Roswell Easter Egg Hunt Draws Crowd at Peppermint Playground
City recreation leader Mary Beardsley estimated about 1,500 people attended the Roswell event. Families gathered for eggs, prizes donated by Sertoma Club, and narration by Woody and others as children opened eggs for tickets and treats.
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Shroud Display At Turin Cathedral Draws Public Viewing
The Turin shroud was opened to the public for Holy Saturday observances with a televised display and a few hundred attendees in wheelchairs allowed inside the cathedral. It marked the second time a TV audience viewed the shroud, following a 1973 event at Pope Paul VI’s request. A new book by Giulio Fanti and Saverio Gaeta cites scientific tests dating the cloth to the 1st century.
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Vatican trims Holy Week rites for new pope Francis
The Easter Vigil under Francis ran about 2.5 hours, shorter than Benedict XVI’s. The Argentine Jesuit pope aims for concise Masses and has often checked his watch. He baptized four men and plans Easter Mass and Urbi et Orbi speech, while favoring Italian over multilingual greetings.
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East er Easter Parade Draws Crowds With Bonnets and Fun
The third annual East er Parade in Roswell drew about 250 attendees on a sunny day with a family oriented route around the courthouse lawn. Prizes went to best child bonnet Ella Christianson and best adult bonnet Jeannee Hunter among others while MainStreet Roswell promotes downtown revival through events and prizes.
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Saving the New England cottontail from extinction
Conservationists push habitat restoration and captive breeding across the Northeast to revive the New England cottontail, the only native rabbit east of the Hudson. The Roger Williams Park Zoo began breeding in captivity and released dozens of radio tagged kits in Rhode Island and New Hampshire with more due this year.
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