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How a signature downtown office tower landed in receivership — and what’s next
Grand Rapids Business Journal - Michigan
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August 18, 2025
One of downtown Grand Rapids’ largest office buildings has been under receivership since May as a legal dispute plays out between the building’s ownership group, its lenders and contractors who have worked at the property. The May 15 receivership...
When is next Powerball? What time is drawing? What is ticket deadline?
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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Everything you need to know to play the Powerball Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. ET. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Monday drawings were added in 2021. If you are going to play the Powerball lottery, there's some important...
Opposition decries $100K grant to select 7th District businesses
BVI News
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August 15, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on August 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM / Opposition member Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has accused the government of unfairly giving $100,000 in public funds to a small number of businesses in the Seventh District, while offering far...
Governor asks Auditor General to probe Bank of Asia saga
BVI News
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August 15, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on August 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM / Opposition Leader Myron Walwyn has confirmed that the government’s controversial $5 million deposit in the collapsed Bank of Asia is now under investigation by the Auditor General — a move...
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces Inaugural New Dance Choreographer Residency and Commissions with Choreographer Peter Chu and Zhongmei Li
New Jersey Stage
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August 15, 2025
originally published: 08/15/2025 The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is pleased to announce a new resident choreographer program that will become part of the artistic anchor of the Company. In the upcoming year, the Company has invited two prominent...
Live Updates, August 18: Tracking Hurricane Erin's Threats (And More)
AOL
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A dramatic increase in the size of Hurricane Erin is a major focus as we track the storm on this Monday, Aug. 18. Erin's large size also means an increase in the threat of dangerous rip currents on the U.S. East Coast. For the very latest on...
Hurricane Erin's life-threatening path revealed in latest spaghetti models as officials order evacuations
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
A State of Emergency has been declared in parts of North Carolina as Hurricane Erin approaches, bringing life-threatening surf and dangerous rip currents. Officials in Dare County, home to more than 38,000 residents, ordered mandatory evacuations...
John P. Campbell
The Lincoln County News - Maine
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August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025 at 12:38 pm John P. Campbell, age 89, passed away peacefully at home in Rockport, Mass., in the company of his loving partner, Elizabeth Vercoe. Born in Decatur, Ill., Jack’s life was defined by intellectual curiosity, creativity,...
British Virgin Islands Gearing Up For Anegada Lobster Festival 2025
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 12, 2025
- Advertisement - Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands – The British Virgin Islands is once again preparing to welcome food lovers, adventure seekers, and cultural explorers to the highly anticipated Anegada Lobster Festival 2025. Set to...
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
Just Security
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August 18, 2025
The Timeline below examines decades-long failures by federal law enforcement and oversight agencies—including the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of the Treasury—in the handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes: child sexual abuse...
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS INDEPENDENCE DISCUSSION
Caymanian Times
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BY Staff Writer Never far from the centre of discussion, especially in recent years, the issue of independence for the British Virgin Islands is trending again in the territory’s political discourse. Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has been addressing...
Complaints over power outages despite recent maintenance; BVIEC explains
Virgin Islands News Online
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LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- An engineer with the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) sought to explain why the Territory experienced extensive power outages on the weekend, even though the electricity company conducted maintenance recently. Many areas...
Update: Hurricane Erin Strengthens, Threatens East Coast With Rough Surf
Insurance Journal
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August 18, 2025
Hurricane Erin has re-intensified as it moves past the Bahamas, with the dangerous storm expected to increase in size and remain over the ocean as it churns off the US East Coast, battering beaches later this week. Erin’s top winds strengthened to...
Corporate Chef Raheem Sealey shares his approach to menu innovation at Kyu
Restaurant Business Magazine
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Raheem Sealey is the corporate chef of Kyu Restaurant, which has locations in Las Vegas, Miami and New York City. Sealey is based in Miami, where he moved from the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix in 2009. He attended culinary school at Le Cordon...
Virgin Islands Pensioners Remuneration Bill (2025)
Virgin Islands News Online
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Vere H.E. Browne: Photo: Provided By Vere H.E. Browne Section 1: Short Title- This Act may be cited as the Virgin Islands Pensioners Remuneration Act, 2025. Section 2: Definitions- In this Act, "pensioner" means an individual who has attained the...
VIslanders describe UK-VI relationship as an 'abusive' one- UN’s C-24 Report
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) described the relationship between the VI and the United Kingdom (UK) as that of an abusive relationship, according to the United Nations (UN) Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24)...
Conservative MP Helps Coal Mining Firm Sue UK Government in Secretive ‘Corporate Court’
Byline Times
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August 14, 2025
Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features Keir Starmer’s Government is being sued in a ‘corporate court’ by a Singapore based investor in the...
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism Welcomes New Leadership with Jennifer Matarangas-King
Breaking Travel News
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August 10, 2025
The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism proudly welcomes the nomination of communications and public affairs executive Jennifer Matarangas-King as the next Commissioner of Tourism. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced the nomination during a...
Northeast reflects national muni volume gain in first half
The Bond Buyer - New York
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August 18, 2025
<img src="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/24667395/thumbnail" width="100%" alt="chart visualization" /> Northeast municipal bond volume matched the nation's gain in the first half of 2025, though the gains...
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Typhoon Erin grows and more powerful, showers the Caribbean and threatens United States east coast
Web NewsWire
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August 18, 2025
A more powerful and bigger Hurricane Erin damaged areas of the Caribbean and was anticipated to trigger extreme browse and rip currents along the United States East Coast today. According to the United States National Hurricane Center in Miami, it...