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10 Magical Mermaid Statues Around the World

10 Magical Mermaid Statues Around the World

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The Little Mermaid

WHERE: Copenhagen, Denmark

Perhaps the most famous mermaid statue is The Little Mermaid in Denmark’s canal happy capital city. Known as a major tourist attraction, this piece, Den Lille Havfrue in Danish, is a national symbol of the Scandi country and was inspired by the mermaid from native son Hans Christen Andersen’s fairy tale. Initially installed in 1913, the statue was a present from brewer Carl Jacobsen, the man behind Carlsberg, who was moved to commission The Little M ... Read more

A Native Alaska Community’s Reckoning With Vaccine Hesitan

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New COVID-19 boosters are now available in the U.S., freshly retooled for omicron subvariants. But booster uptake has been abysmal; only 13 percent of people above the age of 5 have gotten one since the bivalent vaccines first became ... Read more

A small ship cruise of Alaska's Inside Passage

It’s not just a fishing trip. Remember that. There will be plenty of fishing, but it’s not just a fishing trip.

As I gazed out over the deep, dark water of southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage from the observation deck of the Liseron, ... Read more

New mobile salmon processing platform under development in U

Sitka, Alaska-based Northline Seafoods has launched a new project to build a mobile commercial salmon processing platform, with construction planned to begin at the Port of Bellingham in Washington State in January 2023. Named Hannah, the platform is ... Read more

States that have increased taxes the most in the last four decades – KION546

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States that have increased taxes the most in the last four decades

A person filling out an income tax form.

Depending on where you live in the U.S., your state and local taxes may have shifted over the last year.

The feared decline in American spending at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic never fully materialized as stimulus and pandemic aid programs kept consumers buying and sending sales taxes into state and local government coffers.

Bu ... Read more

Serbs give UNESCO the sliv

Let us raise a toast to Serbia for getting a relative Jewy item onto the United Nations’ list of items with “intangible cultural heritage.”

That item is slivovitz, a plum brandy traditionally associated with Passover by many Ashken ... Read more

MyCG Holiday Menu: The main course

Last week, MyCG inaugurated the 2022 holiday menu with a delicious Oyster Leek Stew. This week brings a special entrée recipe from Chief Petty Officer Ava Stow, a culinary specialist (CS) and Commandant’s Flag Mess manager at Coast Guard Headquart ... Read more

Harbor Porpoises in Southeast Alaska consist of at least two

Harbor Porpoises in Southeast Alaska consist of at least two populations

Two harbor porpoises swimming in waters of Southeastern Alaska © NOAA Fisheries Two harbor porpoises swimming in waters of Southeastern Alaska © NOAA Fisheries
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Naveen Sharma

Issaquah, Washington

Mayor Pauly believes that all elected officials are servant leaders for the community they represent. As electeds, it is most important that we connect with our community, work to understand the values, goals and priorities of this special community, and reflect that in all the work that we do.

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