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Chamber of Commerce recognizes local businesses at Kingston Business Awards

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

By: CHRISTENA LAWRIE, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with CFRC NewsThe Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2023 Kingston Business Awards at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts on May 18. This year marks the 27th occurrence of the annual event recognizing the achievements of Kingston’s business community. This event occurred shortly after the release of the first ever Kingston City Council Report Card, a document chronicling and evaluating city council’s decisions regarding local businesses throughout the first quarter of 2023.Nine awards were presented at the event and winners were decided by a volunteer committee of judges from other chambers of commerce across Canada.Karen Cross, CEO of the Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce, spoke about the chamber’s commitment to local businesses in the planning and outfit of the event.“We’ve been working with many local businesses to bring this concept of life as we wanted the remarkable ach...

More will travel by road on 2023 Memorial Day weekend

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Millions of Americans will hit the road for Memorial Day weekend with Colorado being a top destination.Denver resident Cole Miller and his dog Glacier are geared up and ready to go.“I’m super excited, we’ve got some big plans to go camping,” Miller said.AAA Colorado lists Denver as a top 10 booking destination in 2023 and reported 80% of Colorado residents who plan to travel for the holiday will drive to their destination.“If you’re thinking about travel, so is everybody else. With lower gas prices more people are driving,” AAA Colorado Regional Director of Public Affairs Skyler McKinley said. Officials expecting busy air, road travel in Colorado this Memorial Day One reason for increased road travel in 2023 is higher airfares.“Airfare, for example, is at 40% over this time last year. We’re seeing a splashback effect of Coloradans to stay home,” McKinley said.Travelers will spend most of their travel budget on lodging and gas, stimulating the economy and boosting ...

How higher property value is either making or costing you more money

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (KDVR) -- It looks good to see the property value of your home go up but you're either using that extra wealth or taking the hit on your property taxes."When I hear that there's a chance it could go up even more than where I used to live, it just seems unreal," Adam Buhr said.Buhr bought a home in Commerce City and moved from Westminster thinking he'd save on property taxes."Real estate prices have gone up about 36% between the last assessment period and this assessment period," Nathan Hart, with HomeSmart Realty, said. How do Colorado property taxes stack against the rest of the US? That boost in prices means people like Buhr will pay more in taxes, and for some of his neighbors, a lot more."I'm hearing from some of the people in my neighborhood that they're concerned because their property value is almost twice as much as what they paid for it," Buhr said.Hart told property owners at his workshop, Wednesday night, when home prices go up, their property is ei...

Tkachuk sends Panthers to Stanley Cup final, after topping Hurricanes 4-3 for sweep

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds left, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots to cap off a brilliant series, and the Florida Panthers earned their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference title in a sweep.Tkachuk’s goal was his second of the night — and maybe the biggest in Panthers’ history. The Panthers will play either Vegas or Dallas for the Stanley Cup starting sometime next week; Vegas currently leads the Western Conference title series 3-0.The Panthers scored 10 goals in the series, and Bobrovsky ensured those were all they needed. Four games, four one-goal wins, three of them coming from Tkachuk in dramatic fashion — two in overtime to end Games 1 and 2, and then this one to cap Florida’s stunning rise from No. 8 seed to East champions.Ryan Lomberg and Anthony Duclair had the other goals for Florida, which swept a series fo...

Strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes in Caribbean just off border between Panama and Colombia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck Wednesday night in the Caribbean Sea just off the Panama-Colombia border, the U.S. Geological Survey said.There was no immediate word on whether were any injuries or damage in the nearby areas, which are not densely populated.The USGS said the quake was centered about 41 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Puerto Obaldia, Panama. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).The region shaken is home to the Darien Gap, an area of dense jungle that is a primary land route for migrants heading north out of South America.

Several injured in crash in Stoughton, one victim with gunshot wound 

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

Several people taken to the hospital, including one person found with a gunshot wound, after a crash in Stoughton Wednesday night, police said.Stoughton police said the crash happened at the intersection of Plain Street and West Street,Police said the person with the gunshot wound was taken to a hospital. Four other people were also taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to police.The intersection was closed to all traffic as of around 11 p.m. Wednesday and is expected to remain closed until further notice. On scene, three vehicles were seen stopped in the intersection. In an update, though, police said only two of the vehicles were involved in the crash.While an investigation was ongoing, police said they did not believe there was an exchange of gunfire. Instead, police said they believed someone in one of the cars in the crash fired shots into the third car, a white SUV, which was not involved in the crash. A man was then found with a gunshot wound in the driv...

Father whose daughter was murdered by ex-boyfriend continues mission to raise awareness about dating violence

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

A Wayland father whose daughter was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2011 is continuing his mission to raise awareness about dating violence years after his daughter’s death.On Wednesday, he debuted a new video aimed at helping teens understand the signs of trouble and how to get help.“Our culture needs to come to terms with where the violence comes from,” said Malcom Astley.Astley’s daughter, Lauren, was murdered weeks after she broke up with her then-boyfriend, who is now serving a life sentence in connection with Lauren’s death.Since his daughter’s murder, Malcom, along with the Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund, has worked to educate students about unhealthy relationships, dating violence and opportunities to get help.The new 20-minute video that debuted on Wednesday is geared toward children in eighth grade and older. It features interviews with more than a dozen experts giving insight into the causes of pain and violence in relationships. The video, Astley said, aims to “h...

Orioles surge past Yankees, 9-6, behind 8-run 7th inning as Gunnar Henderson, Adam Frazier continue hot May

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

Neither Gunnar Henderson nor Adam Frazier began this season the way they or the Orioles hoped. The two infielders, one a rookie and the other a veteran, have done their best to make up for it of late.The pair contributed the biggest hits of Baltimore’s eight-run seventh inning Wednesday night against the New York Yankees that turned a four-run deficit into a four-run lead as the Orioles evened their series at Yankee Stadium with a 9-6 victory.Baltimore (32-17) entered the frame trailing 5-1, with Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes, briefly an Oriole to start his career, to that point continuing his success against his former team. Cortes took the mound for the seventh with a 1.39 ERA in 45 1/3 career innings against Baltimore, but a walk to Anthony Santander and a single by Austin Hays brought up Frazier, who launched an elevated fastball off the right field foul pole for a three-run home run to cut the Orioles’ deficit to one.The blast was Frazier’s sixth, with the...

Nestor Cortes’ late struggles persist as 8-run seventh pushes Orioles past Yankees

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

The third time through opponents’ lineups and the end of starts have haunted Nestor Cortes this season, so much so that he recently called his struggles in such situations “the story of my season.”That tale added another painful chapter Wednesday when Cortes served up a seventh-inning, three-run blast to the Orioles’ Adam Frazier. The home run smacked into Yankee Stadium’s right field foul pole and ruined what had been an impressive evening for Cortes.The Yankees still led, 5-4, at that point, but Baltimore scored eight total runs in the seventh after Jimmy Cordero and Albert Abreu followed Cortes out of the bullpen. The offensive outburst led to a 9-6 Orioles win, even though the Yankees were up, 5-1, when the inning began.Cortes entered the game with a 1.503 OPS when pitching the third time through the order this season, and he left it after allowing five hits, four runs, two walks, five strikeouts and two home runs over six complete innings and 89 pi...

Wednesday’s high school roundup/scores: Methuen blanks MVC rival North Andover, 5-0

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:36 GMT

BASEBALLMatt Pappalardo fanned nine and allowed just one hit, while G’Andrey Canario drove in four as Methuen (9-9) defeated Merrimack Valley Conference foe North Andover 5-0.John Sellon (4-1) tossed five innings of shutout ball, while Connor O’Donnell, Steve Madden, Spencer Merrick and AJ Nash laced an RBI triple apiece as Abington rolled to a 14-0 South Shore League win over Norwell.Evan Samsel struck out 10 on the mound, while Luke Barry (3-for-4, double, game-winning suicide squeeze) and Cam Morrison (2-for-4, two RBI) set the tone at the plate for Bridgewater-Raynham (16-4) in a 3-2 nonleague win over North Attleboro. … Zach Bogusz pitched a complete game, and Colin Kinsella belted a two-run home run to lead Winthrop past Ipswich, 4-1. … Mavrick Bourdeau (three hits, two runs, one RBI), Nate Galanis (two hits, three runs, one RBI), Aiden MacLeod (two hits, two runs, two RBI) and Mike Maselli (two hits, one run, two RBI) took care of most of the offense for Shawsheen (16-3) in a...