At the 3rd Annual 'Meet the Mayors of Georgia' event in College Park, several Black women mayors discussed their paths to office and municipal priorities such as data centers, small business support and youth engagement.
Long Island fire departments asked residents to clear snow around fire hydrants and are running social-media 'hydrant heroes' contests offering local prizes; officials said clear hydrants speed emergency response.
New episodes of Ryan Murphy’s Love Story about John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette air Thursdays on FX and stream on Hulu; the next episode is set for Feb. 26 on FX and Feb. 27 on Hulu.
Body recomposition is the process of losing body fat while gaining muscle by combining strength training, higher protein intake and calorie cycling; it often changes appearance more than scale weight. Recovery and consistent habits, including adequate sleep, are described as important for sustained results.
Tage Thompson returned from the Olympics and recorded a goal and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1; the win moved Buffalo to 72 points in 58 games.
The Community Foundation of Hancock County will host an open-house volunteer fair March 7 in Greenfield where local nonprofits will staff booths and light refreshments will be available. Separate events include a March 5 panel on western Hancock County hosted by the Chamber and a trivia fundraiser supporting Greenfield Police Department's Cops-4-Kids program.
A new simulation study models planetesimals as clouds of pebble-sized particles and finds that spinning clouds can produce binary planetesimals that spiral together and gently fuse into contact binaries, or 'space snowmen.' The simulations produced contact binaries in about 4% of runs, and the results were published Feb. 19 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Rain soaked into the Sierra Nevada snowpack and refroze, raising California’s median snow water equivalent from 70% to 75% between Monday and Wednesday, according to UC Berkeley monitoring reported by SFGATE. Statewide snowpack remains at about 61% of average peak, with regional differences reported.
The Sharpsburg-Aspinwall Rotary Club has spent 100 years serving the Lower Valley with local donations, deliveries and community events. Members regularly deliver Meals on Wheels lunches and have supported projects from school dictionaries to medical shipments abroad.
Local and state fire agencies ran a smoke detector blitz on Feb. 21 in Okatie, installing 238 detectors in 69 homes to improve fire protection.
