Author: Mariyah Mclaughlin

Avelo Airlines celebrated their first Caribbean flight destination with nonstop service from Connecticut to Puerto Rico, according to a press release. Connecticut residents, home to roughly 300,000 Puerto Ricans, can now fly directly from Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) to San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) for as low as $99 one-way. San Juan marks Avelo’s first destination outside of the continental United States, with flights twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. “It’s officially time – Viaja Con Avelo!” said Avelo Airlines Chairman and CEO Andrew Levy. “With the third-largest population of Puerto Ricans in the continental U.S. calling Connecticut home, the convenience, reliability…

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Notices from the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) will now have QR codes with payment vouchers to make paying owed balances easier.  Each QR code is specific to the attached notice. Once scanned, you will be directed to MYDORWAY, and after verifying your identity, your balance will be automatically calculated. SCDOR says people who do not have a QR code can still pay online using MYDORWAY. If you have questions or trouble figuring out how to pay online, use Dorwin SCDOR’s 24/7 virtual assistant. Source : Count On News

Valencia, Turin, Madrid (28/11 – 25) Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia retained his MotoGP world title with many records; there are nevertheless signs that the Ducati rider will face sterner competition next season. The Italian rider won the 2023 season-ending MotoGP Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday to clinch his second world title in a row. The protege of Valentino Rossi becomes the third rider to take back-to-back MotoGP titles since the introduction of the class in 2002. Only Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez previously managed to do that. Bagnaia is the first rider to successfully race and defend #1 in the…

Some rat researchers have said the city should focus more on human behavior, including improving waste disposal New York City officials have found a new way to kill rats that’s so effective an entire population on an Upper East Side street has been all but exterminated. Councilmember Julie Menin told Gothamist the method has successfully eliminated over 100 rat burrows on a section of East 86th Street since the effort was launched last year. The strategy involves pumping carbon monoxide directly into the rat burrows that are found in sidewalk tree beds. “The method demonstrated an impressive eradication rate of nearly 100% in the tree pits…

Greedy progressives’ “squeeze the rich” taxes and over-the-top business mandates are dangerously eroding the state’s most vital economic pillar: its finance and insurance sector. That’s the alarming takeaway from independent researchers at Economic Leadership in a new report for the Business Council of New York State and two industry groups. “While other places are growing, New York has seen stagnation or loss . . . with both businesses and residents relocating,” warns EL’s Ted Abernathy. In particular, finance and insurance-industry job growth in other states has left New York in the dust: While the nation saw a 4% jump in these jobs…

Bad Bunny is moving to Chelsea: The New York Post reported earlier this week that the singer had signed a lease on a  $150,000-a-month penthouse on West 27th Street, a 4,500-square-foot aerie with a private outdoor lap pool. But while stratospheric sales prices are commonplace in New York — it can be unnerving how many finance types you’ve never heard of regularly snap up $10 to $20 million properties — there aren’t many rentals over $100,000 a month. The number caught our attention: Is Bad Bunny renting the most expensive apartment in New York City? Yes, it seems he might be. Several brokers told us…

No credible threats have been made. New York state and city officials on Friday are increasing security around potentially vulnerable sites like schools and houses of worship after a former Hamas leader called for a global day of violence. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams at a joint news conference Thursday evening, however, stressed no credible threats had been received by officials. Both the governor and mayor encouraged people to send their children to school and attend religious services. “There’s no reason to feel afraid,” Hochul said. “There’s no reason to alter our lives or routines.” She added, “The…

The singer combines the genre’s enduring themes of heartbreak and self-destruction with camp humor and a distinctly Irish sense of the absurd In April 2020, a new force in Irish music announced herself with a song about love, loss and fried chicken. The video for “Another Day (KFC),” CMAT’s debut single, opens with the singer dancing cheerfully in front of a blue screen. “Baby give me something else to do,” she sings, in a style pitched between country twang and ‘60s pop, “I cried in KFC again over you.” Then, suddenly, the camera swerves to a dark room where the…

With its chaotic stew of cultures, New York has cooked up standout food moments, you just have to know where to find them.New York, as they say, is a helluva town. Of all the cities to visit in the world I’ve been, nothing feels quite the same as this action-packed city for palpable action. We may now be used to getting anything we want when we want it thanks to the internet, but New York has been like that for decades. You want a pair of Levi’s at 2am? Done. An evening that starts with caviar, vodka and blini followed…

The General Assembly’s stately new office tower on Broad Street is finally done. What’s happening: Officials will cut the ribbon at 1pm Wednesday, after which the nearly $300 million structure will open to the public for tours. Why it matters: The building promises to ease some of the pains of participatory government in Virginia with amenities like cushioned seating and charging ports. Zoom in: The dark hallways of its predecessor are replaced by bright, spacious corridors lined with plush chairs. What they’re saying: “I feel like saying ‘Hallelujah!'” Senate clerk Susan Clarke Schaar said last week during a media tour, per the Virginia Mercury. Catch…