Monthly Archives: May 2014

De Blasio barred media from 53 events

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(AP) -- From the first moments of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, when he initially declared his midnight swearing-in off limits to the media, he has established a record of frequently conducting public business in private, with dozens of events closed to the press.In nearly five months in office, Mr. de Blasio barred the media from 53 events and limited access to 30 more, an Associated Press analysis of Mr. de Blasio's Read more [...]

Driver clocked at 125mph on the M4 is listed as Wales’s fastest speeder

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Comments (0) A DRIVER travelling at 125mph on the M4 holds the record for the highest speed recorded by South Wales Police in the past year. South Wales Police was the only Welsh force to have submitted figures on speeding following a Freedom of Information request. It reports the speed was reached on two occasions between junction 34 (Miskin) and junction 35 (Pencoed). The limit in that area was 70mph, Read more [...]

Danbury Palace to be restored and turned into homes

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Comments (0) THE decaying Grade II-listed Danbury Palace will be restored and converted into 45 luxury homes after a three-and-half year planning tussle. Wilson Holdings was given the go-ahead by Chelmsford City Council to revive Danbury Palace, which dates back to the 1500s, this month. Yet the developer's managing director Paul Wilson said his team were close to giving up after submitting 11 planning applications and Read more [...]

One of LA’s First Suburban ‘Hoods Listed on National Register

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[Image via LA Public Library Photo Collection] A two-block stretch of Hancock Park's Bronson Avenue that was one of the city's earliest suburban-style neighborhoods has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, Larchmont Buzz reports. The new Boulevard Heights Historic District was laid out in 1905 by developers Robert McGarvin and Marcus Alonzo Bronson, who bet the city would annex the area, and it did in 1908. White-collar folks from back East moved in, living by the stipulation Read more [...]

NYC mayor bars media from more than 20 percent of his listed events

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NEW YORK From the first moments of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, when he initially declared his midnight swearing-in off limits to the media, he has established a record of frequently conducting public business in private, with dozens of events closed to the press. In nearly five months in office, de Blasio barred the media from 53 events and limited access to 30 more, an Associated Press analysis Read more [...]

NYC mayor bars media from dozens of events

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NEW YORK — From the first moments of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, when he initially declared his midnight swearing-in off limits to the media, he has established a record of frequently conducting public business in private, with dozens of events closed to the press. In nearly five months in office, de Blasio barred the media from 53 events and limited access to 30 more, an Associated Press analysis of de Blasio’s schedule shows. On a handful of days, his entire schedule Read more [...]

NYC mayor bars media from dozens of events

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NEW YORK (AP) — From the first moments of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, when he initially declared his midnight swearing-in off limits to the media, he has established a record of frequently conducting public business in private, with dozens of events closed to the press.In nearly five months in office, de Blasio barred the media from 53 events and limited access to 30 more, an Associated Press analysis of de Blasio's schedule shows. On a handful of days, Read more [...]

NYC mayor bars media from dozens of events

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In nearly five months in office, de Blasio barred the media from 53 events and limited access to 30 more, an Associated Press analysis of de Blasio’s schedule shows. On a handful of days, his entire schedule was off limits. All told, more than 20 percent of his listed events were closed to the media.Events in which reporters were notified of their existence but prevented from attending ranged from meetings with government figures such as the mayor of Seattle and Israel’s minister of foreign affairs Read more [...]