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May 10 2024
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With liquor board's blessing, Hub City Brewing is one step closer to opening day
A long awaited brewery/winery/distillery/cidery is one step closer to opening in the former City Farmers Market building in Hagerstown. The Washington County Board of License Commissioners conditionally approved a brewery and beer, wine and liquor license Wednesday for Hub City Brewery, which should be open by late- to mid-June in the building at 25 W. Church St. The city sold the building to
Yahoo NewsMay 10 2024
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City green-lights site plans for Canadian manufacturer's massive warehouse in industrial park
Construction of a large industrial warehouse could soon be underway on a vacant Dove Street site owned by the city of Port Huron and recently OK’d for sale to a Canadian aerosol manufacturer. The city’s planning commission signed off on site plans last Tuesday for a new 80,000-square-foot facility with 38 parking spaces and truck docks at 2831 Dove St. for the company Empack Spraytech Inc.
The Times HeraldApr 25 2024
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Hatcher statue, Gary City Hall hit by vandals
Vandals used white spray paint to deface the life-size bronze statue of legendary Gary mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher late Wednesday or early Thursday morning, officials said. Doors on City Hall were also spray-painted. Mayor Eddie Melton said police were investigating the incident as workers began cleaning up the statue and the exterior of City Hall, 401 Broadway. No arrests have been made.
Chicago TribuneMay 12 2024
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Photos: Iowa City residents protest Israel-Hamas war at Hubbard Park, Carver-Hawkeye
Protesters gathered outside Carver-Hawkeye Arena as the College of Engineering commencement ceremony lets out, protesting the University’s ties to corporations supporting Israel Sunday, May 12, 2024 in Iowa City, Iowa. Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen Protesters march up Newton Road on their way to Carver-Hawkeye Arena calling for the University of Iowa to divest from Israel Sunday, May 12
Iowa City Press-CitizenMay 12 2024
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Salt Lake City planners recommend changes in how single-family neighborhoods get zoned
SALT LAKE CITY – A new report from the Salt Lake City Planning Division recommends zoning changes for single-family neighborhoods to help address the city's housing supply crunch. Any changes could affect residential areas from Sugar House to Rose Park. Here are some of the main suggestions from the report: • Reducing the minimum size of single-family housing zones. R-1, or single-family
KSLMay 03 2024
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Mississippi city council member pleads guilty to federal drug charges
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city council member pleaded guilty to federal charges after running a multimillion-dollar illegal drug business, prosecutors said Thursday. Biloxi City Council member Robert Leon Deming, III, 47, reached a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi on conspiracy charges. Deming sold over $2 million worth of CBD
Associated PressApr 29 2024
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Louisiana Supreme Court Rules for New City of St. George
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Friday in favor of the proposed City of St. George, saying organizers followed the proper process for incorporation, overturning rulings by lower courts. The state’s highest court ruled that St. George’s plan for incorporation was reasonable and would be able to provide its residents with proper public services, The Advocate reported. In 2020, the state
U.S. News & World ReportApr 29 2024
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Surrounded by Fighters and Haunted by Famine, Sudan City Fears Worst
Since April 14, fighters loyal to the Rapid Support Forces, or R.S.F., have surrounded El Fasher in preparation for what the U.N. has called an “imminent assault.” El Fasher, the former capital of the precolonial kingdom of Darfur, has about 1.8 million inhabitants, including hundreds of thousands who fled earlier waves of fighting.
The city is the last obstacle to total R.S.F.
New York Times (News)May 14 2024
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Newport News adopts $1.14 billion budget, raises salaries for city workers and public safety
Newport News on Tuesday adopted a $1.14 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes a 3% increase for most city employees and a substantial pay raise plan for firefighters and police. The budget is a 3.4% increase from the current fiscal year’s revised operating budget of $1.1 billion. The budget, which funds city operations from July 1 through June 30, 2025, keeps the real
Daily PressMay 14 2024
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Suspects steals Cadillac at knifepoint from a Tri-Cities auto lot. He didn’t get far
A Tri-Cities man is back in jail after allegedly stealing a car from an auto dealership at knife point. Michael Deshawn Sparks, 33, of Kennewick, was released from jail on a pending felony robbery charge last Friday, and was back in jail by Tuesday afternoon. He’s accused of going to a car dealership on the 400 block of South Ely Street about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday and threatening an employee with
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