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Property investment firm to move into old Pittsburg post office
The Contra Costa TimesA historic post office building in Old Town Pittsburg that has been vacant for many years is slated to become an office for a real estate investment firm. The city council voted 4-to-1 this month to approve a zoning change for Property Upsurge to use...Tags: Elections, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Investments, Sales, Travel
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YMCA again will oversee Derry pool
The Blairsville Dispatch, Pa.Derry Borough Council voted 6-1 on Monday evening to again enlist the Ligonier Valley YMCA to handle operations of the Derry Community Pool despite concerns over the agreement that would have the borough split any pool profits with the YMCA, but assume...Tags: Elections, Clubs and Associations, Waste Management Incorporated, Memorial Day, YMCA
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Airlines say speedy trains are no threat
The Bangkok PostThe government's proposed high-speed train network is unlikely to win over passengers from budget airlines if operating costs are the main factor. Executives of major discount carriers Thai AirAsia (TAA) and Nok Air say their operating costs are...Tags: Travel, Thailand, Budgets and Budgeting, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation
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A modern chair is sometimes just a piece of sculpture
A chair has four legs, a seat, a back and perhaps arms - or at least that was the rule for hundreds of years. Do you ever stop to think about chairs? Before the 16th century, only the king, the church hierarchy or the most important person in the room sat...Tags: Travel, Germany, Transportation, Brooklyn (New York City), Auction Service
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Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers to play Portsmouth in August
Williamsburg's Bruce Hornsby hasn't been a stranger to local audiences recently. I've seen him show up and jam with both Jackson Browne and Rosanne Cash at area gigs. Last summer, he played a headlining gig at OpSail in Norfolk. Now, he's coming back...
Tags: Ticketmaster, Travel, Entertainment Events, Red Hook Summer (movie), Grammy Awards
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Red Line going offline during reconstruction
The CTA Dan Ryan Line was state-of-the-art when it opened in 1969 on Chicago's South Side. Today, almost 44 years later, service has become feeble. About 40 percent of the Red Line south branch is mired in slow zones because of severe track...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Travel, John Hancock Center, Metra, Illinois Department of Transportation
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The history of railroad logging
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.The history of logging in the Pacific Northwest was written in the form of some 6,000 miles of railroad tracks in the logging woods, says Erik Piikkila. "The knowledge gained from studying this history will eventually allow us to balance habitat...Tags: Travel, Human Interest, Transportation
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Miamisburg man's death penalty case to start Monday
The Dayton Daily NewsOne of two men accused of killing a 20-year-old woman and dumping her body on railroad tracks is scheduled to go on trial today in a rare, one-day, three-judge panel death penalty case in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Jamie Shaffer, 23, faces...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Death Penalty, Court Preliminary
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Former Delaware River resort may have industrial future
The Philadelphia InquirerFrom the broken concrete of Deemer's Beach, you can see north up the Delaware River toward Philadelphia, south down Delaware Bay toward the Atlantic, and east over two miles of sun-tipped waves to hazy New Jersey to get a sense of what people lost when...Tags: Entertainment, Vehicles, Jack Markell, Travel, Highway Transportation
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'Stonewall' Jackson's death reverberated through state
The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.Gen. Robert E. Lee is said to have remarked: "There are only two ways to get to Lexington, and both of them are bad. Whichever one you choose, you'll wish you had chosen the other." When fellow general and Lexington icon Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson...Tags: Executive Branch, Nelson County, Government, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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National Train Day brings families to Union Station
Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahThe rhythmic click-clack and slight rocking motion of the mini-train his two small children were riding took Salt Lake City resident David Diaz back to his days when he lived in Bolivia. Diaz said the rocking motion of the mini-train imitates the real...Tags: Arts, Travel, Washington, DC, Museums, Transportation
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Historic Milwaukee Road 261 locomotive steams into Duluth
Duluth News TribuneDespite a late arrival in blustery wind and spitting snow, the Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotive and its 500-plus passengers arrived at the Duluth Depot on Saturday in an atmosphere of festive exuberance. "Isn't that a sight?" said Ruth Hoad of Duluth...Tags: Travel, Amtrak, Online Advertising, Mother's Day, Transportation
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