(Additional photograph below.) AgeSpan celebrated its 50th anniversary with a lunch Thursday honoring 53 people over the age of 60 and presenting a talk by WCVB-TV’s Chief Meteorologist Emeritus Harvey Leonard. AgeSpan CEO Joan Hatem-Roy was brought to tears herself discussing milestones over the past 40 years she has served with the organization formerly known […] The post AgeSpan Celebrates 50th Birthday with Tributes, Talk by WCVB’s Harvey Leonard first appeared on WHAV.
(Loving Living Local) – The treasured destination for horse racing, prepares for its 50th anniversary of live racing and its 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. Racing Roxy sits with Susan o
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- An event to celebrate 50 years of Community Development Block Grants is being held on Saturday. Montgomery County Community and Economic Development, alongside the cities of Dayton and Kettering, is hosting a celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of Community Development Block Grants. The federal-aid program has transformed communities since 1974, []
Hallam Sinfonia was formed as a small chamber orchestra in 1973 after a lunchtime discussion between three founding members.Over the years it has vastly expanded its repertoire, worked with many distinguished musicians and even produced smaller-scale work during the Covid-19 pandemic years. On Saturday. May 11 the orchestra will perform Hallam Sinfonia at the Movies! The evening at Victoria Hall, in Sheffield city centre, is dedicated to film scores and classics famously used in box office hits...
Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio – April 29, 2024 Kenworth Truck, a division of PACCAR Inc., has been honored with a formal proclamation from the Ross County Commissioners, commemorating the 50-year anniversary of its Chillicothe, Ohio plant. The celebration, which took place on Friday, April 26, 2024, highlighted the remarkable journey of the manufacturer of Class-8 […]
SHREVEPORT, La. - Louisiana Downs is celebrating a milestone this weekend.
NORTH BEND, Ore. – The United States Coast Guard Air Station North Bend is set to celebrate 50 years by hosting an open house for community members to attend this weekend. According to the USGC, the event is taking place Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. It will be held at the Air Station […]
Today, we remember the 1974 Carnation Revolution. But as memories of dictatorship fade, anti-democratic forces are on the riseFifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, a military-led movement in Portugal took down the rightwing authoritarian regime that had governed the country for 41 years. The Carnation Revolution, named after the flowers people offered soldiers on the streets, led the country to democracy and an era of immense social progress – reducing infant mortality and illiteracy rates, for...
Originally from Lancashire Edith is described by Longfield Care Home activities coordinator Valerie Porter as “a lovely person’. "She joins in on all the activities, joining in on the artwork and she loves to teach all the schoolchildren than come in.” To celebrate her 100th, Edith was sent a letter from the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, she also was presented with a card from the King and Queen of England by Alastair Davidson, deputy lord lieutenant for the county. Her family have...
Brian Field, 87, from Solihull, was jailed for life in 2001 after admitting the 1968 murder of 14-year-old Rory Tutill. Field was pronounced dead at HMP Full Sutton in Yorkshire in February.
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Glenn Sullivan, Sr., 54, pleaded guilty for getting the teen pregnant after