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Town Council OKs $1.25 Million Budget Increase For Riverfront Park
The Hartford CourantThe town council voted to increase the budget for Riverfront Park by more than $1 million to cover bidding overruns and get the project started in a timely manner. After a mixed reaction from residents during a public hearing on appropriating an...Tags: Elections, Dwayne Johnson, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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READER SUBMITTED: Goodwin Grads Encouraged To Help, Play, And Celebrate
Eastern ConnecticutAs many of the speakers at Goodwin College's 2013 Commencement Ceremony stated, there's plenty of work still ahead for the 570 students who graduated on Thursday, June 6. But, as Valedictorian Dena Booker told her fellow grads, they should all take...Tags: Career and Workplace, Sports, Advanced Training, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Goodwin College
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New York lays out $20 billion plan to adapt to climate change
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of climate change in the coming decades. The ambitious proposal - which could become...Tags: Bodies of Water, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Global Change, New York City
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Levees, removable walls in plan to protect NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing removable flood walls for much of lower Manhattan, a permanent 15-to-20-foot levee in part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees at a Brooklyn creek as part of a nearly $20 billion...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Battery Park, Brooklyn (New York City), Michael Bloomberg, Global Warming
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Helping to make a difference -- one nail at a time
Volunteers from area Mennonite churches have been working year-round to prepare items to be sold on the Silent Auction and Live Auction of the 15th annual TriState Relief Sale Festival & Cruise-In July 19-20. Quilters have been working at their...
Tags: Garrett County, Auction Service, Mennonite, Mennonite Central Committee, Christianity
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Ed Page On Facebook: Should Congress Have To Find Cuts In Spending Before Sending Disaster Aid To Oklahoma?
Bill Cink: That depends, will it be like superstorm Sandy relief where they tacked on all kinds of pork like money for fisheries in Alaska? Mark Pappa: Act quickly without the pork barrel nonsense associated with passing such legislation a la Sandy aid....Tags: Elections, Tornadoes, U.S. Congress, Aquaculture, Natural Disasters
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California car repair costs among highest in nation, analysis finds
California remains one of the nation's three most expensive states for car repairs, according to a new analysis by CarMD. The finding is based on what it costs, on average, when a driver's "check engine" warning light appears. CarMD’s state-by-...
Tags: Car Engine Repair, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Passenger Cars
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Big Apple may get baked as sizzling southern summers move north
ReutersNEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - Over the next 40 years, the number of sweltering summer days in New York City could double or even triple, making it as hot in 2050 as Birmingham, Alabama, is now. The sea level surrounding New York is also likely to rise by...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Environmental Issues, Global Change
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Highland Park father advocates security to protect schools
Robert Bernat of Highland Park says the scourge of mass school shootings requires immediate action. The solution, he says, includes slowing down anybody who tries to get into a school building, posting armed personnel on campuses and speeding up the...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Firearms, The Wall Street Journal
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Pompano considers rebuilding pier
After improving the beach area near the pier with a new promenade, lawn, playground, exercise area and dune restoration, the city is considering a $6.1 million renovation of the pier itself. The 900-foot, 45-year-old pier has reached the end of its...
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Seamstresses gather to create clothes for Oklahoma tornado victims
Soon after a massive tornado devastated Moore, Okla., last month, a Linthicum seamstress leaped into action, formulating a plan to help the victims. Kathy Furth began reaching out to thread-savvy friends from her parish and a local sewing organization...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Roman Catholicism, Linthicum, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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