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Yahoo
4 days ago
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Rotary Club of Southwick holding annual Tag Sale June 21
SOUTHWICK — For those looking for a bargain and needing to get rid of some stuff that's still in good shape and work, and help the community, the Rotary Club of Southwick's annual Tag Sale is where to be on June 21. 'You'll know what you'll find,' said Rotary Club President Bob Fox about the sale that will be held at The Southwick Florist located at 636 College Highway from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 21. In fact, there is still one item that was brought to a tag sale a few years ago that has yet to find a permanent home: an 800-pound organ. 'We didn't want to throw it out because it has some beautiful woodwork,' Fox said. He also admitted to tinkling its ivories on occasion. The annual tag sale is one of the Rotary Club's primary fundraisers during the year, sometimes generating as much as $1,000, Fox said. And every dollar is used in town to continue the good works of the club does for the town and to fund one of its scholarships in honor of Helen Nadeau, a former first grade and kindergarten teacher at the Woodland School for 35 years. Named the Nadeau Rotary Scholarship for Deserving Students, it's to remember her passion about sparking her students' creativity and instilling in them a lifelong love for learning. Nadeau died peacefully on Jan. 18, 2025, surrounded by her family. 'Her family continues to be delighted to support deserving young students as they pursue their continued education,' said club Secretary Chris Boyd. The club partnered with the Nadeau family four years ago to establish a substantial scholarship to be awarded to a Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District graduate each year. The tag sale was the idea of former club member Brian Morrissey, he said. It was originally held in the parking lot of the Gristmill Plaza, but moved to grounds of the florist shop, which also allowed it to use the business' barn, Fox said. The club welcomes all donations of items like sports equipment, gently used household goods, books, tchotchkes, small appliances — the club has already been donated a Ninja air fryer — and pet supplies like harnesses, leashes, and dog and cat crates, and luggage, to name a few. 'Donate something that doesn't belong at the transfer station,' he said with a laugh. Electronic items will not be accepted as a donation, he stressed. Fox said all the items donated will be examined to ensure each is in good condition before tagging it with what, he said, would be considered a fair price. The club is also offering space on the florist's grounds or inside the barn to families or individuals who want to hold something of a yard sale. The cost for the space is $35, he said, and those who purchase space can keep whatever money they make. Anyone interested in reserving vendor space or for general information can call Fox at 413-569-5962. Proceeds from the sale will support community and youth-oriented Rotary projects. For those who want to help, financial donations are always accepted. They can be sent to the Rotary Club of Southwick, P.O. Box 701, Southwick, MA 01077 with attention to Boyd Read the original article on MassLive.
Business Insider
14-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
TD Cowen Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Kezar Life Sciences (KZR)
In a report released today, Phil Nadeau from TD Cowen maintained a Buy rating on Kezar Life Sciences (KZR – Research Report). The company's shares closed today at $4.20. Protect Your Portfolio Against Market Uncertainty Discover companies with rock-solid fundamentals in TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter. Receive undervalued stocks, resilient to market uncertainty, delivered straight to your inbox. According to TipRanks, Nadeau is a 2-star analyst with an average return of 0.4% and a 37.63% success rate. Nadeau covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Neurocrine, and Voyager Therapeutics. Kezar Life Sciences has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy, with a price target consensus of $12.50. The company has a one-year high of $9.18 and a one-year low of $3.62. Currently, Kezar Life Sciences has an average volume of 31.91K.
Boston Globe
07-05-2025
- Health
- Boston Globe
As Trump attacks on Harvard gain momentum, researchers scramble: ‘We're just sitting on the tracks'
'Instead of working on things that had previously been funded, now it's a question of, OK, we need to find money to fund that same research for the second time,' said Adam Sychla, a Harvard Medical School postdoctoral research fellow working on a team developing programmable treatments for everything from cancer to the common cold. 'It slows down research progress, which means that any of the technologies we develop are going to take longer to come to people,' Sychla added, 'which is who it's ultimately for — it's for the public.' Advertisement On Monday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon disclosed the latest cutoff in a letter to Harvard president Alan Garber. 'Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the federal government, since none will be provided,' McMahon Advertisement Trump's latest ultimatum about future grants, while not exactly a surprise, still caught many in the Harvard community off guard. The president has also previously pushed to end Harvard's tax-exempt status 'if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting 'Sickness?,' as he Rachel Petherbridge, a fifth-year PhD candidate in systems biology at Harvard Medical School working on improving outcomes for gestational diabetes, likened the ongoing funding threats to 'a slow-moving train.' 'It's like we're just sitting on the tracks, watching this train inch towards us,' she said. With the most recent threats on Monday, the train suddenly 'jerked forward.' Just as bad is the confusion the White House has triggered with blunt edicts that seem to leave no room for appeal. 'I cannot overemphasize how opaque all of this is to everybody,' said Petherbridge. The Department of Education did not respond to requests for comment. Many researchers on campus were already reeling from the freeze in April that forced some to scramble to find alternative sources of funds. Kari C. Nadeau, a professor at the school of public health, is facing the termination of a study looking at near-fatal food allergies that involves over 800 high-risk infants across the United States. 'We were doing a preventative trial to use a natural substance on the skin of infants,' she said, noting there are four other interventional clinical studies for therapy in children and adults with near-fatal food allergies that are also at risk. She hasn't told the participants yet; she's still absorbing the news herself. Advertisement 'You already have funds frozen,' said Nadeau. 'They're already affecting patient safety and the ethical conduct of research. We have had to terminate trials, and that puts patients at risk. And these are cancer trials. These are trials in really critical areas like Parkinson's.' There's also a financial cost of stopping a seven-year study in its fifth year: 'I will lose $12 million,' Nadeau said, 'and there will not be enough money from philanthropy to fill in the gaps. Absolutely not. And I'm just one person.' Others include Sychla and his colleagues and researchers across campus, all out there chasing a limited source of private funding. 'That means the competition for the same amount of funding is going to be much higher, which means people are not going to find that funding,' Sychla said. He's hopeful the Harvard Corporation would use some of the university's $50-plus billion endowment to support research, but noted it's hardly a viable replacement long term. 'The reality is, research is expensive,' Sychla said. Scientists need cutting-edge equipment to keep asking 'the biggest questions,' like what is the shape of a protein? To find out, 'You need to use an electron microscope,' he said, which requires a room of its own, properly maintained, to function. It is costly — 'and it is necessary for us to learn how certain diseases happen.' Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker said McMahon's letter falsely implies 'that somehow the federal government subsidizes Harvard.' In truth, he said, research grants are essentially 'a contract for services rendered to the country.' Claiming Harvard could subsidize research from its own endowment is 'kind of like saying a large highway contractor could subsidize building an interstate from its own surplus,' he added. 'It's not charity. It's fee for service.' Advertisement And then there are all the jobs at stake. On Tuesday, Columbia University announced Petherbridge works at an off-campus lab with the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital, so believes her funding is safer — for now. But as chief steward for the Harvard Graduate Students Union, she's worried about implications for herself and others should federal funding remain frozen or simply end. 'I don't think paychecks have stopped coming, but eventually they will. People will be laid off,' she said. 'People are still trying to work because [they] really care about the science,' she added. But there's no escaping the feeling of uncertainty about the future — and about Harvard's very identity. Shutting down the university's scientific research capabilities, Pinker said, would effectively 'turn it into a liberal arts college.' And amid the freeze, some researchers are looking to Canada and Europe for opportunities, while others are writing their grants differently — avoiding words such as 'biodiversity' because the word 'diversity' has been flagged by the administration. 'There's a culture of fear,' Petherbridge said. 'Everyone can read the writing on the wall.' While it's clear the Trump administration is trying to punish Harvard for refusing to yield, Nadeau questioned if the White House can fully grasp how its actions have affected people well beyond campus, such as the 800 infants with dangerous food allergies. 'Do they know that they have terminated these trials in children and families of such a common, near-fatal disease that affects everyone across nonpartisan lines?' Nadeau asked. Advertisement Since Harvard is leading the research, the freeze also affects cooperating clinical trials across the country. 'It's going to cut off the clinical trial in Chicago, in Cincinnati, in Denver, at Stanford,' she said. She underscored that 800 infants are now in the balance. 'We actually recruited everyone through COVID,' she said of the participants. 'The fact that we got through COVID is amazing. But we can't get through this.' Brooke Hauser can be reached at
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Yahoo
Portland police seeking 'suspicious male' who lunged at teenage girl
Apr. 30—Portland police are asking for the public's help identifying a man who allegedly advanced toward a 15-year-old girl around noon Wednesday. The girl had been walking home near Warwick Street when the man "stopped his vehicle and lunged at her," department spokesperson Brad Nadeau said in written announcement. She was able to evade the man and return home safely. Police responded at around 12:30 p.m. The unidentified man was described as white, balding and aged 60-70, Nadeau said. He was driving a gold-colored, 2009 or 2010 Toyota Corolla or similar model. That vehicle may have traveled in the area of Warwick Street and Candlewyck Road between noon and 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nadeau said. Anyone who lives in the area and may have recorded the vehicle on home surveillance systems is asked to contact Detective Andjelko Napijalo at 207-874-8096. Copy the Story Link We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others. We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion. You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs. Show less
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cremated Remains of 'Space Prophet' Willy Ley Found in N.Y.C. Apartment Building Basement More Than 50 Years After His Death
Willy Ley was a German-American science writer who died on June 24, 1969, at the age of 62 Ley's cremated remains were discovered in a cluttered co-op basement in New York City in 2024, though there is no record of Ley ever having lived in the building Ley, born in 1906, was considered a "prophet" of space travel and rocketship design, having authored hundreds of articles and a number of books on the subject The remains of a visionary science writer who died more than half a century ago were recently discovered in the basement of an apartment building in New York City. Willy Ley, who died on June 24, 1969, at the age of 62, was a German-American writer and 'prophet of the space age,' according to one biographer. He fled Nazi Germany in 1935 and spent the rest of his life in Jackson Heights in the N.Y.C. borough of Queens, where he lived with his wife and two daughters. So it was an unexpected turn of events when Michael Hrdlovic, the superintendent of a co-op on 67th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side — miles from Jackson Heights — found a can labeled 'Remains of Willy Ley' while cleaning out the building's cluttered basement in 2024, per The New York Times. Hrdlovic brought the can to Dawn Nadeau, the co-op board president, who told the outlet that she set out to figure out who the deceased man was and if he had any next of kin. 'We needed to handle the remains as respectfully as possible,' she told the outlet. Related: Scientists Discover World's Oldest Wine, a 2000-Year-Old White Wine that Contains a Man's Ashes After doing some citizen's detective work, which entailed Google research and calls to a funeral home and several crematoriums, Nadeau was able to positively identify the remains as belonging to the German-born Ley of Jackson Heights — though she noted that there are no records that he ever lived in her building in Manhattan. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Ley, who published hundreds of articles and numerous books on space travel and is widely considered to be one of the key architects of space flight and rocketships, has no surviving relatives — which means the matter of his final resting place is now up to Nadeau. 'I thought, 'We might not ever know how he got here, but we can at least make sure he ends up in the right place,' ' she told The New York Times. And where does Nadeau ultimately think Ley's ashes should be laid to rest? The moon. Related: First Photos of Prince's Final Resting Place: Singer's Urn Modeled After Paisley Park The co-op president said that in reading about Ley's life and death, she learned that while he had passionately predicted humankind's eventual trips to the moon, he died of a heart attack a mere three weeks before the world's first moon landing on July 16, 1969. 'I knew we had to somehow get him into space,' she recalled. Nadeau is currently working on ways to make this dream a reality and has been looking into private space flight options. However, she told The New York Times that most options are too cost-prohibitive to pursue, noting that one company she looked at charges a fee of $12,500. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Until then, Ley's ashes will remain in the superintendent's office in the N.Y.C. co-op building. 'I think about this person's whole life; no matter who they are or what they accomplished, it's an important life and now they are here in this can,' Hrdlovic told the outlet. Read the original article on People
