Admin | August 27, 2011
There is no single solution for improving our local economy. Certainly, the overall goal is to bring more well-paying jobs to the region. Yet achieving that goal requires the partners of the BlueMeetsGreen plan to address multiple areas that, as a whole, make up our quality of life and make our region an attractive option [...]
Admin | August 26, 2011
A wave of attacks on family dogs has some Kenora pet owners concerned for the safety of their animals. Three attacks on family pets near Kenora, believed to be wolf attacks, were reported to the Ministry of Natural Resources last week. The incidents occurred on Kendall Inlet Road, Stoney Bay Road and in Sioux Narrows. [...]
Admin | August 26, 2011
WASHINGTON President Obama has headlined 127 fundraising events for himself and others, significantly outpacing the fundraising activity of the previous five presidents during their first terms, new research obtained by USA TODAY shows.
Admin | August 25, 2011
MIAMI COUNTY, Ohio — Fire investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that damaged a farmhouse around midnight Wednesday along the 5000 block of Brown Road, midway between Piqua and Covington, in Miami County. The family returned from the Miami County Fair to discover their home was on fire. A woman suffered a [...]
Admin | August 25, 2011
OMAHA, NE–(Marketwire – Aug 11, 2011) – Back-to-school time can be exciting and positive for both students and their parents. For the family pet, however, there is a downside — more time alone during the day. With children home far less and the house quieter, family pets can easily fall victim to separation anxiety. Sergeants [...]
Admin | August 24, 2011
Coyote attacks on family pets are in the rise and a couple in Chatsworth learned today when it happens, there is no place to turn. The latest attack occurred this morning at the home of Sandra and Julian Parness. They had let their two small dogs, a Chihuahua and a Chinese Crested, out into their [...]
Admin | August 24, 2011
Erik Blome’s chickens won’t be coming home to roost after the Crystal Lake City Council voted down a resolution allowing residents to have a limited number of chickens on their properties. #13; Earlier this year, the city ordered Blome to remove his four hens from his Crystal Lake residence or pay a fine. Reluctantly, he [...]
Admin | August 23, 2011
You don’t have to spend a fortune on travel when you have these Colorado destinations in your backyard. Here are seven summer getaways just a short jaunt from Denver. Pikes Peak Country: Make your way an hour and a half south of Denver to the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, which will take you on a [...]
Admin | August 23, 2011
Behind conference-room doors and at kitchen tables, corporate big shots and heads of households grapple with the same question: How can we pinch more pennies to boost our bottom line? However, while consumers are cutting back to save their nickels and dimes, many companies are doing just the opposite: squeezing customers for every extra penny [...]
Admin | August 22, 2011
The Boston Police Department has refused to release documents that describe its policies and practices for monitoring political protest groups and suspicious activity and should be forced by a judge to produce records, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and other local activist groups. There have been [...]