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Officials are urging municipalities in Peterborough County to offer any underused space or surplus land to help create more child-care spaces as demand continues to grow.

During Wednesday’s county council meeting, Peterborough Children’s Services — which provides child-care services in Peterborough city and county — outlined the service’s current child-care spaces and wait-lists for children ages 0 to 12.

Nancy Fisher, project consultant for the Peterborough Childcare Expansion plan, reported that at the end of 2023, there were approximately 4,400 licensed child-care spaces among 59 sites. There were also 73 licensed home child-care providers.

However, as of April 2024, there

HOUSTON – Avatar: The Last Airbender fans from Houston are in for a show! Fans can immerse themselves in the fantastical world of Aang and his friends with a live orchestra!

Listen to the iconic musical score of the series played by an orchestra at the Smart Financial Center at Sugar Land on Sept. 18 at 7 pm while watching moments from the Avatar: The Last Airbender series come to life on a cinema screen,

SUGGESTED: Party on the Plaza at Avenida Houston: Concert series throughout May

The two-and-a-half-hour performance promises to take viewers into the “Avatar state”, where they

A discussion between the Chaffee Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) and the Salida School District was the main agenda item for the BoCC’s Tuesday, April 16 regular session. The BoCC agreed upon the next steps including a group field trip in May to the proposed land purchase site, and an agreement on the price per acre, followed by a purchase agreement draft in June, with the goal of completing an agreement by September, 2024 .

Long-Term Planning for the School District’s Future

The topic is not new: the school district had approached

This is the first time since last August the average sales-to-list price ratio has surpassed 100%. Low inventory and steady demand are buoying home prices.

The average sales-to-list price ratio hit 100.1% during the four weeks ending July 2, marking the first time in nearly a year the average US home was selling for more than its asking price. Additionally, the median home-sale price was down just $1,000 (-0.3%) from a year ago, when prices were near record highs. Stubbornly high home prices, combined with near-7% mortgage rates, are standing in the way of homebuyers, who are faced with near-record-high