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  • DEP forum focused on Barnegat Bay Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:40PMArecent state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) community outreach forum attracted residents from around Ocean County who used the opportunity to question state officials about the Barnegat Bay, according to a press release from the county. read more
  • Edison asks businesses to adopt areas of town Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:35PMBY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison officials are asking local landscaping businesses to team up with the town in the maintenance of public areas such as medians and parks. read more
  • Neighborhoods: Gallucci Gardens, Rotterdam Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:38PMSituated off busy Duanesburg Road (State Route 7) in Rotterdam, the 30-plus-unit subdivision is sandwiched between two cemeteries, Holy Cross Cemetery and St. Cyril & Method Cemetery. Built in the late 1970s through the early 1980s, Gallucci Gardens is a quaint, mature neighborhood with a mix of older residents who have been there for years and young couples with children. More than a few homes ...
  • Neighborhoods: Woodfield Estates, Malta Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:24PMThe 52-lot Malta subdivision, located off State Route 9, is an impressive neighborhood, with large, custom-built Colonial-style homes sitting on lots more than a third of an acre in size. Visitors enter the loop-shaped development via Woodfield Boulevard, a pretty avenue with a row of evergreen trees planted in a grassy median that splits the street into entrance and exit lanes. Five small ...
  • Neighborhoods: Orchard Park, Niskayuna Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:24PM[...] all preconceptions go right out the window once you turn down Alexis Avenue, one of six entrances to this sprawling development, which sits between River, Orchard Park and Van Antwerp roads and is just minutes by car to the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. The development is quiet and quite lovely, offering winding, shady streets lined with a mix of Colonials, split-level, ranches, raised ...
  • Neighborhoods: Rolling Hills, Colonie Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:24PMThe neighborhood, conveniently located off of Vly Road in Colonie, has moderately priced three and four-bedroom Colonials, raised ranches and Cape Cod-style homes, many with attached, two-car garages that are selling from the $230,000s through the $270,000s. With most homes built on lots sized from a quarter-acre to a third-acre, there's plenty of room in the backyard for kids to romp around ...
  • Neighborhoods: Merlin Park, Niskayuna Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:24PMMerlin Park is just a quick turn off busy Troy-Schenectady Road, but that turn is an abrupt but pleasantly surprising change of surroundings, especially if you're a first-time visitor to the Niskayuna neighborhood. Shady streets lined with mature oak, maple and evergreen trees greet visitors to the subdivision and welcome residents home. According to the 2007-08 state Report Card on the Schools ...
  • Neighborhoods: Claremont Estates, Voorheesville Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:23PMThe upscale neighborhood, set off a shaded, rural section of Altamont Road (State Route 156), is peaceful and lovely, greeting residents with lush greenery that surrounds the 30 or so custom-built homes here. A number of families with children are here; jungle gyms and in-ground swimming pools could be seen in the backyards of several homes in the development during a recent weekday visit to the ...
  • Neighborhoods: Terramere, Slingerlands Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:23PMThe desirable Slingerlands neighborhood, off New Scotland Road just west of the Bethlehem-Albany border, offers a mix of well-appointed Colonials clustered in a series of cul-de-sacs and a handful of huge Colonials and mansion-size homes on sprawling lots surrounded by acres of trees and open space. Homes here are filled with amenities, such as gourmet kitchens, hardwood floors, finished ...
  • Neighborhoods: New Scotland Woods, Albany Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:23PMThe hook-shaped, 124-unit townhouse subdivision, off New Scotland Road, is a family-friendly neighborhood with three cul-de-sacs that branch off Woodside Drive, the main route through the development. Most homes are backed by thick trees, offering shade in the summer and a noise buffer, particularly for houses on the north side of Woodside Drive; State Route 85 sits behind those houses. Children ...
  • Bristol streets closing for work Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:04AMBRISTOL — The city will be installing storm drainage and conducting road repairs on the eastern end of Tracy Court during a three-week period starting Wednesday, the public works office reported Friday.
  • Spander Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:52AMVenus Williams has the weight of a nation on her shoulders, and her recently recovered knee. Playing for the first time since Wimbledon, the lone-ranked American woman breezes in the U.S. first round, a welcome sign for the State, Art Spander says. Tennis - Venus Williams - Sports - United States - College and University
  • Man chases, rams vehicle after seeing it near home Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:46AMLORAIN — After seeing a person run from the side of his house to a vehicle parked on the road the night of Aug. 24, a 62-year-old Lorain man got into his own car and followed what he thought was the suspect’s vehicle, according to a Lorain police report.
  • STEVEN & COKIE ROBERTS: Strong hands and hearts Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:38AMSteve's 91-year-old mother recently spent time in a hospital near our home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. The nurses who cared for her included Leah from Kenya and Jo-Anne from South Africa.
  • Nazareth Academy porty continues to raise questions with local officials Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:26AMWAKEFIELD - The joint meeting of the Stoneham and Wakefield Planning Boards got off to a rocky start as many of the parties went to the Stoneham Town Hall, only to find a sign saying the meeting would be in the Wakefield Town Hall. Once the meeting got started Attorneys Charlie Houghton and Brian McGrail representing the developers of the Nazareth Academy property, summarized the status of the ...
  • The ins and outs, history of Colorado water laws Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:08AMWater is essential to everyday life. People use it to wash cars, take showers and irrigate lawns. Fossil fuels are what come to mind when most think about natural resources, even though, according to experts, water is the most precious natural resource.
  • Put-in-Bay importing water for Labor Day weekend Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:07AMBy CLAUDIA BOYD-BARRETT BLADE STAFF WRITER PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio - Unusually large clumps of toxic algae in Lake Erie are making life difficult for Put-in-Bay residents as the resort village prepares for an influx of visitors this Labor Day weekend. The blue-green algal blooms have been clogging filters in the village's water treatment plant, slowing down the treatment process at the height of the ...
  • Welcome to the neighborhood Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:31PMSharing the community surrounding Main Campus could lead to a gap made of more than geographic borders.
  • Dry summer followed by rain may be something to sniff at Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:44PMMIDDLESEX COUNTY — Experts say that while a much-needed burst of steady rain early last week helped brown lawns and dried-out plants and trees, it also may have triggered your allergies.
  • This Year's Eat Real Festival Is Bigger, Better Organized, and More Entertaining Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:27PMIn their second year, the organizers of the Bay Area's back-to-back street food festivals have clearly learned from the surprise throngs and food shortages of last year. Last week, John ...
  • Arcadia's coyote trapping program stirs debate Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:58PMHad Sandy Grams of Arcadia not run out into her backyard and screamed, her dog Lucy would have succumbed to the coyote that bit her neck and was poised to make the kill. The Miniature Schnauzer, which was rushed to a pet hospital after the incident, survived the July attack after 20 stitches and extensive treatment.
  • MIDWEST MEMOIRS: More than 30 years of influencing the youth Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:20PMIf anyone knows how to handle stress, it’s John Schwab. For more than 30 years he has taught driver’s education at Durand High School, and for 20 of those years he served as the school’s football coach.
  • Things looking up for flood-fighting homeowners along Dunloup Creek Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:36PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Greg Stone calls whats happening on Dunloup Creek "the most exciting watershed project in 30 years." "You can be very excited about your job when you are working on this project," said Stone, an assist...
  • No exemption for water waste Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:27PMWe live adjacent to Alice Brown Elementary School, and the sprinklers run regularly. When I spoke to the school board, the comment was that they were exempt from the sprinkling regulations.
  • The Score: No love for fantasy line Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:07PMShaun O'Hara can admit it. He has a problem with fantasy football. Yeah, yeah, he knows tons of football players out there love it and he realizes some fans care more about fantasy championships than real Lombardi trophies.
  • Glenn Beck's Rally Restores Honor, Boredom to the Masses [Rallies] Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:48PM# rallies Breaking news, live from the Glenn Beck "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington D.C.! (Actually, we already left.) The speakers, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin and some baseball players, want Americans to believe again. In something. Yeah... it was vague! More »
  • Katrina rebuilding spotty Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:35AMNEW ORLEANS - 27% of New Orleans homes vacant
  • Entrepreneur Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:53AMHighlands Ranch resident Nick May launched a radio show for small-business owners on AM 560.
  • Is Vail Valley population shrinking or rising? Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:48AMThe current unemployment rate in Eagle County is 7.9 percent, while the state's is 8 percent, according to labor market statistics from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
  • Sponsored By: Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:47AMThe Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 140 points. More Randall Gore, North Carolina’s Rural Development Director for the United States Department of Agriculture, visited Haywood County Wednesday afternoon to formally announce that the county has secured a $12.5 million Community Facility Loan to purchase the former Wal-Mart building.
  • Katrina survivors tell their stories Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:44AMWhen Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans and the surrounding region five years ago, hundreds of thousands of lives were changed forever, in a myriad of ways. Hundreds died, but even among survivors, many lost all that was familiar. And recove ...
  • • Fall is the best time for cool fescue Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:06AMFall is the best time of the year to seed cool season fescue lawns. This narrow window of opportunity during the fall promotes optimum root growth and development in fescue lawns. Soil temperature for fescue root growth is 60 degrees, yet research ha ...
  • Normandy football program looks to build bridges, success Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:59PMRalph Waldo Emerson once wrote "nothing great is ever achievedwithout enthusiasm."
  • Bridge may be opened within month: mayor Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:50PMCarmi, Ill. — Several more weeks are likely to pass before the new bridge carrying West Main Street over Elliott Creek is completed, Mayor Henry Feldmann told the Crossville Village Board Tuesday night.
  • Vandals hit Arsenal site in Augusta again Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:37PMAUGUSTA -- Police say a fire discovered Thursday in a Kennebec Arsenal building is only the latest incident in a lengthy list of recent vandalism and theft at the landmark site.
  • GDOT: Worker May Have Been Illegal Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:52PMThe Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday that one of its subcontractors may have been in the country illegally.
  • Parking at Little League World Series Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:41PMIt can be a challenge to find parking at the Little League World Series in Lycoming County. So some neighbors in South Williamsport are giving up some of their spaces to help.
  • Let's be Neighbors Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:34PMcommunity.
  • Life since Katrina: 3 stories of survival Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:35PMWhen Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans and the surrounding region five years ago, hundreds of thousands of lives were changed forever, in myriad ways. Hundreds died, but even among survivors, many lost all that was familiar. And recovery is a process that still goes on day by day.
  • Man starts crusade on campaign signs Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:33PMGREEN COVE SPRINGS – You could say that the current election cycle has taken county sign ordinance violations to new heights. Just ask Stanley F. Pfenning, an outspoken member of the recently disbanded Clay County Charter Review Commission.
  • School district lands 2 grants Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:12PMIt’s good news all around for the Brookfield Local School District. The district will be receiving two grants of about $200,000 each this school year, one from the state for an after-school program and another from the U.S. Department of Education as part of the second round of the “Race to the Top” funding, which is providing $3.4 billion to nine states and Washington, D.C.  
  • Elsie officials say increased water use is paying off Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:05PMELSIE — For the months of August and September, village officials have been encouraging households to almost double their water usage at no cost to freshen the area’s water supply.
  • Resident recalls convention center chaos with dog, still waiting to reclaim home Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:02PMAssociated Press - August 26, 2010 2:44 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Five years and a $60 million renovation have erased all traces of Hurricane Katrina from the Ernest Morial convention hall in...
  • Resident recalls convention center chaos with dog, still waiting to reclaim home Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:55PMNEW ORLEANS (AP) - Five years and a $60 million renovation have erased all traces of Hurricane Katrina from the Ernest Morial convention hall in New Orleans. But like the rest of her city, 51-year-old Gussie Glapion is still rebuilding, still recovering.
  • Long Hill âdrought watchâ declared by state, restricted water use requeste Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 9:52AMLONG HILL TWP. —The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a drought watch for Long Hill area due to the lack of rain and extremely high temperatures, according to Kenneth Fullagar, director of emergency management.
  • Mount Olive Police Report -- Tree topples, blocks Route 46 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 9:46AMMOUNT OLIVE TWP. – A large tree fell across Route 46 on Thursday, Aug. 12, taking down power lines and a phone pole and blocking traffic but causing no injuries, police said.
  • It's Not Easy Being Green Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 9:29AMScott Adams narrates the difficulties of building a "green" house: Green building - Scott Adams - Sustainable architecture - Business - Green
  • City council further reviews snow removal policy and 2011 budget Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 9:14AMThe new snow removal policy was once again briefly discussed at the special meeting of the Tyndall City Council August 18. Prior to the special meeting, the council had received a copy of the revised policy which contained the additions and changes the council expressed at the August 2 meeting. The council agreed to what appeared in the revised policy for snow removal with the first reading to ...
  • Mom says a good scare was enough to punish teen who pestered Justin Bieber Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 9:08AMSay what you will about Justin Bieber — that he's not all that talented, that his haircut (or lack of one) makes you crazy — but the crooner from Stratford, Ontario , taught 15-year-old Kevin Kristopik one heck of a lesson this week: Do something stupid enough and you, too, can become a star.
  • LA County water districts offer cash for grass Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 8:52AMYou’ve heard of “Cash for Clunkers?” How about “tens and twenties for turf?” A new rebate program is launching from the Los Angeles County Waterworks districts.