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BBC News
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Northampton Royal & Derngate shortlisted for theatre award
A town's theatre has been named as a finalist for the UK's most welcoming theatre Royal & Derngate has been shortlisted for the prize alongside Birmingham Rep and the Shakespeare North Playhouse in winner will be revealed at this year's UK Theatre Awards, which will take place in London on 12 Royal & Derngate's chief executive, Jo Gordon, said the theatre was "thrilled" to be up for the award. Ms Gordon said: "It's been a challenging few years for Royal & Derngate, particularly with the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) concrete in our foyer spaces in 2023. "It's so important to us that we've consistently been able to maintain a warm, welcoming and safe experience for audiences, and in particular for our access customers."The theatre's artistic director Jesse Jones said: "We're pleased to have still been able to prioritise initiatives such as dedicated access hosts, sensory bags and a sensory pod, our Step Up work experience programme and our guide dog socialisation scheme. "We've also introduced innovative new uses for our wider foyer spaces now they are fully reopened, including vintage clothes sales, video gaming experiences and art exhibitions. "We are at the heart of the local community, so we are truly thrilled to have been shortlisted for such a prestigious award in the wider theatre world." UK Theatre member venues were invited to apply for the most welcoming theatre award, and the finalists were selected based on factors ranging from accessibility and inclusion practices, to programming, outreach, workforce and audience development. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Associated Press
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Family, Faith, and Forever Friends: Chapel School's Class of 2025 Graduates
Three Emotional Speeches, Honors, and One Final Chorus Mark Milestone Ceremony NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, July 3, 2025 / / -- The Chapel School in Bronxville, New York, proudly celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2025 with a joyful and heartfelt ceremony that honored a journey marked by resilience, community, and personal growth. With student voices leading the way, the event included emotional speeches, surprise awards, and a moving musical performance, leaving no doubt that these graduates are ready for what lies ahead. The ceremony featured three student addresses, each paying tribute to the transformative experience of their time at Chapel. Delivering the Commencement Address, Jesse Jones reflected on his 12-year journey at the school, beginning with tears in Pre-K and ending with a deep sense of family and purpose. 'We are not just a class, we are a family—and together, we are The Chapel School,' he said, drawing nods and applause from classmates and faculty alike. In his Salutatory Address, Dylan Sadowski brought humor and heart, recalling how teachers helped students grow academically and emotionally. 'The teachers didn't just teach us how to compute the area of a triangle… they taught us how to care, and how to persevere,' he said. Dylan was also honored with the Academic Excellence Award for his exceptional performance. Sophia Savone, this year's Valedictorian, shared an equally inspiring address highlighting her gratitude, growth, and the lasting bonds forged through shared challenges and celebrations, 'Although it's sad that it's over, let us be happy that we can always remember our time here. And let us be thankful that this community will always be a part of us.' The ceremony was elevated with a special musical moment, as Lucy Savone performed 'No One Is Alone' from Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Her rendition earned a standing ovation and served as a poignant reminder of the event's themes of connection and transition. Several students received special honors for their contributions across a range of disciplines: • Excellence in Music: Dara Kola-Olugboye • Attorney General Letitia James Triple 'C' Awards (Character, Courage, Commitment): Ettrick Campbell and Chloe Nicolosi • Citizenship Awards: Christian Asare and Taylor Nicolosi • Christian Service and Witness: Gabriella Massey • Athletic Excellence: Seth Griffiths • Academic Excellence: Salutatorian Dylan Sadowski and Valedictorian Sophia Savone • Overall Outstanding Performance: Jesse Jones (Commencement address speaker) The event also welcomed remarks from Rev. Dr. Robert Hartwell, Board Vice President Melissa Kobernitski, PTO Representative Lisa Jones, and Principal Michael Schultz, who addressed the graduates with words of blessing and encouragement. 'Know that we love you, we are so very proud of you; and, you are always a part of the TCS Family as our newest class of TCS Alum, the Graduated Class of 2025,' Schultz said. Graduation marked not just an ending, but a celebration of everything The Chapel School stands for: academic excellence, spiritual growth, service, and fellowship. The Class of 2025 leaves behind a legacy of unity, humor, and compassion. As they move forward, the Chapel School Class of 2025 does so not only with diplomas in hand but with a deep understanding of friendship, faith, and purpose, a testament to the lasting impact of a Chapel School education. About The Chapel School: Founded in 1947, The Chapel School in Bronxville, NY, provides a nurturing, faith-based education for students from preschool through grade eight. A ministry of Village Lutheran Church, The Chapel School is known for academic excellence, character formation, and its welcoming community. The Church will be celebrating its 110th Anniversary in 2026 and the School will turn 80 in 2027. For more information, visit Norah Lawlor Lawlor Media Group, Inc. +1 212-967-6900 email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook X Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Yahoo
Suspects indicted on more charges in Bar II fatal shooting in Middletown
Jun. 28—The two suspects in a mid-June Middletown bar fatal shooting were indicted on a collective 12 charges Friday afternoon, ahead of an expected municipal court appearance. Indictments stem from the June 16 shooting outside Bar II in Middletown where four people were shot, including 36-year-old Middletown man Jesse Jones, who was killed. It stemmed from a fight in the parking lot after the bar closed, according to police. Jerome Collier, 51 of Hamilton, was already facing a murder charge and single counts of felonious assault and having weapons under disability. A Butler County grand jury on Friday indicted Collier on seven charges in all, adding three more counts of felonious assault and a second count of having a weapon under disability under different sections of the Ohio criminal code. The murder and felonious assault charges are enhanced with both a gun specification and a repeat violent offender specification. Both specification charges would add additional years to the underlying crimes if convicted. Dy'Shonna Goins, 28, of Dayton, faced three counts of felonious assault, and now has been indicted by the grand jury on those counts as well as two additional felonious assault counts. Four of the charges Goins faces are also enhanced with both an underlying gun specification charge. Collier was arraigned on Monday, June 23, and his bond was set at $1 million. He is currently in the Butler County Jail. Goins is at the Middletown Jail after being arrested on June 20 by officers from the Middletown Division of Police and Kettering Police Department. Goins' bond is set at $150,000. On June 16, police responded to reports of shots fired at Bar II's parking lot, 1200 Elliott Drive, at around 2:40 a.m. Four people were shot as an apparent result of a fight, said Middletown Division of Police Chief Earl Nelson, but the motivation as to why the fight started is not clear. "The stories are different as to why the fight started," he said. "We talked to the owner of the bar, asking if anything had happened inside. He said, 'No.'" Video footage from buildings near the incident was collected, according to police. If you have any information about this incident, contact Detective Terry Ballinger at 513-425-7741, at the email terryb@ or police dispatch at 513-425-7700.
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Yahoo
Woman arrested, facing charges in connection to Middletown fatal shooting
Jun. 21—A 28-year-old woman was arrested Friday in connection to a Monday fatal shooting in Middletown in the parking lot of a bar. The Middletown Division of Police and the Kettering Police Department took Dyshonna T. Goins into custody and she is facing one count of felonious assault, according to the Middletown Division of Police. "This arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into a shooting that took place in Middletown in the early morning hours of June 16, 2025," the police said. On Monday, crews responded to reports of shots fired at Bar II's parking lot located on 1200 Elliott Drive around 2:40 a.m. Jesse Jones. 36, was killed in the shooting and three additional people were injured. Police said the fight began in the parking lot of Bar II and not inside the bar. Video footage from buildings near the incident was collected. At the time, no suspects were identified. If you have any information about this incident, contact Detective Terry Ballinger at 513-425-7741, at the email terryb@ or police dispatch at 513-425-7700.
Forbes
17-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
The Myth Of The Free Market: Chris Hughes' American Economic History
(Original Caption) High Officials Attend Funeral of William Woodin. Vice President John Nance ... More Garner, (left), and Jesse Jones, Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, pictured leaving the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, after attending funeral services for William Woodin, for Secretary of the Treasury. Chris Hughes's Market Crafters: The 100‑Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy, published just a few weeks ago in the Spring of 2025, is a masterful, humanizing journey through a century of U.S. economic history. Hughes—economist, former English major, Harvard roommate of Mark Zuckerberg turned multimillionaire after selling his Facebook stock, and public intellectual—brings a storyteller's instinct to a traditionally arid subject. He can make Fed policy gripping. His background makes him uniquely compelling: he understands both language and markets, and he writes with clarity but does not condescend to the reader. He shatters the myth that free markets alone produced American prosperity. Instead, he chronicles a persistent, bipartisan tradition of 'market crafting': the deliberate use of government authority to shape markets—investing, regulating, and stabilizing—for public benefit. This narrative covers episodes ranging from Jesse H. Jones's Reconstruction Finance Corporation in the 1930s to modern semiconductor policy under Trump and Biden. Hughes's first book, Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn, landed in February 2018. He began convinced that unconditional cash was the silver bullet for inequality. Over the course of his research, however, he shifted his position, recognizing the indispensability of public infrastructure—roads, schools, regulatory systems—that cash alone doesn't supply. It was an evolution worth noting, and in Market Crafters, that same curiosity drives a deeper exploration of institutional design. In 2019, Hughes authored a landmark essay in The New York Times calling for Facebook's breakup, the company he worked hard to build. That early and incisive stance on monopoly power foreshadows the themes that animate Market Crafters. Here, Hughes investigates the people and lawmakers – including it seems, Trump and Biden, who worry monopolies thrive when markets go uncrafted and how careful tariff, tax breaks, and direct investment can restore competition and innovation. The heart of the book is its cast of characters—detail-rich portraits of decision-makers whose lives shaped policy. These include Jesse H. Jones, William McChesney Martin, Arthur Burns, Nancy Teeters, Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan, Lina Khan, Jake Sullivan, Brian Deese, Felicia Wong, and many others. Hughes's approach isn't ideological: he grants respect to pragmatic leaders—Republican and Democrat—who leveraged the tools of statecraft to stabilize and invigorate the economy. What is market craft? Chris Hughes writes 'it's the intentional use of state power to shape markets towards the political goal of stability. In the depression 'the alternative – – cascading bankruptcies in the banking, agricultural railroad sectors was out of the question.' Possibly the most satisfying lesson in marketcrafting comes early with Jesse H. Jones, who served as head of the RFC from 1932 until 1939. The RFC was not just a wartime lender—it was essentially a federal investment bank, channeling billions into faltering banks, railroads, and farms. Between 1932 and 1935, Jones authorized the distribution of about $74 billion in today's dollars. His vision of combining government money with private capital to prevent cascading bankruptcies defines 'market crafting': the calculated, visionary use of public power to engineer stability. Hughes devotes a section to the Federal Reserve's transformation. William McChesney Martin—Fed Chair from 1951 to 1970—famously insisted that the Fed's job was 'to take away the punch bowl just as the party's getting started.' And Hughes quotes him saying something like 'Markets are nursed along as children are nursed along,' explaining that policymakers guide markets because unregulated forces would otherwise leave economies vulnerable. Hughes also recalls Martin's innovation known as 'Operation Twist' in the 1960s, whereby the Fed sold short-term Treasuries to buy long-term bonds—an early instance of yielding to market needs without monetary expansion. Nancy Teeters, appointed in 1978 as the first woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, is remembered not as a Chair but as a pathbreaker who often dissented during times of macroeconomic turbulence. Her role illustrates how even non‑chair governors can steer policy by holding the institution accountable for balance, not adherence to any dogma. Skipping ahead to the 2008 Hughes recounts the turbulent 2008 financial crisis. Bear Stearns was rescued on March 16, 2008, by JPMorgan Chase with a $30 billion-backed Fed loan—a classic move in the tradition of market crafting. By contrast, Lehman Brothers was left to fail when it filed for bankruptcy on September 15, 2008, triggering global financial panic. The about-face in policy reflects a tension between the ideological belief that NOT creating moral hazard was the most important policy goal. Hughes suggests the imperative of preventing systemic collapse was not in focus because the Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson's, belief in the market's ability to discipline itself and snap back. Paulson insisted in public statements that he wasn't going to tolerate bailouts. Just a few weeks later the officials learned a different lesson and bailed out AIG. The final chapters examine how both President Trump and President Biden departed from neoliberal economic policies to embrace market crafting to boost investment in key industries. Trump's Operation Warp Speed is framed not only as a public-health success but also as a market-crafting intervention: the federal government intervened directly in private pharmaceutical markets to ensure vaccine development and distribution. Biden led bold market crafting and perhaps his boldness came from years of experience as Vice President and Senator. He knew government could shape markets. And he knew it was in the American tradition. He wanted to help the middle class and create jobs. During the campaign he said to potential donors,' My Lord, look at what is possible, looking at the institutional changes we can make, without us becoming a 'socialist country' or any of that malarkey.' Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act on August 9, 2022, authorizing approximately $52.7 billion in direct semiconductor investments and research support, as part of a broader $280 billion science and technology initiative. What surprised many is how bipartisan the push became, with Republicans such as Senators Marco Rubio, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young. Hughes discusses their rethinking and departure from free market ideology on the same page as he describes Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren's supporting for market crafting. Through these actions, Hughes suggests industrial policy is no longer a partisan liability but a pragmatic necessity. Both presidents, despite different rhetoric, drew from the same script: government can steer market outcomes for national stability and innovation. Hughes argues for a modern federal investment bank. t's hardly un-American—after all, the RFC came first. By tracing a narrative arc back to Jesse H. Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Hughes suggests that a federal investment bank is not a radical departure, but a deeply American institution. The bank would have to be well – designed so it was evergreen, it could function across be swings in administrations, resist capture, and catalyze public‑interest investment. He writes, 'With smart design, a national investment bank could harness markets for social and political goals while building durable institutional expertise that outlasts any single administration. 'Market Crafters is not a partisan tract but an exploration of economic policymaking in action. It is, above all, a tribute to institutions that adapt and the people who create and recreate them -- RFCs, central banks, federal agencies. Readers get a renewed appreciation for American policymakers who navigated crises and steered the economy by not by retreating to free-market dogma – most of the time -- but crafting and shaping markets. Chris Hughes surprisingly readable economic history foregrounds the personalities behind policy while making a robust case for public policymaking as an art of market design. He makes the same argument in a recent New York Times article describing President Trump's conflict with Fed Chief Jerome Powell. Hughes book shows how, when governments act deliberately and skillfully, they can steady economies, spur innovation, and avert disaster. For anyone grappling with questions about tariffs, pandemic-era bailouts, industrial strategy, or Fed policy, Market Crafters provides both context and an invitation—to consider that markets are not self-executing, but human-crafted.
