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Genealogical society hosts program on local railroads
ALANSON --The Emmet County Genealogical Society will host a program on the railroads of Emmet County and what it was like to travel in the early 1900s. Guest speaker Charlie Conn will present the program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the Littlefield...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Quentin Kopp, no longer on board this bullet train
There's a short piece of Bay Area freeway, Interstate 380, named for Quentin Kopp, which is ironic considering that he's beaten the drum for public transit — specifically bullet trains — for years. But then again, he's always been a...
Tags: Finance, Amtrak, Politics, Tejon Ranch Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance
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California, China and railroads -- history pulls a switcheroo
A century and some change ago, more than a quarter of a million Chinese lived in California, most of them men and many of them veterans of the Gold Rush, and of the mining and railroad boom that followed. They were barred from owning property and from...
Tags: Beijing (China), Career and Workplace, Transportation, China, Employees
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Our View: Salute for week of April 15
Here is our weekly salute to the people, places and organizations that make Northern Michigan a special place to live. Fruit recycling Petoskey High School students have come up with some impressive programs in preparation for their participation in this...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Nursing, Teaching and Learning, Students, Medical Specialization
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Cleanup continues after Mississippi River barge oil spill
At least 21 vessels were backed up along the Mississippi River as authorities worked on Monday to clean up an oil spill from a barge that hit a railroad bridge near Vicksburg, Miss. Officials have placed more than 2,500 feet of boom to contain the...
Tags: Oil Spills, Los Angeles Times
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad roundhouse restroom project ready for bids
matthewu@herald-mail.comAn architect’s plans for installing restrooms at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad roundhouse and shops in Martinsburg are about ready to be put out for bid. The Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority on Saturday authorized architect Matthew Grove to...Tags: Transportation, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Architecture, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Arts and Culture
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Spence Perry: Local voters, leaders can learn from history
Sometimes, communities go in search of salvation. They sense the future is slipping away and they take desperate steps in an attempt to avoid irrelevance. Sometimes, salvation is a new facility; sometimes, a new industry or community redesign. Here, in...Tags: Connecticut Valley Railroad, Transportation, Highway Transportation, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Appeals Court Clears The Way For Railroad Expansion
Channel 2 NewsThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals published Final Comment, denying the challenge made to the Federal Surface Transportation Board's approval of the Alaska Railroad Port MacKenzie extension. Three environmental groups, Alaska Survival, The Sierra Club,...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Kingsley Guy: County name change makes sense
"What's in a name?" inquired Shakespeare's Juliet. A good question. After all, Broward County by any other name would still be Broward County. Yet, there's a certain logic in changing Broward to Fort Lauderdale County in order to give the area greater...Tags: Career and Workplace, Miami Hotels, Spring Break, Fort Lauderdale, 2010 Census
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Safety gates not working at Allentown railroad crossing
The Road Warrior w/Dan HartzellJust happened to notice on my way to work this morning that the lift gates barring traffic from the railroad tracks at the Linden Street crossing just west of Front Street, near the America on Wheels Museum, are not functioning -- or at least, they failed... -
Local reaction to Postal Service plan mixed
staff writer, @damichellegSomerset County residents have mixed opinions about the U.S. Postal Service's plan to stop Saturday delivery. The announcement was made Wednesday that first-class packages would not be delivered on Saturdays starting in August. Boswell Borough...Tags: Career and Workplace, Transportation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Government Postal Delivery, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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