The State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland has completed the $5.6 million renovation of Fitzgerald Hall, one of its residential facilities. The Grand Reopening ceremony took place on Thursday, October 15 at 2:00 pm. There were guest speakers, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a reception as well as building tours. This without charge event was [...]
The U.S. Fish as well as Wildlife Service is upgrading the water systems at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia using money from the American Recovery as well as Reinvestment Act. A larger water line will be installed from the Town of Chincoteague to the wildlife refuge on Assateague Island, replacing the existing pipes. [...]
CountyCorp of Ohio presented information about the Huber Heights Neighborhood Stabilization Program at a City Council meeting on September 28. The organization has received $3.3 million in funds from the Housing & Economic Recovery Act in order to acquire as well as redevelop foreclosed properties to halt them from becoming abandoned. CountyCorp will purchase 15 [...]
The Deferiet Paper Mill in New York has had foreclosure proceedings held off until demolition can be completed. JWJ Industries of Mexico has been hired to remove asbestos from the property as well as demolish the dilapidated buildings. The property’s structures possess been falling in on themselves since the developer purchased the site in 2005. [...]
United Steelworkers Local 8888 is the largest labor union for Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia. The shipyard has built a number of ships for the U.S. Navy. The union’s downtown office has been gutted as well as rebuilt to give them a recent home. It took 18 months as well as $1.13 million, but [...]
Mario Sanchez is a professor at Miami-Dade College in Florida who lives on Marco Island. He is now suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because the agency failed to release information about asbestos that was found on city property back in 2005 as required by the Freedom of Information Act. Asbestos fragments had been found [...]
