{"id":242128,"date":"2016-12-08T06:06:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T20:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=242128"},"modified":"2016-12-08T06:06:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T20:06:22","slug":"community-briefs-dec-8-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-briefs-dec-8-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMUNITY BRIEFS &#8211; Dec. 8, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CUC closed today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth Utilities Corp.\u2019s offices will be closed today, Dec. 8, 2016, in observance of Constitution Day. Regular business hours will resume on Friday, Dec.9, 2016. For emergencies, contact the CUC call center at 664-4282. (CUC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNMI Republican Party general membership meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CNMI Republican Party president James Ada is calling for a general membership meeting on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at 5:30pm at the Minatchom Atdao pavillion. The meeting will include the election of officers. (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the annual Christmas Bird Count<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Dec. 19, birders are invited to participate in Saipan\u2019s Annual Christmas Bird Count. The CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife has organized local counts for over 25 years. Volunteers  will meet at 6am at the American Memorial Park to divide into teams for roadside and walking surveys. Bring binoculars if you have them, but it\u2019s okay if you don\u2019t. For more information, contact Steve Mullin at 664-6011 or smullin.cnmi.dfw@gmail.com, or visit http:\/\/www.cnmidfw.com\/. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CUC closed today The Commonwealth Utilities Corp.\u2019s offices will be closed today, Dec. 8, 2016,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[14056,1963,7139,8668],"class_list":["post-242128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-constitution-day","tag-james-ada","tag-minatchom-atdao","tag-steve-mullin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}