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The NSW Government has announced an “ambitious” plan to build a retail and office precinct over the Central Station rail yard in Sydney, with retailers hailing efforts to revive the CBD’s footfall. The Sydney Central Station masterplan is expected to deliver a retail, dining and residential destination, with a public square and parks, office space and new connections to the city. National Retail Association (NRA) chief executive Dominique Lamb said the precinct was an opportunity for NSW businesses, workers and consumers to put the pandemic behind them. “The city-shaping vision for Central Station will hugely revitalize CBD businesses by increasing…

The summer of 2022 has certainly turned out to be another hot and dry one in the Inland Northwest. As of yesterday, Coeur d’Alene has had 25 days with temperatures at or above 90 degrees. We also had four consecutive afternoons with readings above 100 degrees, which occurred July 28-31. Since the stretch of 90 degree temperatures began on July 23rd, despite a 79 degree day on August 5th, our average high has been about 93 degrees. Our average high temperature since the first day of summer, which was June 21st, has been 83 degrees. In 2015, it was very…

Fired last fall as CEO of Manchester Community College, Nicole Esposito subsequently sued the Connecticut State College and University System, alleging gender discrimination and a host of other issues, including violations of her First Amendment and equal protection rights. Today he returns to his role, with a payment and other concessions from the CSCU system. “I look forward to returning and continuing to provide the best possible experience for Manchester Community College students, as well as everyone else who is part of the MCC community,” Esposito said in a statement through his legal counsel. Esposito filed a lawsuit in August…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – According to Russian state television, the future of regions of Ukraine captured by Moscow’s forces is almost decided: Referendums to join Russia will soon be held there, and the happy residents who were abandoned by Kyiv be able to prosper in peace. The Kremlin actually appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on the southern Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, although the officials it installed there have already announced plans to vote to join Russia. As the war in Ukraine approaches six months, Moscow…

Anthony Joshua has lost his fight against Ukrainian heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk won by a split points decision after the pair went the full 12 rounds: 113-115, 115-113 and 116-112. The fight in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, follows his bout last year in London, where Usyk won the British boxer’s WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight belts. Up until around March, Usyk was fighting on the front line in Kyiv, but left the war-torn country to focus on his rematch with Joshua. Post views: 353 Source link

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on the history of our region coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. A quintessential Connecticut Western Reserve community, Kinsman Township began as a dream in 1795 when John Kinsman and 35 other men formed the Connecticut Land Company to purchase and survey the land that became this municipality John Kinsman made this town his home and encouraged his Connecticut neighbors to join the new settlement. One such Connecticut family was the Parkers. Arriving in 1816, patriarch Deacon Lovel Parker moved his family to join other hardworking settlers in the process…