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Budget on cards for council meeting
The Newport Beach City Council will again discuss the city's budget for the upcoming 2013-14 fiscal year at a study session before its meeting Tuesday night. During the main meeting, the council will likely set a public hearing for June 11, before that... -
Baltimore residents in largely vacant blocks to be uprooted
With plans to demolish 1,500 vacant houses in the next three years, Baltimore officials and the few remaining residents in largely vacant blocks are beginning the early stages of the most delicate of relationships. About 80 residents — each of...
Tags: Rentals, United States Census Bureau, Crime, Law and Justice, William Donald Schaefer, Homes
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Donnelly introduces legislation for Gulf War memorial
South Bend Tribune ReportU.S. Sens. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, and John Boozman, R-Ariz., have introduced legislation authorizing a National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial to recognize the many Americans who served during the first Gulf War, according to a news release....Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Joe Donnelly, John Boozman
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Don Gaetz, Brevard County, Satellite Technology, Linda Chapin, Education
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Good information
There are plenty of natural resources available for drilling companies to extract, but it's important the land owners know what's being done on their properties. For public land, taxpayers may soon have that information. The Obama administration said...Tags: Energy Resources
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DNR considers purchase of 140 acres in Oconomowoc River valley
Milwaukee Journal SentinelGroundwater bubbles to the surface on tree-covered slopes of glacial ridges along St. Augustine Road. Water from dozens of springs merges to form rivulets flowing down the hillsides in sand-bottom channels. Clear water gurgles as it bumps against stones...Tags: Wetlands, Property, Conservation, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues
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Columbia Land Trust's reach, reputation keep growing
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.HOOD RIVER, Ore. -- Standing in a packed office, Glenn Lamb looked around the room. The Columbia Land Trust executive director began rattling off a loyal roster of supporters looking back at him. Some of you have written us into your wills, he said....Tags: Property, Conservation, Nature Conservancy, Environmental Issues, Values
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Marathon council gives final OK to zip line
Florida Keys KeynoterMuch to the chagrin of many neighbors, visitors to Marathon's Crane Point Museum and Nature Center could be zip-lining over the property's hardwood hammock canopy sometime in 2014. The City Council on Tuesday approved the nonprofit's application for a...Tags: Marathon, Petroleum Industry
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Greenway keeps growing in Lyme
The Day, New London, Conn.In a town that works hard to maintain its rural character and already boasts hundreds of acres of woodlands preserved as state forest or held by the land trust or town, the addition of another 128 acres of protected forest might not seem like a big deal....Tags: Human Interest, Lyme, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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150 Boise icons to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial: Rainbow trout
The Idaho StatesmanThe population of rainbow trout in the Boise River is healthy today, more than twice what it was a decade ago, said Andy Brunelle, an officer in the local Ted Trueblood chapter of Trout Unlimited. That's thanks to higher winter water flows, protection...Tags: Wetlands, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bodies of Water, Rivers
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What's So Special About Southington's Kettle Bog?
The Hartford Courant— Nearly 40 years ago, Robert Kuchta was hiking on the rock ridge on the Southington-Wolcott border when he saw something unusual in the valley below – a ring of bright-scarlet maples surrounding a smaller circle of white pines. "I decided to...Tags: Wetlands, Southington, Science and Technology, Science, Mount Vernon
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New hydraulic fracturing rules proposed
Hydraulic fracturing, the process that involves shooting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals underground to crack shale formations and unlock oil and gas, would become more difficult under new rules proposed by the Interior Department. As...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Energy Resources, Natural Resources Defense Council, Water Supply, Petroleum Industry
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