Metairie – Jefferson Parish Personnel Board Hearing Officer Theordore Nass dismissed a harassment complaint by Jefferson Parish employee Terence Lee against five other parish employees whom Lee claimed were “racially offensive.” The harassment charges by Lee against Jefferson Parish employees Michael Stamps, Glenn Miller, Michael Chauvin, Billie Hartline and Randolph Doucet were dropped … More:…
Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns is to be honoured with a set of commemorative postage stamps marking the 250th anniversary of his birth. More: continued here
If you can’t make it into Washington, D.C. for the 56th Inaugural Parade, don’t worry-you can get a piece of the parade right here in Front Royal. More: continued here
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Union leaders and MPs have reacted angrily after it emerged that the private equity group CVC is considering a bid for a minority stake in Royal Mail. CVC, which has stakes in three European postal services, is at the early stages of working on a bid. Its other investments have included the Debenhams store chain…
Two stamps commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of poet Robert Burns are unveiled by Royal Mail. More: continued here
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