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Killingly budget plan would increase taxes 15.5% for average homeowner

The Day 30 Mar 2025
Other cost drivers include a $667,000 increase in general government operational costs, a $156,000 increase in the human services subsidy and Civic and Cultural Event Subsidies budgets, a $620,000 ...
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Celebrating World Theatre Day: Greece’s Timeless Legacy in the Performing Arts

Greek City Times 28 Mar 2025
Key Points ... What is World Theatre Day? ... Greece. The Cradle of Western Theatre ... Ancient Greek theatre wasn’t just entertainment—it was a civic and spiritual event, exploring themes of fate, morality, and the human condition ... Modern Greek Theatre ... Ads1. Ads1.
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Georgia: Drop Repressive ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill

Human Rights Watch 26 Mar 2025
(Berlin, March 26, 2025) – The Georgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as “foreign agents,” Human Rights Watch said today.
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Presentation explores rural entrepreneurs

Great Bend Tribune 26 Mar 2025
... Kansas’s Speakers Bureau, featuring humanities-based presentations designed to share stories that inspire, spark conversations that inform, and generate insights that strengthen civic engagement.
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'EJK witnesses need not appear at The Hague'

The Manila Times 25 Mar 2025
The issue of Philippine membership in the ICC remains a significant point of contention as some human rights groups and European-based civic organizations have renewed calls for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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Uttering of racial slur at Volusia County Council meeting met with silence

The Daytona Beach News Journal 25 Mar 2025
.. ... "I would call on all of us to take this moment to reflect deeply and to make sure that we are all working to honor our shared humanity and to commit to civic and social responsibility ― to be a more compassionate community," she said.
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8 months after youth’s death, HHRC directs Faridabad MC to cover all drains

The Times of India 21 Mar 2025
Taking serious note of the death of a 22-year-old man in the open stormwater drain last year, allegedly due to the negligence of the Faridabad civic body, the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) on ...
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Is Hollywood really going to ditch the anti-fascist satire in its Starship Troopers remake?

The Guardian 21 Mar 2025
... or the faintest hint of a social safety net – because nothing says “civic duty” quite like strapping on a flamethrower and mowing down intergalactic cockroaches to prove you’re worthy of democracy.
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Snow White Reminds Us That Some Remakes Are Absolutely Warranted

Time Magazine 21 Mar 2025
They’re just one of those little touches that show evidence of human thought and care ... He’s a common bandit, essentially fighting for human rights ... deny the pleasures of human companionship.
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Rivers: As National Assembly Ratifies Emergency Declaration, Tinubu Hails

This Day 21 Mar 2025
Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) denounced the emergency rule as a blatant affront to the rights of the citizens of Rivers State, who had exercised their democratic right to elect their representatives. .
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Performance benefits Humane Society of Catawba County

Hickory Record 20 Mar 2025
The Ann Freeman Dance Academy announced that it raised $1,000 for the Humane Society of Catawba County with its performance of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Auditorium on Dec. 21, 2024. AFDA was able to present a ... .
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Gulf Coast Community Foundation to host 2025 Leadership Institute

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 20 Mar 2025
Serving the needs of the region as a partner in philanthropy and leader in community initiatives, Gulf Coast has surpassed granting over $575 million in the areas of health and human services, civic ...
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Philosopher Pere Lluís Font wins prestigious Catalan literary award

Catalan News 19 Mar 2025
... philosophy in Catalan to new generations, has created a philosophical language in Catalan, while the award also aims to highlight his humanism and active devotion to civic interests and causes.
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Historic Women of Keokuk

Fort Madison Daily Democrat 19 Mar 2025
These are some of the women of note she highlighted ... Lorene was a societal woman founding a Woman’s Civic League, Humane Society of Keokuk, and Iowa’s first chapter of the Audubon Society at her home.Lucretia Landaal Huiskamp(12/26/1800 – 3/29/1887) ... .
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