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Upscale condos planned for Manlius Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:22AMDavid Lassman / The Post-Standard Paul Fowler holds plans for the renovation project of the brick house at 7058 E. Genesee St., just east of Lyndon Corners, in the town of Manlius. It’s part of an office and condo project.
It’s Storm Week: Preparedness is the key to safety Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:41AMStatewide tornado drill is Thursday 2010 Severe Weather Awareness Week is March 8-12. The statewide tornado drill will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11. The NWS will send the drill message out as if it were an actual warning, so All Hazard NOAA Weather Radio stations will tone alert, and it is our hope that local officials will sound tornado sirens as well.
Toxic vapor worries persist Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:39AMPOMPTON LAKES — Residents of a polluted neighborhood now can hire their own contractors to install toxic-vapor venting systems rather than trust the contractor hired by DuPont, the polluter.
New lofts aim to benefit area Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:13AMThe skyscape of downtown Port Huron has been changing for nearly a year.
'Tea party' favorite set for rematch in N.Y. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:49AMLast year's underdog became this year's front-runner Tuesday when Doug Hoffman - whose 2009 congressional race became a rallying cry for the "tea party" movement - announced he would seek the Republican nomination in New York's 23rd District. Mr. Hoffman's Conservative Party campaign last fall in the upstate district ignited grass-roots supporters, but fell 4,000 votes short of an upset victory ...
Reader views (0) Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:34AMBasements in one of London's most wealthy neighbourhoods are to be protected from sewer flooding by a £25 million pump scheme.
Repairing a battered and broken path Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:52AMA county snow plow tore up more than just snow last month on Henderson Avenue, a neighborhood road off Wheaton Regional Park. Residents say the street's infrastructure is crumbling so much that any maintenance deteriorates it to an undriveable state.
ShopSmart Names Planet- and Budget-Friendly Products That Really Work Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:00PMPlus the Products You May Want to Skip for Now
Is this the end of teabagging? Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:08PMHalo: Reach bug puts the time-honored tradition in danger. We panic and put together a memorial tribute
Brown recalls sad first task as US senator Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:02PMScott Brown said Monday one of his first tasks as a U.S. senator was a sad one: helping return the body of Haiti earthquake victim Britney Gengel.
Ohio State Waterproofing Offers Do-It-Yourself Tips for Keeping Basements Dry Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:14AMCLEVELAND, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- With springtime around the corner, Ohio State Waterproofing - the largest residential basement waterproofing contractor in Northeast Ohio - offers homeowners the following Do-It-Yourself Tips for protecting their home's foundation and keeping basements dry. Prevention Avoid planting gardens against the house; watering plants next to the outside walls can ...
Designing intelligent smart grid systems that promote energy efficiency Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:54AMLow-power analog, mixed-signal, and RF building blocks are needed to transform the power-grid plans into reality
Social Media Dorks Get an Anthem [VIDEO] Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:36AMRemember the Pantless Knights of “ I’m on a Mac ” fame? Well, they’re back today with a new vid titled “ The New Dork ,” a parody of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’s “Empire State of Mind” that pays tribute to social media adherents and hipsters alike. With shoutouts to Zuckerberg, Mashable, Valleywag, Gizmodo, LinkedIn , Twitter and tech nerds camped out in their mothers’ basements, this video is all ...
Possibility of major flooding next few months Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:17AMSTATE COLLEGE - AccuWeather.com says significant flooding is expected in parts of the nation over the next few months. Exactly how much rain falls will determine the magnitude of the flooding.
Manville's Rustic Mall removal from EPA list of contaminated sites delayed by paperwork Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:47AMMANVILLE — Borough officials anticipate that it will be at least a year before the Rustic Mall can be removed from a national list of contaminated properties.
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Overseas Vietnamese builds hospital in Laos Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:35AMConstruction of the first private hospital for mothers and children invested by a family of Vietnamese nationals in Laos started on March 6 in Vientiane.
First-rate acting drives gritty ‘Finest’ Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:14AMThe mean streets don’t get much meaner, not even in movieland.
Flood prevention efforts continue Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:52AMNow is the time to be ready.
Silent invader Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:06AMIt is colorless, odorless, and tasteless — undetectable to human senses. Yet according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, radon kills an average of 21,000 people per year and is the leading cause of lung cancer in the United States for nonsmokers.
Home and garden show at Richmond Raceway Complex draws thousands Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:02PMNotice cracks in your home’s foundation? Need replacement windows or landscaping help? All this and more were at your fingertips over the weekend at the Richmond Raceway Complex. It was one-stop shopping for every home and garden need during the three-day Richmond Home and Garden Show. And there was something for everyone among the hundreds of vendors.
EXTENSION OFFICE By Robert Kessler: Check shrubs for winter's damage Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:06AMThis winter's snows were hard not only on the back and snow shovel, they were hard on some shrubs. Now that the snow has melted enough for you to see the shrubs and you don't have to walk through waist-high snow, remove some heavy loads of snow on shrubs and branches.
Cautious optimism seen at home show Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:14AMScores of vendors and potential customers interacted Friday at the Hudson Valley Home & Landscape Show, which continues today and Sunday in Titusville.
Business Viewpoint: Water, sewer projects on the fast track Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:25AMEditor’s note: This story is in accompaniment with the 2010 Business Viewpoint special section readers will find in today’s publication.
Company specializes in basement work Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:16AMBRIGHTON - Midwest Basement Technology's owner Steve Jones has seen thousands of problem foundations and understands how disturbing it is to homeowners to have a wet, damp or otherwise unusable basement.
BEN Column: He Came From Gouldtown ..., a must read; Bob the Printer's back!; Nick Salvatore to the rescue Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:22PMGood morning! Rain maybe Wednesday and Thursday.
Flood insurance is often overlooked, but important Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:22PMFlood insurance may not be just for those who live in flood plains, according to Heather Loney, an agent with Independent Insurance Services in Marshalltown. Rather, it can be purchased by nearly anyone who thinks they may be at some risk from flooding. As the snow melt continues and rivers creep up, the potential for flooding this year is significant, according to forecasters.
Kenya : Anti-Fire Wonder Ball Arrives in Country Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:03PMNairobi — A generator explodes into flames, setting alight gas cylinders which also explode, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. This was the scene at the Nakumatt Downtown retail outlet in Nairobi one afternoon in January, last year. It was like a scene from a Hollywood movie.
Opening a window on church history Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:07PMA benevolent society is on the lookout for stained-glass windows it gave to churches a century ago.
Residents leery Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:51PMResidents of south Thorold are nervous a new bylaw requiring them to allow inspectors on their property to search for problems contributing to chronic basement flooding could end up costing them a lot of money, a consultant heading the creation of the bylaw admits.
Chances of DM River flooding increasing Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:30AMYesterday, at the Capitol in Des Moines, Gov. Chet Culver signed a proclamation declaring March Flood Awareness Month.
Juniper Street sees fix after decades of flooding Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:23AMResidents on Juniper Street will be breathing a sigh of relief this spring when city contractors start tearing up their road. After years of flooding problems, the city is replacing the watermain and sanitary sewers along the street...
Azerbaijan: Karabakh Squatters Cling On Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:01AMBaku residents demand homes back but refugees refuse to budge. Thousands of Baku residents are forced to live in difficult conditions because refugees from Nagorny Karabakh have seized their homes and the legal system has failed to help them.
10 things that make a good restaurant Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:29AMFood critic John Walsh on what makes a good eatery stand out from a bad one.
HILLSBOROUGH: Help by the boatload Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:09AMAlthough the warehouse may currently be closer to empty because the collection has only just begun, Hillsborough’s Somerset Marine President Abed Medawar is looking forward to seeing it fill up with medical supplies and other items that he can send overseas through a Help for Haiti project to aid those affected by the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Almost a third of homes in La Crosse Co. have high levels of radon Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:43AMThe naturally occurring gas is found in soil and when it breaks down it gives off radiation which can lead to cancer.
Classic draperies are back in fashion Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:19AMAfter more than a decade, draperies are finally getting their curtain call. For years, windows were unadorned, except for subtle shades or wooden blinds. Now the fabric is back, even in minimalist interiors.
Flooding becomes a concern Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:34AMMelting snow and forecasts for rain showers in the next few days could be a recipe for quickly rising waters on local rive... (1 comment)
Windsor Knocked Off By Sacred Heart Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:30PMWindsor was the #2 seed, but Sacred Heart had played some their 8th-esque players up during the regular season, not giving the seeding process a true picture of their capabilities. They showed them on Monday night in the Sacred Heart 7A Regional, handling the Trojans, 25-17, 25-17.
Cowden-Herrick 7th Takes 1st Step At Regional Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:30PMThe #1 seed at the Sacred Heart 7A Regional, Cowden-Herrick, took its first step towards a regional title by taking care of business against Mulberry Grove on Monday night, winning in straight games, 25-13, 25-12.
Historian from N.W. Side revisits Loop's old 'underground railroad' Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:04PMChicago's other "underground railroad," 62 miles of tunnel running roughly from Grand Avenue to Polk, and then State street to Halsted, was probably in bankruptcy longer than it was solvent.
Pacifica mobile home park threatened by cliff erosion Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:17PMPACIFICA — Residents of a mobile home park are now living behind boarded-up windows thanks to some heavy wave action on Sunday that also wiped out a portion of the community's private road.
Pompton Lakes residents protest meeting site for updates on DuPont cleanup Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:53PMAbout a dozen residents protested outside DuPont’s new information center Monday, upset that the federal Environmental Protection Agency has not opened its own neutral site to provide information on DuPont’s contamination and cleanup efforts in the borough.
Pompton Lakes residents protest meeting site for updates on DuPont cleanup Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:08PMAbout a dozen Pompton Lakes residents held signs and chanted in protest outside DuPont’s new information center Monday, upset that the federal Environmental Protection Agency has not opened its own neutral site to provide information on DuPont’s contamination and cleanup efforts in the borough.
Oh Snow, Not Again! Winter Storm Warning In Effect For Parts Of Carolinas Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:30PMLook for 1-3 inches of snow in the Northern Upstate and 2-4 inches in Western North Carolina.
Staying high and dry when the snow melts Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:15PMIf you get water in your basement during the spring melt, are you covered?
Oh Snow, Not Again! Winter Storm Warning In Effect For Upstate, Western North Carolina Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:00PMLook for 1-3 inches of snow in the Northern Upstate and 2-4 inches in Western North Carolina.
Oh Snow, Not Again! Rain, Snow Coming To The Carolinas Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:45PMA winter storm warning is in effect for Tuesday for parts the Upstate and North Carolina.
Rain and Snow Expected Tuesday Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:00PMA winter storm watch is in effect for Tuesday for the Upstate and parts of North Carolina.
Residents Cleaning Up After Weekend Storm Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:49PMMore snow over the weekend means more problems for homes and businesses throughout the Alleghenies.