PIERMONT – Village trustees, the harbor master and others generally supported a plan to allow Hudson River cruises to dock at the pier about a dozen times in October. But the old pier, in its current state, can’t support it, the village’s engineering consultant reported Wednesday. Mayor Bruce Tucker said that […]
Taliban appeals for resumption of international flights to Afghanistan
A limited number of aid and passenger flights have been operating from the Kabul airport. But, normal commercial services have yet to resume since it was closed in the wake of the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands. Afghan passengers are pictured in-front of a Qatar Airways airplane at Kabul […]
I Worried Vacation Would Hurt My Gains, but It Helps Me Recover
I used to worry I’d “lose my gains” if I went on holiday and didn’t work out. The pandemic taught me that I wouldn’t lose progress or muscle quickly, and a break can help me recover. Now I travel with resistance bands, but consider them an option, not a necessity. […]
Richard Branson looks to disrupt cruise industry with Virgin Voyages
From Virgin Atlantic in the skies to Virgin Galactic in space, Richard Branson has now set his sights on the high seas. The business tycoon who started Virgin Group, the company behind dozens of Virgin-branded ventures, is looking to disrupt the $100 billion cruise industry — at a time when […]
Cool your jets: international tourism for Australians by Christmas unlikely, airlines say | Airline industry
Foreign airlines say international tourism is unlikely to resume by Christmas because there’s too much uncertainty surrounding quarantine requirements and vaccine passports, with one source dismissing the Morrison government’s timetable as “naive”. Even when the international border reopens, flights in and out of Australia will operate at a “fraction of […]
Festival draws county residents to enjoy Clymer Days | News
Eager crowds returned to the Clymer Days Festival over the weekend, the latest of the community events to be revived following cancellation due to the pandemic in 2020. Visitors toured a lineup of food trucks offering fare from funnel cake to chicken specialties to pulled pork, hamburgers and pizza. Shoppers […]