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- Boston Globe
Canadian visits to N.H. continue to drop while Governor Ayotte withdraws nomination for state's economic leader
He said the state is responding by turning its attention to domestic markets, from Pennsylvania to Ohio and into the Carolinas. Advertisement During an Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, Ayotte announced that her nomination to reappoint Caswell had been withdrawn. Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up Ayotte said she plans to join a trade delegation to Canada in September. 'We're going to continue to focus on our relationships with Canadians, which are quite important,' she said during the meeting. Caswell and Ayotte plan to spend about a week in Nova Scotia and Quebec, where they will meet with businesses, members of the tourism industry, and government officials. Confirming a nomination requires at least three of the five executive councilors to vote in favor of the governor's nominee. The governor can withdraw a nomination that lacks the needed support. 'I deeply appreciate Commissioner Caswell's terrific work, and we can discuss it further,' Ayotte said. Advertisement Caswell told the Union Leader that he will stay on in the position in 'holdover' status for the time being, as talks with the councilors continue. He's allowed to do so for up to six months, Caswell did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story. 'I was shocked,' said Executive Councilor Janet Stevens, a Rye Republican. Stevens said she supported Caswell and commended his work on housing and dispersing emergency relief during the pandemic. 'He's done great things for the state of New Hampshire,' she said. Stevens said she had been 'inundated' with calls from business leaders and chambers of commerce in support of Caswell's reappointment. The other executive councilors did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story. Caswell was the first commissioner to lead the Department of Business and Economic Affairs which was created in 2017. He was nominated by Republican Governor Chris Sununu and reappointed in 2021 to serve a second four-year term that expired in July. In June, the A VisitNH post included text encouraging people to 'Celebrate love all month long' with Pride events, festivals, and parades around the state. After Caswell was tagged in a request to remove the post, it was taken down within an hour. Now, the page displays a Advertisement Amanda Gokee can be reached at
Daily Mirror
6 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
'I've seen Sugababes live – you'd be a fool to miss out on their set at Brighton Pride'
Sugababes are set to headline the amazing Brighton Pride this weekend (Sunday, August 3), and in a time when nostalgia is really having a moment, I couldn't recommend that you go and see them more. What's more, Sugababes ' music is uplifting and empowering to the LGBTQ + community, with themes such as empowerment, self-expression, and resilience present in most of their bangers. Brighton Pride is an annual LGBTQ+ festival and parade held in Brighton, England. It is one of the largest and most popular Pride events in the United Kingdom, attracting thousands of visitors each year. The celebration typically includes a vibrant parade through the city, live music performances, community events, and a festival in Preston Park. I was lucky enough to go and see them perform at the Co-Op Live in Manchester, and they provided fun and major nostalgia in spades. Yes, they may not be as slick with choreography, but what they lack in jumping around the stage, they more than make up for in vocal prowess. When Sugababes burst onto the scene, I was barely walking and talking. But their music became such an iconic cornerstone of the crop tops, baseball caps, and dresses with jeans era, that my friends and I adored them as we made our way through primary school. I remember when 'About You Now' was released, and I downloaded it on my pink flip Nokia. That's what the Sugababes represent to me: pure nostalgia, good vibes, and no negativity. Luckily I was able to see Sugababes live recently at their Manchester show back in April, and if their Brighton Pride performance is anything like this one, you're in for a real treat: At the Manchester's Co-op Live show, Sugababes took to the stage, and the crowd roared as the original three-piece band, consisting of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, and Siobhán Donaghy, performed their first song. They've always been way more known for their vocal skills than their showiness on stage, and their singing was pitch-perfect throughout the whole show. There were songs like 'Hole in the Head' and 'Red Dress,' and people were remembering the lyrics from compartments of their brains they thought were closed off from years and years ago. The audience participation was so fun, so in Brighton I'm sure you're going to be in for an even bigger treat, and Keisha even joked that they were singing live as Mutya needed a drink so she could perform to the best of her ability. Being surrounded by people who know every single song is such a privilege, and I think Sugababes fans will be out in force this weekend in Brighton. When I saw them in Manchester, however, the woman next to me did shout, 'Play push the button and right round' impatiently, showing some were there for the big bangers only. Of course, as with every good gig, the artist will save the best until last, which I assume they will do again in Brighton, and the evening ended with their best singles, 'About You Now' and 'Push the Button', which everyone will know and scream at the top of their lungs. Let's be real, most people at Brighton Pride will be OG fans, having downloaded the MP3 files of early Sugababes songs, desperately writing down the lyrics to learn them. We all pretended to be in a girl band at playtime, so if you're going to Brighton Pride this weekend, go live out your best girl band dreams.
8 hours ago
Berlin celebrates Pride parade with techno beats and rainbow flags
BERLIN -- Tens of thousands of people danced to techno beats across Berlin on Saturday to celebrate the German capital's Pride parade, one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in Europe. With rainbow flags and bottles of beer, the city partied under overcast skies, an upgrade after days of downpours, to observe and honor Christopher Street Day. 'We need to represent pride is unity, pride is friendship, pride is love and we need to make sure that everybody knows that we were here in peace and in love to make it a better day for everybody,' said Jessica Benitaz, from Miami. The annual parade commemorates the 1969 Stonewall rebellion in New York when a spontaneous street uprising was triggered by a police raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar, on Christopher Street, in Greenwich Village. Berlin's parade took revelers past the iconic Brandenburg Gate and through the Nollendorfplatz neighborhood, home to the city's gay culture as well as a memorial to the queer people who were persecuted and killed by the Nazi regime. The city's first Christopher Street Day was held on June 30, 1979, in West Berlin. Thomas Hoffmann, a member of the CSD Executive Board, thought the 2025 crowd was bigger than in past years. 'We want to stand up for our rights together here,' Hoffmann said. German news agency dpa reported that a right-wing counter-demonstration featured 30 to 50 protesters. Six people, including the protest's organizer, were arrested on their way to the demonstration for alleged weapons and explosives violations as well as for displaying anti-constitutional symbols, dpa reported.
