Memorial Day News

Twenty-eight volunteers spent part of their Memorial Day weekend cleaning up a section of Pennypack Park on May 25, removing 32 trash bags of debris and large items from the public park.

Rielly Sanders, a 19-year-old Mazon resident studying music at Joliet Junior College, sits with John Milford Rutter, the composer of Requiem.

My first day of pool ventures happened in late May while I was in McAllen with my boyfriend for a wedding.

Apparently, Gomez's pal Taylor Swift introduced the pair over Memorial Day Weekend.

WAYNE - A lawyer who briefly served as acting mayor has been missing since Memorial Day weekend, and police say they have no leads as to where he might be.

Dale Wirtz won monthly best loser honors and earned the 20-pound loss award in TOPS MS 0281, Ocean Springs, at the chapter's June 6 meeting in the Ocean Springs Church of Christ.

Attorney Anthony Fusco Jr. tells The Record newspaper Albano sent him a text on May 28 saying he could not return to work and he was seeking "professional help."

Native American peoples in the upper Mississippi River area created mounds in the shapes of bears, birds and other animals.

Salem-Keizer students will miss three school days next year due to teacher furloughs, according to the latest teacher contract.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for anyone who offers information that leads to an arrest or conviction of suspects involved in a series of break-ins and vandalism at Olander Park over the last two months, that included an arson incident there Monday.

The collaborative partnership between The San Antonio River Authority and Goliad County officials demonstrated the importance of communication, particularly during the recent rain event which brought flood waters to the area in late May. SARA collects data from a flood-mapping response system to determine the flood risks throughout the San Antonio ... (more)

The McKinley Pool on Findlay Street in Portsmouth officially opens at 11 a.m. today, after a delay because of necessary repairs.

Just after the last of the buses with horns blaring and frantically waving students inside pulled out of Towson High on the last day of school Friday, principal Jane Barranger, save for a small tiara she wore, showed no sign that she just waved goodbye to students for the last time.

"We're glad to help. The best thing we did was build this thing in Atlantic City," Jimmy Buffet took the stage with those words, then started belting out his famous tunes, christening his new Margaritaville at Resorts Casino.

A letter written by Mayor Charlie Latham urging local businesses that sell alcohol to forego a pub crawl on the Fourth of July drew mixed reviews from the City Council Monday night.

I would like to express my disappointment with the recent KVAC track meet that was rained out on May 25 and rescheduled for Memorial Day.

Federal law establishes the following public holidays for federal employees. If the holiday falls during the weekend, it may be observed on a different day.

Editor's note: Carter Jackson, a junior attending Montclair High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 12, delivered this speech during Montclair's 2013 Memorial Day Tribute on Monday, May 27, in Edgemont Memorial Park.

Editor's note: What's it like to be a vendor at Brooklyn's popular - and competitive - outdoor market Smorgasburg ? This series will follow one of the market's new vendors and get the inside story of how a pop-up food business goes from idea to reality.

WTOP reports that Bethesda's Boloco restaurant -a burrito eatery serving Mexican foods, smoothies, salads and more, all made with fresh ingredients-is offering an unusual reward for the identification of the person who broke into and stole from the restaurant on Memorial Day .