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Dream House | A world-class seaside escape
The Gleaner
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August 17, 2025
Can we trust our eyes, or are they playing tricks on us? Does this out-of-this-world property exist in reality? Yes, it secretly does, and it will come as a surprise to many who pass its location on the western boundary of the White River Fish...
No hurdles to voting
Jamaica Observer
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August 16, 2025
BROWN... there are a number of voting locations that are set up for the members of the JDF and JCF across the island THE Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has sought to assure Jamaicans that neither duty nor distance stand in the way of members of...
Period cottage for sale on outskirts of picturesque village
Andover Advertiser
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August 10, 2025
Jamaica Farm, a quaint courtyard development of eight period buildings, was completed in 2006, with this property being one of the original farm cottages. The three-bedroom, semi-detached house, is listed for £525,000. According to the estate...
‘Friendly fire’ injures NYPD detective during Queens carjacking arrest
QNS - New York
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August 22, 2025
NYPD officers stand near the cordoned-off scene on the Whitestone Expressway service road in Queens on Friday Photo courtesy of Citizen An NYPD detective was wounded by “friendly fire” Friday morning in Queens while responding to a carjacking in...
Column: Fun AND cheap? Look no further than these student discounts
The Huntington News - Massachusetts
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August 22, 2025
Looking for something fun and cheap to do during syllabus week before classes get too serious? Take a peek at this short list of the best student discounts in and around Boston. Whether it is food or apparel, there are plenty of discounts...
When Pigs Fly Breads will close two of its four Mass. stores
Wicked Local - Massachusetts
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When Pigs Fly Breads is closing its Brookline and Jamaica Plain locations on Sunday, Aug. 17 The company still has two Massachusetts retail stores, in Lexington and Somerville. The bakery, founded in 1993, produces up to 12,000 loaves of bread...
Bolivia Says ‘No MAS’
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Bolivia’s elections boot the socialist ruling party, the United States deploys warships off the coast of Venezuela, and a salacious Brazilian song charms the Middle...
9 new Mexican restaurants to try in metro Phoenix
AZ Central - Arizona
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Metro Phoenix residents have plenty of new options to get their Mexican food fix, including several recently reopened old favorites. This summer, several well-known Mexican food restaurants like Someburros and Tacos Chiwas opened new locations...
What to Wear to an It Girl's Wedding, According to a Fashion Stylist
Marie Claire U.S.
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August 22, 2025
It's August, and wedding season is deeply upon us! As I’m at the start of my 30s, and all my beautiful friends are partnering up and taking the next step in their love lives, I’ve attended about four weddings every six months over the last couple...
Lumber Depot executing new property purchase
Jamaica Observer
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August 22, 2025
Following the recent $315-million investment in Atlantic Hardware and Plumbing Company Limited (AHPC), Lumber Depot Limited (LDL) has entered into an agreement to purchase a property to support its growing operations. The full-service hardware...
‘Like Martha’s Vineyard, If the Mexicans Took It Over’
The Cut
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August 22, 2025
In 1978, when the fashion designer Willy Chavarria was 10 years old, he and his family attended a production of Zoot Suit, a play by Luis Valdez. The work drew from the 1942 Sleepy Lagoon Murder, when the death of a partygoer became the pretext...
Duhaney Drive to be closed for 10 days — NWA
Jamaica Observer
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August 15, 2025
Drainage upgrade underway along Susan Avenue in Portmore, St Catherine, as part of $45.billion SPARK programme August 15, 2025 KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) has announced that a section of Duhaney Drive in Duhaney Park,...
BPO sector monitoring new bill seeking to keep call centre jobs in the USA
Radio Jamaica
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August 15, 2025
By Prince Moore The Global Services Association of Jamaica says it is monitoring the proposed "Keep Call Centers in America Act 2025". US senators Ruben Gallego and Jim Justice introduced the new bipartisan bill on July 29. The proposed act is to...
The Sports Report: Dodgers split with Rockies; Padres are up next
Los Angeles Times
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August 22, 2025
From Kevin Baxter: When the Dodgers arrived in Colorado on Sunday night they had a golden opportunity to pad their narrow division lead against with the worst team in the majors. Unfortunately, even with Thursday’s 9-5 win over the Rockies, the...
Lillie Johnson, Jamaican-born sickle cell trailblazer, dies at 103
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 15, 2025
Lillie Johnson, a pioneering nurse, educator, public health leader, and founder of the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario, died on August 10 at the age of 103. - Advertisement - Born on March 16, 1922, in St Ann, Jamaica, to two teacher parents,...
True Detective Season 5: Nicolas Cage in Talks for Next Installment
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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August 22, 2025
Posted in: HBO, TV | Tagged: true detective Reports are Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage is in talks to join the fifth season of HBO and Showrunner Issa López's True Detective. Nicolas Cage is reportedly in talks to star in HBO's True Detective...
Danger to democracy
Jamaica Observer
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August 14, 2025
Members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) observe physical distancing rules as they wait in line at a polling station on the compound of the JDF’s Foster Barracks on Manchester Road, Mandeville, in August 2020in the voting exercise for election...
Resorts World Queens Casino Proposal Draws Unanimous Support at CAC Hearing
Casino Beats
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August 21, 2025
Written by Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev is a gambling news writer with several years of experience in the iGaming industry. He started creating promotional content but soon found he loved reporting on the industry itself. Since...
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Bham Now - Alabama
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August 21, 2025
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The News Gazette - Illinois
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What started in 1965 as a program to fight poverty has grown into a national model for early learning, health and nutrition, and family support to more than 40 million children and families, according to the organization.Last year, the Champaign...