Memorial Day News

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 .

The Benjamin Hill Pool usually opens on Memorial Day and with a few notable exceptions -- including years when work was under way or the town couldn't come up with the money for needed repairs -- it has been that way since the facility began operating.

Please do not try to sell my Father a clock. It's not that he won't buy it, it's just... he has enough clocks Monday, June 10, 2013 This didn't start as something for Memorial Day, but, well, it ended up that way.

Two State Hotlines Established for Elevation Questions Jersey Shore- Two state hotlines have been established to answer questions about elevating a home or business.

The Seemanns of Long Beach lost their home in superstorm Sandy. In just a few months, Westchester Modular Homes was able to design and build a new modular home that will be livable before Memorial Day.

This week's Lenoir County Smiles recipient is Valerie Witherspoon, who works at Chick-fil-A on Highway 70 West.

If you live in Barrington and have not ever gone to the Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony, you are missing out.

The House, eager to do something about record high gasoline prices in advance of the Memorial Day weekend, voted narrowly Wednesday, May 23, 2007 to approve stiff penalties for those found guilty of gasoline price gouging.

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations .

Two State Hotlines Established for Elevation Questions Jersey Shore- Two state hotlines have been established to answer questions about elevating a home or business.

Kenzie Tilley of Mount Holly lives near a creek in the Runnymeade subdivision, where she had an encounter with a black snake Monday evening.

This was in a field next to the Pleasant Grove Church, and I was told the horse and newborn are owned by Roger Cogdill.