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Quarantine Kitchen: Shrimp Cocktail

By Kate KraderAssociated Press  This looks like a good year for fans of Cinco de Mayo. The May 5 holiday has traditionally been a profitable one for bars and restaurants, ranking even higher than Mother’s Day. Even in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Mexican restaurants saw a ...

Proms and the promise of a better year for Mon County Schools

Rented tuxedos and gowns just so. Corsages, the newly waxed car in the driveway for the cruise to the hall and the requisite cellphone snaps in front of the fireplace, for the memory and mom’s Facebook page. Last year, prom – the prime social event in high school – was canceled in ...

Let’s keep teaching outdoors: Benefits of learning outside

by  Claire Latané During the pandemic, schools across the country turned themselves inside out, holding classes outdoors to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. And now that vaccination is driving down transmission rates, school administrators are eager to get students back in the ...