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ROCKLAND, Maine The City Council is considering a six-month moratorium on the demolition of buildings downtown to give the citys historic preservation committee time to evaluate which structures should be preserved.

It comes as the owner of a downtown building has proposed tearing down a majority of the structure and paving the site for parking. The council previously considered a ban on commercial parking lots in the downtown area to stop the developer, but has since postponed that measure.

City councilors will meet with property owner Crystal Darling on Dec. 7 to hear why she wants to tear the building down before giving final consideration to the demolition moratorium on Dec. 14.

If passed, it would temporarily halt the demolition of Darlings property at 279 Main St.

This wont prevent the buildings from ever being demolished but the Historic Preservation Commission would like certain buildings to be given the chance for someone to rehab before demolition, Rockland City Manager Tom Luttrell said.

Darlings property sits at a major intersection in downtown Rockland and is home to Park Street Grille, among other businesses.

The 15,000-square-foot building was constructed in the 1950s. Under Darlings proposal, the majority of the building, including the portion that houses Park Street Grille, would be torn down. In its place, a commercial parking lot would be constructed, with parking for the buildings remaining tenants and long-term leased spaces.

The portion where Franks Family Hair Care and Breakwater Design and Build Inc. currently operate would remain intact.

Since plans were submitted to the planning board earlier this fall, the city council has been scrambling to determine the best way to pump the brakes on the proposal.

Former City Councilor Valli Geiger proposed a stricter review process for parking lots within the downtown district, stating that surface lots dont mesh with the long-term vision for the city.

An outright ban on stand-alone commercial lots was ultimately added to Geigers proposal. The council has indefinitely postponed final approval of Geigers proposal.

While councilors ultimately agree that a parking lot would provide few benefits to downtown, some have voiced concern over changing the rules amid an active application for demolition.

As disgusted as I am at giving more space to vehicles, if it was my building and it was not economically viable, I would be angry if I was told I couldnt tear it down and use it as a parking lot, Councilor Ben Dorr said at an Oct. 14 council meeting.

There will be a public hearing on the demolition moratorium before the council considers it for final approval on Dec. 14.

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JOLIET, IL The students at Joliet Catholic Academy came up with a terrific idea to help Joliet area restaurants during these trying times created by the coronavirus pandemic. The first week of Operation Takeout, sponsored by the school's Habitat Club was an amazing success.

Nearly 700 meals were delivered to people in the Joliet area who ordered through the JCA students who then picked up their meals and made the deliveries. The first week's restaurants were Syl's in Rockdale, the Shorewood Chicken-N-Spice and The Jacob Henry Mansion in Joliet.

Operation Takeout begins its second week and this week's restaurants are: Station One Smokehouse in downtown Plainfield offering a BBQ style family dinner for Thursday; Bella Cucina at Jefferson and Raynor in Joliet for Friday offering a Tuscan chicken dinner, and The Dock at Inwood for Sunday offering breakfast pizza and burritos.

On Thursday, Dec. 10, JCA students will be delivering meals from Chefy's Kitchen on Plainfield Road in Joliet.

"Our restaurant community needs us and HOPE now more than ever ... The JCA Habitat Club is working to offer the alumni owned restaurants the opportunity to sell dinners through the JCA community. Orders will be taken through a certain time period and dinners will be picked up at the restaurant," according to Joliet Catholic Academy.

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I have written previously about health and safety on our farms and how we urge farmers and managers to regularly review the safety policies and procedures that they have in place, to drive down risks in the workplace. B

By making safety a part of everyday conversations we can achieve a change in culture and attitude towards health and safety.

This is the time of year when many will look to carry out general maintenance around the farm and workplace.

From discussions that I have with people, these jobs will often be carried out by themselves.

When looking at what works are required, the importance is on ensuring that tasks are planned and that the people involved have the right training and equipment needed to work safely.

Falls from height are one of the biggest causes of major injury. Avoiding work of this nature where possible is what the NFU and the Farm Safety Partnership are asking everyone to act on.

Identify what works can be carried out from the ground, for example using extendable equipment to carry out routine jobs like gutter cleaning.

Avoiding work at height by bringing in a specialist contractor if required, never being tempted to use the wrong equipment.

It is illegal to lift anyone on the forks or bucket of a telehandler.

The appropriate access equipment, elevating working platform or scaffolding is required to control risk.

As there are many pressures that people are having to cope with at the current time, Coronavirus, Brexit uncertainty and challenging weathers, it is easy to become distracted and overlook something.

The most important thing is that a safe workplace is crucial for everyone involved.

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TOMS RIVER, NJ Toms River schools will welcome students back for in-person learning next week, a week earlier than originally announced, the superintendent announced Monday.

In a letter to parents, Superintendent David Healy said school officials analyzed COVID-related quarantines and district-wide staffing and decided to revise the return date to Monday, Dec. 7 instead of Dec. 14.

The area is currently listed as "high risk," which requires consideration of an all-remote learning environment, Healy said, which is why the district determined last week that going fully remote would help keep the school community safe as cases rose.

"We believe our cautious approach was the right one, placing us in a stronger position to re-implement hybrid, in-person learning," Healy said in the letter.

The superintendent warned parents of the possibility that a particular school or grade level may need to move to remote instruction due to COVID-19 cases or transmission within a building or class.

Healy also announced the formation of the TRSS Mental Health Taskforce, which will be composed of staff, district and community mental health professional, administrators and students who will gather information about what types of support are needed for students and families.

"We are happy to reopen earlier than planned, but do so with extreme care and caution," Healy said in the letter. "Rest assured we are constantly evaluating the situation and will continue to consult with local and state health officials on the ever-changing information and data related to COVID-19 to ensure the safety of nearly 17,000 individuals who attend and work for our school district."

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The Wall Street Journal's assessment of the probability of the second stimulus bill getting passedthe snowball's chance in hellis probably wrong. Legislators, even the awful McConnell, can see the next election coming and worry they will lose the 2022 midterm, again, if they don't hand out some dough. Photos of long lines at food banks in formerly prosperous places are reminiscent of the Depression. Republican voters are deeply loyal, but not entirely unaware it's their party denying them food for their children. This may be at the margin but it's a wide margin.

See the charts from the National Geographic. So-called food insecurity will rise to 50 million this year, an increase of 15 million persons, while 6.3 more children will go hungry. For the richest country in the world, this is a disgrace. The charity Feed America says the 50 million Americans going hungry is one in six and one in four of the population, almost 50% more than in 2019.

Bleeding heart liberal sentiment aside, there are wide and deep consequences of this economic development. First is the new impetus to get a second stimulus package as noted. Second is the penetrating waves of losses to manufacturers, importers and retailers of slumping consumption. We have to wait a few weeks for the official retail sales data, but so far the US shoppers spent 14% y/y less money on the 5-day discount holiday last week (including Black Friday and Cyber Monday). In-store shopping was down 37% y/y and online shopping failed to make up for it, up only 8%. Cyber Monday is the exception, with sales up 15% y/y for the "biggest day for online shopping in U.S. history" (WSJ). If we get a Christmas surge in Covid 19 cases arising from foolish socializing at Thanksgiving, the scientists' forecast of a dark winter will be right and drag the economy lower.

The Fed, of course, is watching all this, giving it a more dovish bias, especially in light of an inadequate fiscal response, of we get one at all before year-end. Timing counts, and both Fed chief Powell and incoming TreasSec Yellen know it. It's all very well to start making plans for post-inauguration initiatives, but to prevent a double-dip recession, we need action now. The next Fed meeting is Dec 10-11. Wait for itchatter about some new ideas at the Fed.

Meanwhile, it's not entirely clear the ECB is as dovish as everyone thinks, especially if the budget does get through. The next ECB policy meeting is also on Dec 10.... We can get dueling central banks or we can get no action at all. In days of yore, by which we mean the dear departed Volcker, the phone lines were hot between Washington and Frankfurt. It's hard not to imagine Powell calling Lagarde. Are they going to "coordinate"? At a guess, yes. We may never hear about it until memoirs get written, but we can make sensible deductions. We imagine both sides get their fiscal boost and the central banks stand pat. Alternatively, one gets it and the other doesn't by the Dec 10 deadline, and the one without the fiscal boost is the one that cuts rates or increases QE or otherwise signals dovishness. Or they both fail to get the fiscal help and they both get more dovish, perhaps in sync.

This is not yet on the radar, but stay tuned. The only way the euro suffers is if the US gets stimulus and the EU does not.

One of the biggest determinants of economic wellness, payrolls, is due Friday. Today we get the ADP estimate of the private sector component, expected at a gain of 420-430 million jobs vs. 365 million last month. Payrolls were a gain of 638,000 in October (from 672,000 revised in Sept), the smallest gain since the recovery started in May. It's not even close to recovering the record 20.787 million loss in April. Current payrolls forecasts are discouragingBloomberg has a mere 486,000. We will be getting more forecasts later today after the ADP results. TradingEconomics.com says the consensus forecast is 481,000 and its own forecast is 500,000.

As we feel compelled to repeat, the data is lousy because it fails to count so many unemployed and the millions working off the books, but we have to deal with what we've got. In fact, many more are no doubt working off the books, mitigating the rise in food insecurity and drop in spending mentioned above. That's a wild guess arising from local ads for gutter cleaning and yard work, so take it with a grain of salt.

Anyway, the ADP data today and the payrolls on Friday are likely going to appear low to okay, without triggering fear of that double dip recession that really is lurking around the corner. This is useful mostly in terms of failing to offer a drag on the stock market, and the stock market is our barometer of risk-on sentiment.

If the second stimulus fails again, if Trump refuses to sign the continuing resolution budget, if ADP and payrolls are seriously worse than built init's possible risk-off comes back and the dollar becomes a safe-haven again. Most analysts give this outcome a small probability, and instead expect further euro gains to be modest, with a little retracing and fiddling around sideways for a while until we get a bit more clarity.

Politics: Attorney General Barr announced the election had no sign of fraud, contradicting Trump and his crony lawyer Giuliani. This is the break in the dam, although it's too latenearly a month after the electionand tens of millions of Trumpies now doubt the voting process. Dems kind of hope that means they will stop turning out, while acknowledging it's an unpatriotic thought. A top election official in Georgia (and a Republican) called out the president and Georgia senators for failing to condemn death threats against poll workers and the secretary of state, another Republican. Partisanship has gone way too far and "it has to stop."

Separately, a new court case (with names and details redacted) was released charging somebody with trying to bribe Trump for a pardon, but no details yet. The whole subject of pardons is in the air; it's a dead cert Trump will be pardoning people left and right, including probably himself, even though Nixon himself doubted self-pardoning is legal. The NYT reports he has been exploring pardons for his children and Rudy, but there's a giant problem in doing that: he would have to name what crimes he is pardoning them from having committed. A blanket pardon won't cut the mustard, according to some legal experts. (Pretty funny, really). Bottom linemore messy stuff from Trump, some of it possibly dangerous and all of it ridiculous and pathetic. We have 49 days to the inauguration.

Equally important is the 34-days to the Georgia Senate run-off election. If the Dems gain those two seats, we can get some real action. We may have to hold our noses for some of it, but nothing like holding our noses for what Trump didMuslim ban; children in cages; dumping the Paris Accord, TPP and threatening NATO; McCain not a hero, and "my button is bigger than Kim Jong Un's button." To name just a few.

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WEST RIDGE Jonathan Moreno hadnt planned on taking Wednesday off, especially without pay.

But when someone smashed the window of his wifes minivan and 17 other cars on his West Ridge block overnight he was forced to deal with it.

Moreno, who works for an electric company in suburban Naperville, discovered the damage on the 6000 block of North Oakley Avenue Wednesday. The one-way street forms the eastern border of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Rosehill Cemetery, and the damage to the cars all happened on the cemetery side of the street, with passenger windows targeted.

Making matters worse, this was the second time in recent months that a row of cars on the quiet block had windows smashed. Last time, it was 16 cars, neighbors said.

Moreno said he spent most of Wednesday fixing his wifes window on his own, finding a replacement at a nearby junkyard, and was annoyed he lost a day of work and pay at this time of the year.

Its hard now and Christmas is coming, he said.

Salvatore Higuera, who also lives on the block, said the vandal broke the window of his wifes PT Cruiser. Like Moreno, it was the second time in the last couple months he was victimized. For Higuera, this time was worse, as the vandal also stole his wifes purse that was in the vehicle.

He woke around 7 a.m. to hear screams of a neighbors daughter alerting people cars were damaged. We didnt hear anything. I think they are tapping the windows with a spark plug, Higuera said.

Weve been here for 10 years and aside from these two incidents its a nice, quiet neighborhood, said Higuera, who paid a handyman $70 to repair the window.

On Wednesday afternoon, it appeared not all the car owners with smashed windows had gone to their vehicles yet. Several still had police reports tucked under the windshield wipers. Police said they are investigating.

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If youve been by Hope lately (or even semi-latelywithin the past six months), youve seen the plywood covering the broken windows. Even with the upbeat and positive graffiti over the boards, the front of the building looks pretty horrible. Photo/Carol Robidoux

If youve been by Hope lately (or even semi-latelywithin the past six months), youve seen the plywood covering the broken windows. Even with the upbeat and positive graffiti over the boards, the front of the building looks pretty horrible. You may have read here or here about how the windows were broken. Ill give a short answer:

Rocks break glass. Rocks break hearts when theyre thrown by an adult male into the windows of a sanctuary for folks escaping the hell of addictions.

Thus, on top of a pandemic and all the changes and impediments that brought, the members of Hope Nation returned to a home that looks from the outside like downtown Beirut in the 1990s or the aftermath of Kristallnacht back in 1938. Still, as Reverend King told us, The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. The Hope building is getting new windowsmore energy-efficient and soundproof, and significantly less attractive a target than the previous floor-to-ceiling storefront ones.

Replacing those windows is not free, of course, nor is it even cheap. All told, Hope will pay about $45,000 for new windows. (Here, Id like to insert a lengthy list of salaries and other things Hope could have spent $45K on, but I wont. One thing recovery has taught me is that part of living life on lifes terms is accepting reality rather than generating resentments from it. Broken windows need replacement, no matter what needs go under-met.)

In June, when the most recent window was broken, I wrote a piece on the experience that was shared on Facebook with a donate link attached. I didnt share the piece, nor did I affix the link. In fact, I would have been opposed to it (https://tinywhitebox.com/june-21-2020/). I would have been wrong, because that link led, first, to donations of about $6,000 toward the window replacement. Second, and far more important, those donations offered members of Hope Nation (and their allies, friends, families, etc.) a chance to make manifest their heartbrokenness and their intention to redress this nonsense.

Tuesday, December 1, is Giving Tuesday, a nationwide opportunity for folks to demonstrate their gratitude for nonprofits that make a difference in their community. Hope has rarely asked for money in so direct a fashion, but today Im asking each reader to consider a donation to help pay for replacing windows at Hope. We still need $39,000, but every donation helps get us closer.

Hope closed March 15 out of an abundance of caution that turned out to be no abundance at all. Over the next four months, our windows were broken a half dozen times, each incident another festering wound in the body politic of the Hope tribe. Since reopening July 15, weve seen lives transformed, relationships healed and the sick and suffering move toward healing and health. Windows are not a part of what we doIve never heard anyone say to a person new to recovery, Now that youve stopped using, why dont you admire the clarity of that glass. We usually treat pain, not panes.

Still . . . windows do offer a metaphor for recovery. Windows keep out the wind and rain. They let in light. They let us see where weve been and, better, where we can be headed.

Please donate here or click the button below.

Keith Howard is Executive Director or Hope for NH Recovery.

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Hillsboroughs Masonic Hall, the fourth-oldest Hall in the United States, is home to Eagle Lodge No. 19. Once the site of Edmund Fannings homestead, the Masonic lodge, was built in 1825. Entering through the large double doors, guests step onto the original hardwood floors and spy ornate moldings that have been preserved for centuries. Adding to the bustling restoration scene on King Street, members of Eagle Lodge No. 19 are once again working to maintain a significant piece of Orange County history.

The lodge has been preserved by the fraternity for nearly 200 years, requiring multiple renovations and continuous maintenance. In September of 2020, lodge members began the restoration of the buildings 21 windows. After replacing more than 70 broken window panes, the project is on course to soon be completed. As with any old building, all of the glazings were popping loose, explained Michael Verville, lodge member and preservation craftsman. [The glazing] is what holds the panes in, and it was deteriorating. Passerbys may remember the wide-reaching windows, surrounded by dark shutters and panes painted white. I think they have been painted for about 100 years, said Verville. Jim Cone, the senior warden, added, It was referenced in the minutes that they wanted to block out the sun, so they didnt destroy the curtains. They painted all the windows, upstairs and downstairs, inside and out. Although not customary to paint over the panes, other lodges have been known to build windowless buildings or brick over windows to deter prying eyes from seeing the masonic rituals.

With its white columns and brick walls, the prominent Masonic lodge has survived times of neglect and misfortune. It originally had an observatory at the top, explained Verville. [Joseph Caldwell], a member of the lodge and involved with having the building built, was the first president of UNC-Chapel Hill and professor of astronomy. The lodge observatory, which predated UNCs Astronomical Observatory, battled significant water leaks and was removed in 1863, although the original staircase remains. In 1945, a fire tore through the downstairs dining room, destroying the elaborate window moldings, the majority of the flooring, and much of its original Greek Revival design. We almost lost the building, said Verville. By the early 2000s, the building was again in need of significant renovations. For years, the brothers had overlooked general maintenance practices, and the building showed signs of severe deterioration. People thought the place was deserted, explained Cone. The shutters were falling off the windows; the downstairs floor was falling in. It was in bad shape. Verville added, The floor they put in in the 1940s rotted away and had to be replaced. Men such as Speed Hallman, Bob Sturms, Bill Winecoff, and Larry Aydlett, along with many others, spearheaded the renovation project. The brothers replaced the dining room floor, painted the walls, fixed the shutters, and addressed many of the long-time needs required by a historic structure.

The significance of the Masonic lodge reaches far beyond its members. Its an important building, said Verville. [Our lodge] has been used as a hospital during the Civil War, an observatory for students, as a meeting place for other civic groups and institutions, and an opera house. We have this long history of engagement in town. Preserving the iconic structure is a high priority for Eagle Lodge No. 19, with the window restoration being one of many projects the members are aiming to complete. My overall hope is that we can eventually restore, if not the observatory, at least the parts of the building that are still intact, said Verville. We want to ensure that were the generation that makes sure it lasts for another 200 years.

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Veterinary Orthopedic Implants Market Research Report by Product (Implants, Instrument, and Screws), by Application (Total Elbow Replacement, Total Hip Replacement, Total Knee Replacement, and Trauma Fixation), by End-user - Global Forecast to 2025 - Cumulative Impact of COVID-19

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Back when the produce terminal in the Strip was being considered for renovation, some people were quite vocal about the idea of making cut-throughs in the building. One concern was destroying the character of the iconic but decaying building.

Years later, there are now three so-called passageways recently completed in The Terminal, the mixed-use redevelopment of the Strips five-block-long produce terminal. The enclosed and heated passageways at 17th, 18th and 20th streets sport benches, creative lighting in a dazzling array on the ceiling and a collection of colorful graphics about Pittsburgh.

The passageways were necessary due to the length of the building 1,600 feet and to allow access from parking on Spruce Way as well as for tenants and visitors, says Chuck Kennedy, senior principal with Antunovich Associates, the Chicago-based architects who designed the renovation.

Kennedy says that the intent was to keep the building as original as possible. We didnt do any structural changes to the building. There were upgrades and repairs. Door bays were the same replaced with glass. All the bones of the building were left in place and repaired so it could stand for another 100 years.

The passageway floors feature the original concrete, cleaned and sealed. Tenants in The Terminal will be able to use the passageways for an additional entrance to their business as well as for getting more visibility, Kennedy says.

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If youre tired of staring out your window, take a socially distant stroll through The Terminal in the Strip District, where Winter Window Displays are up through Dec. 31.

Employees and volunteers from 16 local nonprofits decorated their own 8-by-7 bay for the season. Visitors are encouraged to grab a hot beverage from a neighborhood coffee shop and peruse the whimsical exhibits on Smallman Street.

Each window includes a QR code to scan using a smartphone to get more information on each organization or make a donation.

Photo by Kristy Locklin.

The first Terminal tenant, Fine Wine & Good Spirits, is opening on Dec. 8.

City Grows, a Lawrenceville-based organic garden shop that will soon debut its second location at The Terminal, is hosting an outdoor pop-up market at 1601 Smallman from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 5 and 6. There will be dried wreaths, decorative greens and locally made gifts.

Morgan McCoy, marketing manager for McCaffery, the real estate firm transforming the property, says the company has halted all non-tenant events for the rest of 2020 but hopes the Winter Window Displays add some joy to visitors while giving local organizations a boost.

Inside one of The Terminals heated passageways. Photo by Tracy Certo.

The Terminal wants to see small business and community organizations thrive, so weve been focusing our marketing efforts on realizing that vision, McCoy says. We supported Row House Cinema by partnering on a monthlong drive-in series in October, gave free space to local businesses for a fall market event, have regularly hosted fitness events with local studios since August, and now have the Winter Window Displays program. We plan to continue being a place for neighbors near and far to gather.

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