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Mecca Farms proposal follows history of land swaps
It's like the grown-up version of trading Reading Railroad for the Electric Company, but the deals are bankrolled by taxpayer dollars instead of Monopoly money and the game board stretches across Palm Beach County. Swapping taxpayer-owned land through...
Tags: Science and Technology, Real Estate, Political Corruption, Farms, South Florida Water Management District
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At Clifton's Cafeteria, someone left a light on. For 77 years.
They're not kidding when they say they'll leave the light on for you.
A long-forgotten neon lamp that was switched on during the Great Depression and left burning for about 77 years has been discovered hidden behind a dusty partition at Clifton's...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees
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How Dunker Church was saved
The Washington County Historical Society presented the Antietam National Battlefield Park with two significant gifts. In the 1950s, purchase of the Dunker Church and gifting of the church and the Burnside Bridge were made possible through the work of...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, John Bell, Economy, Business and Finance, Maryland General Assembly, U.S. Congress
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Connecticut River Named Country's First 'National Blueway'
The Hartford CourantIn riverfront ceremonies in Hartford Thursday, U. S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar designated the 410-mile-long Connecticut River as America's first National Blueway, saying restoration and preservation efforts on the river were a model for other...Tags: Science and Technology, Ken Salazar, Conservation, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Forestry and Timber
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State approves last round of school construction projects
State officials approved more than $161 million in school construction funding Wednesday that will allow school systems in the Baltimore area to undertake renovation projects, tackling problems that include sweltering and overcrowded classrooms and...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Joe A. Hairston, Teaching and Learning, Harford County, Energy Saving
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Old railroad depot future in jeopardy
The owner of a 1907 Minneapolis-St. Louis railroad depot at 1108 S. Main St. wants to sell the building or demolish it to make way for apartments or a strip mall. Larew Goehring, who bought the building in 2010, said the depot requires extensive...
Tags: Politics, Transportation, Travel, Lobbying, Arts and Culture
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Joplin faces a long road, but rebuilding is progressing
JOPLIN, Mo. - From one year ago, the city looks different. In the neighborhoods of Joplin, nearly three million cubic yards of debris was removed. People have been rebuilding their homes; there have been more than 700 permits issued for new homes and...
Tags: Business, Walmart, The Home Depot, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011)
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Cory Booker: 'I treated President Harvey wrong'
After a glowing introduction at Hampton University's graduation ceremony last weekend, Cory Booker said he felt compelled to confess something to President William Harvey. Harvey had just detailed Booker's accomplishments as mayor of Newark, N.J., and...
Tags: Science and Technology, Hampton University, Politics, Government, Technology
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Architect of Power Balance Pavilion: Arena Could Be Renovated
FOX40 NewsThe architect of Power Balance Arena says the building could be renovated. Until now, renovation was said to have been impossible even though no one ever asked Rann Haight, the building’s architect. “I can tell you that we’ve never...Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Power Balance Pavilion
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Tim Meland, 1946-2012
Tim B. Meland spent more than two decades as the registered architect at Naval Station Great Lakes, overseeing projects including the restoration of an iconic 1911 clock tower. From tuck-pointing to cleaning out and resealing the joints to replacing...
Tags: Science and Technology, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Esophageal cancer, Lakes and Ponds
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Orpheum Theatre gets $1 million for renovations
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Orpheum has received a major gift that will help fund the restoration of the historic Wichita theatre. The $1 million donation comes from the Willard and Jean Garvey Trust. “We're pleased that there is continuing strong support to return the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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More charges in Meyersdale bid rigging
Another former Meyersdale Borough Council member has been charged in the investigation of bid rigging for renovations to the former Meyersdale Community Building. Patricia Marie Murray, 70, Broadway Street, Meyersdale, was arraigned Tuesday before...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Prosecution, Finance, Trials, Court Preliminary
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