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Local News BY JILLIAN BEAUDRY The Daily World ELMA — In November, Elma School District voters will decide whether taxpayers will fund major renovation of the High School stadium, improvements to the transportation center where buses are kept and better heating systems in schools. Read more on The Daily World
Special Report: Local Leaders Look Into Ways To Protect Your Siding From Melting
Special Report: Local Leaders Look Into Ways To Protect Your Siding From Melting Monday, May 10 on NBC-17 News at 7 p.m., find out how builders are fixing melted siding, and what local leaders say they’ll do to keep this from happening to your home. Read more on MyNC.com
Local Airman Dies In War
Local Airman Dies In War A local member of the U.S. Air Force has died in Afghanistan. The Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center said Airman First Class Austin H. Gates Benson of Hellertown, Northampton County died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Read more on WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey
Local news briefs
Local news briefs Published: Monday, May 3, 2010 at 9:26 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, May 3, 2010 at 9:26 a.m. LAKE WALES – As Commissioner Alex Wheeler steps down at the end of his term, Mike Carter will be sworn in Tuesday as the new occupant of Seat 3. Read more on News Chief
East Bay Express & Others Pushing ‘Bank Local’ in Addition to ‘Buy Local’
East Bay Express & Others Pushing ‘Bank Local’ in Addition to ‘Buy Local’ Local sustainability advocate Stacy Mitchell writes that independent business groups across the nation have brought the “bank local” message into their already existing push to urge people to “buy local.” Read more on Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN)
Women Business Leaders to Mentor Local Girls During Entrepreneurship Conference in Minneapolis
Women Business Leaders to Mentor Local Girls During Entrepreneurship Conference in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS—-Nearly 100 girls from 12 middle and high schools in the Minneapolis area are expected to gather at the Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Conference presented by the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America , in partnership with Foster Klima & Company, LLC. Read [...]
Students provide engineering solutions to local problems
Students provide engineering solutions to local problems Thirteen groups of UW-Platteville engineering students are being sent out to fix local engineering problems in need of a solution. Every year, surrounding municipalities contact UW-P engineering professors for help in developing a workable plan for their engineering woes. Students in the senior design class then decide which [...]
Local Steelworkers Try To Get Rep. Altmire To Change His Health Care Vote
Local Steelworkers Try To Get Rep. Altmire To Change His Health Care Vote Steelworkers try to get Rep. Jason Altmire to support President Obama’s health care bill on the eve of its vote. Read more on WPXI Pittsburgh
Candidate wants local support to keep illegal immigrants out of community colleges
Candidate wants local support to keep illegal immigrants out of community colleges BURGAW – Seeking support at the local level, District 8 state Senate hopeful Betty Fennell has asked the Pender County commissioners to support a resolution that would oppose illegal immigrants’ admittance into community college. Read more on Topsail Voice