Fee-based garbage collection to debut in Scarborough (Scarborough Mirror)
City of Toronto Solid Waste Managment Services staff member Darrell Choi answered questions about the city's new garbage bin system recently....more...Free Times - Ohio's Premier News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly (Cleveland Free Times)
Thank baby Jesus if you're a kid today. Get down on your scabbed knees and rejoice that you have cool stuff for your parents to take you to. When I was a kid, my parents dutifully took me to the circus....more... Sauk City considers soccer parking change (The Sauk Prairie Eagle)
The Sauk City Village Board is considering changing parking restrictions on Sycamore Street near the soccer fields at Sauk Prairie High School after several area residents complained about problems.Village Administrator Vicki Breunig said residents complained about parked cars blocking driveways and mailboxes during soccer events."The concern was that on some days mail was not getting delivered ......more... Downtown gets a new supermarket (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Seattle's downtown will get a full-size supermarket this week, providing a piece of infrastructure some nearby residents consider essential to building a vibrant city-centered life....more... Boutique organic baby foods growing in popularity (The Press-Enterprise)
Concerns about pesticides, preservatives, additives and allergies made it easy for Temecula mom Monique Coleman to go organic when her first baby was born....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc. will detour TCAT Route 11 due to construction around the Coddington Road entrance to Ithaca College for several weeks. The Hudson Street at Coddington Road bus stop is relocated to Coddington Road at Hudson Place. The Coddington Road bus stop at the entrance of Ithaca College is relocated to Coddington Road at Hudson Place. The Ithaca College Garden ......more... Taking a fresh approach (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
LONG BEACH - Before Aliye Aydin started her "farm-to-door" delivery company, she visualized potential customers: people like her. "I based the service after myself," Aydin says. "I am in a couple. I am in my 30s. I like to eat healthy. I like to cook." ...more... Hawaii's Wal-Marts take green steps (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the Bentonville, Ark., retail giant, is taking green steps, with many of those efforts being spearheaded in Hawaii....more... From car seats to condoms, nasty compounds have invaded our lives (Colorado Springs Independent)
I am half the man my father is. This disturbing fortune came to me about five years ago, but not from an odd relative or a sadistic girlfriend....more... |