Downtown Escondido is going to look and feel very different in coming years as hundreds of apartments and condominiums come online along Grand Avenue and nearby streets. Three projects recently won the Escondido Planning Commission’s approval and will go before the City Council in the next days. It’s all part of a plan to bring…
Month: September 2019
Maryland Wine Festival returning to usual spot on calendar with new offerings, but missing ‘Mr. Wine Festival’
Maryland’s oldest wine event returns to the Carroll County Farm Museum with more than 200 wine choices, music and food — not to mention a return to its traditional September calendar position and two-day length — although a familiar face will be missing. After being pushed by inclement weather into mid-October for a one-day event,…
Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan architect quits
Washington AFP – Jason Greenblatt, a key architect of President Donald Trump s troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, announced his resignation Thursday. His departure places another question mark over the much-delayed initiative, which the White House has touted as the opportunity of the century, but has yet to see the light of day and has been…
The Finance 202: Trump’s latest tariffs boomerang on consumers at a dangerous moment
President Trump speaks during a Keep America Great campaign rally in Manchester, N.H., last month. Nicholas Kamm AFP President Trump’s latest tariffs on Chinese imports threaten to jeopardize the expansion of the U.S. economy — and as a result, the president’s own political fortunes are at risk. That’s because the latest slate of tariffs that took…