Salem.

The Hugh T. Lefler Award for best college student paper goes to Scott Stegall of Monroe and Davidson College, forFiddle and Bow and Jim Crow: North Carolina Fiddlers Conventions, Confederate Memorialization, and the Culture of White Supremacy. Graduating in 2020, Stegall, an old-time musician himself, used his time as a college student to explore the intersection between music and history in North Carolina.

The N.C. Literary and Historical Association and the Federation of N.C. Historical Societies continues in their commitment to stimulate the production of literature, to collect and preserve historical material in North Carolina, and to recognize excellence in both areas,even during this pandemic.

For additional information on the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association and the awards program, visit https://www.ncdcr.gov/about/history/lit-and-hist. The program is administered by the Office of Archives and History within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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ESSEX -- If youve never been down Towers Road, you might not know that theres a luxurious, 7,043-square foot contemporary house that comes with additional structures and an incredible view of the rolling countryside. And its currently for sale.

Listed by Hank Gintof Jr. of Signature Properties of Vermont, 100 Towers Road in Essex has over 10 acres of land, a single-family home, a pool house with a half bathroom, and so much more. The primary house includes a grand room with large windows, an upper loft that makes for a stellar home office, a custom bar, and even a theater room.

Outside, you can find a kidney-shaped pool and an 864-square foot barn. In addition to the attached three-car garage, theres an additional 1,200-square foot detached garage, allowing you to comfortably park nine vehicles indoors.

Bedrooms: 4

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Highlights: Sunroom with overhead-vented cooking area, cozy fireplace, soaring ceilings, private plot but conveniently located to local amenities, garden space, spacious walk-in closet, kitchen island, and soaking tub

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The new five-story west Little Rock headquarters of Bank OZK is a magnificent addition of modern architecture for Arkansas. However, it houses more than deposits and loans its the repository for a number of world-renowned art pieces.

Bank OZK Chairman and CEO George Gleason provided Talk Business & Politics with a personal tour of the new campus and sat down for a Q&A on the state of banking as the nation heads into 2021 and a new presidential administration.

Gleason said the motivation to build a new headquarters the third one hes built in Little Rock was to have a building that would attract young talent as well as provide a campus with the potential for future growth. It is also a destination for the public to treat as a park.

The campus setting gives our employees and our customers and the community, for that matter, an opportunity to come outside and on a beautiful day work outside, he said. We think that fosters creativity and improves job satisfaction.

Designed by Little Rock-based Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, the Bank OZK headquarters serves as a staging place for a number of major art pieces. Gleason and his wife, Linda, have been dedicated art collectors for decades. The building is filled with paintings, sculptures, and blown glass from around the world.

Gleasons passion for art appreciation began in his teenage years from a Worlds Fair experience in San Antonio. In his professional career, he was afforded the opportunity to become a serious art collector. He never dreamed he would unknowingly be pitted against billionaire Alice Walton and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art through anonymous art bids.

We would go to sales and we had done our homework and we really liked this piece or really liked that piece. And we would bid on it, but we knew what it ought to sell for. And it would just go on up. There just seemed to be this escalating trend in prices in the market, Gleason recalled.

I was sitting in the sunroom one Sunday morning when the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published their article announcing Crystal Bridges. I think there were a dozen or 13 or 14 pictures in there that she had acquired and we were the underbidder on about half of them, Gleason said. I told my wife that morning, I said, Alice is going to buy everything great and most things good. And if we want to have a third-rate collection of American art, we just need to resolve to that or we can start collecting European art. So our personal collection went all European. By the time we were back collecting for the bank, the Alice Walton effect on prices had diminished. And once again, when good items came up, we were able to buy them at a fair price.

THE PANDEMIC, THE FUTUREGleason says the bank adapted internally to the COVID-19 pandemic and helped many clients with three- or six-month deferrals on loans. However, he said while some clients suffered during the pandemic, others have thrived.

The strange thing about COVID-19 is, economically, you have winners and you have losers. Some of our customers businesses have been boosted to unprecedented levels of business volume and activity and profitability because the services they provide or the projects theyre developing or the houses or buildings, or whatever are in higher demand than ever before, as a result of COVID-19. And then you have other people like people who are in the hotel and restaurant business who had been profoundly adversely affected by it, he said.

Bank OZK did about a half-billion dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Gleason said without the quick action from the federal government, the devastation for businesses and individuals would have been worse.

I think it [PPP] is like any program of that scale that is put together quickly. It accomplished a lot of things that it was intended to do. Its been a very useful program to keeping the country going through the disaster. But when you put together a program that is going to do that much and interact with that many tens and hundreds of thousands of people all across the country, youre going to have instances of fraud and abuse and misdirection of funds that go to a place that probably wasnt intended when everybody in Washington was crafting the legislation, he said. But I will give the Fed and our lawmakers and the president great credit. The response to the pandemic was very quick and very robust.

While he worries about the rising national debt, Gleason contends that more stimulus is needed to make it through the current COVID-19 challenge.

I do think we need another round of stimulus. Im not of the camp that it needs to be outlandishly large nor does it need to be anorexically skinny. I think theres probably a good middle ground, he said. I dont think we need another PPP program. I think we do need an extension of unemployment benefits at a more moderate rate for the millions of people that are going to be on unemployment much longer than their current benefits are designed to last.

You can watch a full tour of the Bank OZK headquarters and a longer interview with Gleason in the video below.

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Decorating with MaryAnneand Mark Roethle

MaryAnneand Mark Roethle wont be able to gather all their loved ones together at their home for the holidays this year due to the COVIDcrisis. But that doesnt mean they wont fill their Wauwatosa home with striking holiday decorations.

Decorating makes the house wonderfully cozy and warm, and it celebrates the season, she said. There is nothing more enjoyable and homey to me than sitting in the living room looking around at the garland, the trees and the fireplace. ...

Each year we have a big celebration with my husbands family. This year is our year to host it, but unless the weather is nice and we can stay outside, I dont think well be doing that, she added.

Roethle, an artist and the founder of Rockway Pottery, said this year they are likely to enjoy their decorations with their adult daughter, Maggie, and their son, Michael, who is a sophomore in high school. Mark is a researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Her artwork will be featured at the38thAnnualMonches ArtisansHoliday Open HouseDec.4 to 6.

And her home isa perfect space to decorate.

MaryAnn said the classic Lannon stone colonial they bought in 2003 was built in 1927 and she knew it would look great during the holidays.

MaryAnne Roethle has set up holiday themed planters with birch and berries outside her home.(Photo: Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

When we first saw it, I was charmed with its character and how it would lend itself to the beauty of holiday decorating, she said.

Some amenities in the 2,800-square foot, five bedroom, 2 bath home are textured walls, decorative plaster and wood crown molding, parquet and tile floors in unique patterns, arched doorways, large arched and leaded glass windows, a decorative staircase, a wood-burning fireplace/heater, and a sunroom thats perfect for one of the three artificial Christmas trees they set out each year.

MaryAnne, who does the bulk of the decorating, said she decorates every room on the first floor, including the powder room. She started decorating as a young girl with her mom, the lateMargaret Streff, who lived in Wauwatosa and Elm Grove.

Now, a lot of the pieces we have are pieces my mom made. She was a ceramicist. She would get bisque pieces that had been molded and would paint and glaze and fire them. She loved to make Father Christmases, Santas and little Christmas houses.

Some Santas made by MaryAnne Roethle's mother are whimsical, such as the one with golf clubs (left). Others are religious or themed.(Photo: Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

She made a lot of them for me, I inherited hers, and she also made a lot of them for our children. She also loved to make ornaments, so we have a lot of them on our family Christmas tree, she said.

That tree, which sits in the living room, has multicolored lights, is wide, and reaches about 7 feet.

She said it also has ornaments from when she and her husband were children, and ornaments their children made when they were young.

The other trees in her home include tall, thin pencil trees in the living room and sunroom.

In addition to the trees, she adds string ornaments in the windows in the sunroom that hang at different levels, decorates the fireplace, dining room table, radiator covers, sets out holiday pillows, and decorates the tops of her kitchen cabinets.

After all those pieces are up, she adds more color by putting poinsettias in every room.

I love to do the real big red ones, but sometimes Ill get a collection of smaller ones and group those together, she said.

She recently talked about holiday decorating at her home and the upcoming Monches tour.

Question:What kind of pottery do you make and where is it available?

Answer: I make stoneware pottery. It's wheel-thrown, hand-carved, glazed and fired. Its sold through my website and at craft fairs and art shows such as the Monches tour. At this year's tour Ill be selling a variety of pottery pieces and some holiday pieces.

Q: How do you decorate the other two trees in your home?

A:The one in the sunroom has white lights and very traditional European ornaments that are from a dear friend of mine who remembers them being on her grandmother's tree. She gave them to me and theyre gorgeous. Theyre all old and fragile. We have a cream colored skirt under it with garlands and pinecones.

The tree in the living room has white lights and silver, red and green ornaments that are traditional. It also some whimsical tear drops in silver and whimsical wrapped candy shaped ornaments. They make the tree look like an old-fashioned candy store. That tree gets a red skirt under it, and one of my moms Santas is next to it. Its the largest one she made at 2 feet.

Q:What are some of your favorite accent pieces?

A:Moms Santas and her traditional Father Christmases. I have over a dozen of them. ...There is a Russian Father Christmas holding a unique scepter and a nesting doll. Theres a Father Christmas from Switzerland that has a dog with a barrel under its neck and he is also holding skis. There are also whimsical ones like a Santa holding golf clubs.

Q:Any favorite ornaments?

AWe have some antique ornaments on the family tree from my husbands family. They are very traditional glass ornaments with red on the bottom and silver on the top and some gold glitter. They were pieces his parents treasured. Other favorites are a collection of snow babies my mom made. Theyre ceramic ornaments of babies. One is in pajamas, one has snow boots on, there is one thats holding a bat, one holding a bird, one with a paintbrush, one holding a Christmas tree, and one has a backpack with books.

QCan you describe the pieces over your kitchen cabinets?

A:On some of the cabinets there are the Christmas houses my mom made. They light up. I also put garland up there for a backdrop, artificial snow, votives and a string of lights. The lights on the houses and a string of lights create some depth. On the other cabinets we have a Father Christmas, a ceramic Christmas tree with lights, and my mom made a house with snow babies on it.

The top of the kitchen cabinets hosts a Christmas display at the Roethle home. MaryAnne's mother made the Christmas houses.(Photo: Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Q:Do you decorate your staircase?

A:Its different every year. This year I added ornaments between the spindles, a small wooden Christmas tree on the landing, and there are candles and some pottery on the steps. The radiator alongside the staircase spindles has a vase with ornament, a floral arraignment, and a piece showing the Holy Family that my Mom made.

Q:How do you accent your dining room?

A:This year I have two bowls with pinecones in them in the center of the table and a set of dinnerware I custom made for a client. Its a blue and beige combination and it has pasta bowls. I decided to set it out this year because I wanted to highlight my work in a table scape over these holidays. Some years I just put out the two bowls with the pinecones. I also put garland around the mirror and the sconces are accented with bouquets of berries and holly. All the sconces in the house are decorated.

Q:What kind of garland did you add to the three curved doorways in the living room?

A:Two are magnolia and holly and the other is a gold berry.

Q:Your table settings arent in holiday colors. Do you like to mix your colors this time of year?

A:I like to mix non-holiday colors with holiday colors. It gives more variety. I think certain things should go with the house and dont have to be a part of the holiday dcor. I dont do a holiday table because I feel the place settings should match the vibe of the house, not necessarily the season.

Q:Do you feature your pottery in other areas of the house during the holidays?

A:Yes. I set out mugs I made in the kitchen for anyone who wants coffee.

Q:How do you decorate your powder room?

A:Ive got a glass container with ornaments in it, and my mom made a Santa in an outhouse and hes in there. I also have holiday towels. Its a small room so theres not much we can do in there.

Q:How do you accent the fireplace in your living room?

A:I have stockings on it that we got as wedding gifts, and stockings we bought for the kids.On the mantelweve got sprigs of pine boughs, theres a pretty red vase, candlesand some other holiday pieces. I put the Father Christmas with the St. Bernard up there. We like to spend time together in front of the fireplace this time of year.

Q:How do you decorate the exterior of your home?

A:We keep the exterior clean. We just put up lights on the Japanese maple, then I have two pots on either side of the front door and I put traditional pine boughs, birch branches and ribbons in them.

Q:Where do you store your decorations?

A:In the attic. We have about 18 tubs or boxes.

Q:When do you start decorating?

A:Typically after Thanksgiving. Usually we have a big Thanksgiving and the next day I start decorating. Mark brings all the stuff down and both of the kids enjoy decorating. Our daughter especially likes to come over and help.

Q:How long does it take?

A:Usually a little over a weekend. I have it down to a science.

Q:Whats your style of decorating year round?

A:Arts and crafts and traditional. A lot of our pieces were handed down from family members. Im not the kind that goes out and gets a whole new dining room set when we have functional pieces from great-aunt Sofia or Grandma and Grandpa.

Q:Do the colors you decorate with year round go well with your holiday dcor?

A:Yes, the reds and greens match the dcor. In the living room we painted part of the fireplace green, and that matches the green in the rug and they both pick up the greens in the garland. And the couch and chair are burgundy. In the dining room I also have tablecloths in burgundy and those colors are in the Santas and Father Christmases in there.

Q:Do you plan to have special holiday meals for your immediate family?

A:We will still do a traditional holiday dinner that is unique to the family. Grandma always cooked sauerbraten, so I will get that going shortly after Thanksgiving for Christmas Eve. We will do a traditional turkey for Christmas day.

Q:Have you participated in the Monches tour before?

A:Yes, this is my second year. I will be at the Monches Mill house this year. I was there last year.

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What: 38thAnnualMonches ArtisansHoliday Open House. Adriving tour through the historic Monches and scenic Holy Hill areas with sixstops, among them artists studios businesses and restaurants. Each artist location will have unique gift items for sale.

When:9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Dec.4through 6. (Hours may vary at some sites)

Tickets:Free.

For more information: Seewww.monchesartisans.com. From the site you can print out a map of locations. Maps will also beavailable at each of the tour stops as well.

Notes: Only the workshops and galleries of the business will be open to the public.

For the safety of both the artists and patrons, CDC guidelines should be followed. Social distancing is encouraged. Facemasks are required at all stops. Hand sanitizer will be available. Some studios will limitguests to allow for the social distancing recommendation.

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The Federation Queenslander was designed by the renowned Federation Style architect Robin Dods, and has been maintained in exceptionally good condition. It is a beautiful double story home providing the potential for dual living with spacious open plan living and bedrooms situated on both levels. The home boasts features such as 3.2 metre high ceilings, polished timber floors, a classic white contemporary well-appointed kitchen which opens to a huge open plan dining and living room with a slow combustion wood heater - all of which enjoys the outlook to the views as does the sunroom, entertaining deck, and master bedroom. This large home has a very versatile floor plan providing you with up to six bedrooms if you need. Downstairs offers great potential with a flexible floor plan incorporating a reception area, office, bedrooms, large open plan rumpus/living room and a single garage.

The three-bay powered 10 x 7.5 metre colour bond garage is complete with storage shelves and a workbench. The park like gardens provide fruit trees, an olive grove, and native garden.

The Fully Self-Contained Chalets are a quality addition to the property. They have been operated as an award-winning Bed and Breakfast for the past 10 years and listed in the Lonely Planet guide since 2014. They all are in excellent condition and feature a generous open plan living area that opens onto a private balcony via a large 6 metre glass sliding door. Each is equipped with full kitchen, fans, fireplace, BBQ and carport. One features a spa bath, and another has a separate bedroom. The Chalets are situated conveniently near tourist attractions such as Preston Peak Winery and Wedding Reception, Preston Village Chapel and Manor, and the Garden City of Toowoomba.

This property will suit anyone who loves nature, tranquillity and space and can be continued as a successful BandB, changed into the business adventure of your choice such as yoga/healing/artist retreat, organic gardening, health food caf, wildlife sanctuary, nature photography, or the chalets might simply be used as an extension to the main residence for family and friends. This is a special package that must be inspected to be fully appreciated. Don't hesitate to call Murray to arrange your private inspection.

Other features of the property include:andbull;a 10 person sand filteration waste water treatment system with garden subirrigation at the main residenceandbull;Ecofriendly Biolytix Waste water treatment for the 3 chalets (using worms to break down the waste)andbull;There is Mail Delivery, Wheelie Bin Collection, and School Bus pick up just 300metres away.

Rates: $1889:32 per half year.

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Extreme makeover and renovation by S&R Custom Homes master craftsmen. Come see this 4 bedroom 2.5 baths incredibly redesigned home featuring, new kitchen cabinets, extra thick quartz countertops, new lighting, farm sink,island w ceiling feature, new bathrooms w master bath with walk in s heated towel bar, soaking tub, massive great room featuring 16 foot tall ceiling, Adirondack granite fireplace, coffered ceiling, new window package, office with raised panel walls, formal dining room with coffered ceiling, all new hardwood floors throughout both floors, ceramic tile floors, first floor laundry with build in bench and nook, new light fixtures, cedar trellis, new concrete sidewalk, fresh landscaping, in ground pool with new sand filter, new high efficiency furnace and AC, and so much more!! The detail in finishing is a must see!! Come see this home thats nearly brand new and situated on a cozy private lot.

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