Monthly Archives: March 2013

Firm awarded for restoration of Grade II listed Bedfordshire building

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Shuttleworth MansionROBINSON Hall has received a silver award for its work on repairing the roof of the Grade II listed Shuttleworth Mansion in Old Warden Park. The firm, which is based in Bromham Road, Bedford, has worked on a vast number of projects and one area of specialism the company focuses on is restoring rare prestigious listed buildings in and around Bedford. At an award ceremony held by the CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) to champion work carried out on historic buildings, the Read more [...]

Details Emerge About Plan for Private Buildings on NYCHA Land

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Lower East Side — The New York City Housing Authority is in dire financial straights, facing a yearly deficit of about $40 million in operating costs, as well as a $6.6 billion deficit in capital needs, such as repairs to roofs, elevators, heating and grounds. While residents pay 30 percent of their wages towards rent, the bulk of NYCHA's funding comes from the government, which has radically scaled back its support of public housing: In 2001, capital Read more [...]

Crawford, 8 others listed as too liberal

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Confident strides and baby steps of two campaigns

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The Hindu follows campaign of five-time Councillor Lancelot and debutant Savita Campaign trail of two candidates by The Hindu presents a study in contrast. While getting personal with the voters appears to the USP of Lancelot Pinto, a five-time Congress councillor in Bajpe, the BJP’s Savita Sandeep, a political novice in the Pachchanady ward, has to depend on others as she tries her luck for the first time. “There is not much time left. Since I know residents, it will help me finish my Read more [...]

Goys lifeline for youth projects

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A GOVERNMENT body has stepped in to support community projects targeting the youth, after the plug was pulled on funding by another ministry. General Organisation for Youth and Sport (Goys) president Hisham Al Jowder told the Southern Municipal Council yesterday that his organisation was willing to foot the bill for such initiatives. It comes after the Municipalities and Urban Planning Affairs Ministry was ordered to stop funding such projects six months ago, after the Financial Audit Bureau's Read more [...]

Wis. justice incorrectly listed judge as endorser

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack incorrectly listed a reserve judge as one of her endorsers despite being told that he did not support her.Roggensack adviser Brandon Scholz tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Robert Kinney's name was listed in error, and it was removed from her web site by Saturday. The newspaper reports ( http://bit.ly/YNvUNY) it was the second time Roggensack listed an endorsement she did not actually receive.Kinney emailed Roggensack last week Read more [...]

Meriter selling properties to apartment developers

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Meriter Hospital is selling properties — including the landmark Longfellow School building — to developers who intend to create more than 200 rental housing units in two separate projects.The Alexander Co. is buying the school, 210 S. Brooks St., and its parking lot and has a $21 million plan to convert the vacant schoolhouse into 50 apartments and also build a four-story apartment building with 85 to 90 units. Underground parking with 120 to 150 spaces would be built on the adjacent Read more [...]