Local News: Ashburn, VA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Memorial Day News Editors

News Widget

Display the Memorial Day news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Memorial Day News

News on Memorial Day continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

3 hrs ago | SFGate

NJ lawyer missing since Memorial Day weekend

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."

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Wayne, NJ

4 hrs ago | The Des Moines Register

Iowa Bucket List: Along the riverbank

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

Comment?

Related Topix: Iowa, Harpers Ferry, IA, Life, Holidays, Dubuque, IA, Maquoketa, IA

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Statesman Journal

Salem-Keizer students to miss three days to furloughs

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

Comment?

Related Topix: Keizer, OR, Life, Holidays

Toledo Blade

Police up reward for arson suspects

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Fire, Ohio, Life, Holidays

The Countywide

Collaborative efforts between county, SARA paid off during recent flooding

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)

Comment?

Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Goliad County, TX, Natural Disasters, Flood, Life, Holidays, Goliad, TX

Portsmouth Daily Times

McKinley Pool to make belated opening

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

Comment?

Related Topix: Portsmouth, OH, Life, Holidays

The Baltimore Sun

Principal leaving Towson High after 19 years

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Baltimore County, MD, Towson, MD, Pikesville, MD

MyFoxPhilly

Margaritaville & Free Concert Helping To Restore The Shore

"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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays

The Florida Times-Union

Jacksonville Beach mayor's letter opposing Fourth pub crawl draws council's mixed review

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Kennebec Journal

Memorial Day not fitting for track meet date

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Opinion

USA.gov

American Holidays

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Martin Luther King, Jr., Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Virginia, Christmas, Groundhog Day

The Montclair Times

Carter Jackson gave the following speech at Montclair's Memorial Day event.

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Serious Eats

Anatomy of a Smorgasburg Pop Up: Changing the Menu, Expanding Beyond the Market

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Dining, Life, Holidays, Baked Goods, Food, Bread

Patch.com

How to Get 50 Free Burritos: Identify Boloco Burglar

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 .

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Food, Mexican Cuisine, Holidays, Montgomery County, MD, Bethesda, MD

Lowell Sun

Opening delay just a ripple for Shirley pool

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Weather, Natural Disasters, Heat Wave

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Port Townsend Leader

Stuff that goes on

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Patch.com

Week in News: Sandy Aid for Sea Bright, Dog Days of Summer, Nestle Plant

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

Comment?

Related Topix: Sea Bright, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Long Branch, NJ, Life, Holidays, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy

Newsday

Modular housing helps some rebuild quickly

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.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Kinston Free Press

Lenoir County names Smile recipient / Names in news

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

Comment?

Related Topix: Lenoir County, NC, Life, Greenville, NC

Foster's Daily Democrat

Parade is worth seeing next year

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

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Holidays