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    Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller Over Polluted Wells
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - More than a dozen families have filed suit against one of the nation's largest natural gas drillers after the company polluted their water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania. State environmental regulators fined Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. for allowing gas to escape into groundwater supplies in rural Susquehanna County near the New York border. The Department of Environmental Protection...
    http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1635694.html  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Sewerage Project Nearing Completion Final Work Likely To Wait For Spring
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - The end is in sight. Philipsburg residents have learned to live with ripped-up streets, gravel-filled pavement, aqua-colored PVC pipe, and machinery big and small at every turn. But now the massive sewerage system replacement project that has taken over one street at a time is reaching its conclusion. Mostly. According to borough engineer John Clabaugh, most of phases 2 and 2a of the $16 mil...
    http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/1635250.html  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Watershed Cleanup Mandates Set
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - Federal regulators told state and local officials Thursday they will be held liable for meeting new water quality standards necessary to clean up the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay. “The Susquehanna is the lifeblood of the Chesapeake,” said Richard Batiuk, associate director for science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “If we don’t bring those underwater grasses back, we don’t...
    http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/1635245.html  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Emergent To Expand, Create Up To 125 Jobs
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - In a potential sign of a better economy, companies have announced expansions recently and plan to hire more workers. Emergent BioSolutions, a Rockville biotechnology company that manufactures the anthrax vaccine BioThrax, is opening a manufacturing facility in East Baltimore, with plans to create up to 125 jobs over the next five years. Emergent purchased a 55,000-square-foot building from MdBi...
    http://www.gazette.net/stories/11202009/businew192017_32523.shtml  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    New Prince George's Partnership Designed To Spur Growth In Suitland
    Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) signed an agreement Monday with a federal agency to breathe new life into neighborhoods around the Suitland Federal Center. The Memorandum of Understanding commits the U.S. General Services Administration-National Capital Region to support local businesses and work with county officials to promote economic development in Suitland. The agre...
    http://www.gazette.net/stories/11192009/uppenew173818_32536.shtml  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Study: Incubator Would Bring 1,900 Jobs To Prince George's
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - Move over Montgomery County and look out Baltimore, Prince George's County has plans to boost its own bioscience industry. The Prince George's County Planning Department of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission has released its study on the viability of building a biotech incubator within the county, determining that such a facility could generate as many as 1,900 jobs and ...
    http://www.gazette.net/stories/11202009/businew192016_32522.shtml  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Global Mission Church Appeals Denial
    Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - Leaders for a Montgomery County church who hope to build a large sanctuary in southern Frederick County have appealed the project's denial, and are scheduled to have a hearing on Dec. 17. But Frederick County planners are asking for a delay so the Board of Zoning Appeals can set a date for a hearing that focuses solely on the project, according to Rick Brace, a planner with the county's Zoning ...
    http://www.gazette.net/stories/11182009/damanew203712_32530.shtml  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Historians Go To Court On Wilson Project
    Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - Disputes over a redevelopment project slated for the Frederick Avenue Corridor have escalated to Montgomery County Circuit Court, where a historic preservation and advocacy group filed a petition against the City of Gaithersburg. Since August, Montgomery Preservation Inc. fought plans for the Wilson redevelopment project, which has since been approved for a 20,000-square-foot medical office bui...
    http://www.gazette.net/stories/11182009/gaitnew221529_32527.shtml  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    New Wine Bar Set To Open In Old Takoma
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - At the corner of Blair Road and Cedar Street are two opposites. On one side is the Culture Shop, a store with well-lit, clean beige walls, a constant stream of eclectic music floating in the background, and products like Greek honey, equal-exchange coffee, and colorful, hand-knit scarves. Across the street is S & S Liquors in an old building with neon signs and beer ads hanging in the windows....
    http://www.takoma.com/archives/pdfs/2009/11/045_1109.pdf  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Sales Rebound For North Shore Development
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - The development of a gated community in west Kingsland that has been stalled for more than a year began picking up this week where the developers left off in August of 2008, said Steve Adkins, regional president of the Waterfront Group. Adkins says residents east of the Browntown area will notice an increase in home construction activity now that the Waterfront Group, which is developing th...
    http://www.tribune-georgian.com/articles/2009/11/20/news/business/2business11.18  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Ecco Park
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - If, as now seems likely, a four-story set of apartments and stores begins to rise sometime next year at Maple and Carroll Avenues it will mean that an ugly urban corner has been fully made over, not only 40 feet above the ground but also about 20 feet below. For quite a while the surface of the vacant lot has been so unsightly it was hard not to root for noxious weeds to win a competition with co...
    http://www.takoma.com/archives/pdfs/2009/11/014_1109.pdf  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Incentives Keep Gxs In Gaithersburg
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - The Washington Property Company has signed a lease with GXS, Inc. for 83,737 square feet at The Summit, a Class A office building located at 9711 Washingtonian Boulevard with access to I-270 and I-370. Company officials say the lease is one of the largest signed in Montgomery County this year. Earlier this year, Gaithersburg officials approved financial incentives to encourage the company to re...
    http://www.towncourier.com/clients/towncourier/G3Current.pdf  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Council Approves Car Museum Plan
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - Council approves car museum plan TEXT SIZE By: JAMES MCGINNIS Bucks County Courier Times A museum, sales and repair center would bring 30 jobs to the area, the builder said. A vintage and exotic car museum could soon open on Route 413 in Bristol Township. The Bristol Township Council on Thursday approved land development plans by Rob Leipziger to operate the museum as well as an autom...
    http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/courier_times/courier_times_news_details/a  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Plan For Senior Affordable Housing Complex Moves Forward
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - Architectural renderings for a proposed senior affordable housing complex on Daniel Island received conceptual approval by the City of Charleston Commercial Corridor Design and Review Board (CCDRB) on November 12. While the board accepted the designs presented by Palmetto Architectural Group of Greenville and The Tomblin Company of Charleston, the firms hired by the Humanities Foundation, members ...
    http://www.thedanielislandnews.com/artman2/publish/Top_Stories_69/Plan_for_senio  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Commission Oks Zoning Restrictions
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - After years of planning and months of delays, the Glynn County Commission approved a series of ordinance changes pertaining to zoning for the Village district on St. Simons Island during its regular meeting Thursday. The changes clear up misinterpretations in the current ordinance by giving more definitive targets for height restrictions on structures, said Glynn County Commissioner Tom Sub...
    http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/subscriber/local_news/commish  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Residents Will Deal With Sewer Problem
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - Frustrated residents of Creekside Oaks, the subdivision beleaguered by failing septic systems, are banding together to try to fix a problem that they say was dumped on them. More than half of the 47 homeowners of the small, low-lying community off Old Jesup Road in North Glynn County are being forced to join the public sewer system and replace their septic tanks that have been overwhelmed fro...
    http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/subscriber/local_news/SEPTIC-112009-KK  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Frederica Park Ready To Open
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - Beginning Saturday, county residents will have a new public park, through gifts of an area family, a local company and the work of the St. Simons Land Trust. Frederica Park, which has been under construction for about a year, will open Saturday on St. Simons Island with a dedication ceremony, followed by two soccer matches. The 20-acre park on Lawrence Road, about three miles north of Fr...
    http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/subscriber/local_news/PARK-112009  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Union Jack's Pub To Fill Vacant That's Amore Spot
    Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Union Jack's British Pub is scheduled to open in downtown Columbia, in the space previously occupied by That's Amore restaurant. Union Jack's co-owner Gary Ouellette said he expects the pub to open sometime after the new year, although he could not specify a date. That's Amore, which closed its 10400 Little Patuxent Parkway location near the Columbia mall earlier this fall, still has a locat...
    http://www.explorehoward.com/news/67267/union-jacks-pub-fill-vacant-thats-amore-  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Casino Jobs A Good Bet In Perryville
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - The future casino in Perryville slated to open this time next year will create nearly 500 construction jobs and 500 casino operation jobs. Site work for the $97.5 million Hollywood-themed casino, which includes 75,000 square feet of gaming space with 1,500 slot machines off I-95, is underway and is on track for its scheduled opening in late 2010. As the construction process gets moving, 500...
    http://www.hdgrecordonline.com/onlinesub/R11.20.2009/NEWS.pdf  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Developer’S Request Draws Fire
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - A request by a developer for a fast track annexation of an office development property received a skeptical response from Aberdeen’s mayor Monday. During a work session involving the mayor and city council and city staff, City Manager Doug Miller explained the request by Gary Lee to annex his property, west of the city on Route 22, and simultaneously begin the development process so he can bu...
    http://www.hdgrecordonline.com/onlinesub/R11.20.2009/NEWS.pdf  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Public Meeting For Roads Supporting Jafza Project Set For December
    Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - The S.C. Department of Transportation has scheduled a public information meeting for Dec. 3 to discuss the Interstate 95 and U.S. Highway 301 interchange modification and Highway 301 connector project. The meeting will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the Lake Marion High School cafeteria located at 3656 Tee Vee Road in Santee. The project is in response to the $700 million, 1,300-acre Jafza Int...
    http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/31756-public-meeting-for-roads-supporting  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Speaking Of Congestion
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - Harford County legislators came down hard Monday on the Bel Air Town Commissioners at a pre-session meeting, blaming them for the proliferation of group homes and increasing congestion in town. At the annual meeting between local officials and state legislators, Bel Air town officials were seeking help at the state level for those problems. The Bel Air commissioners would like legislati...
    http://www.theaegis.com/onlinepaper/11.20.2009/NEWS/NEWS.pdf  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Haddon Hts. Oks Deal On Buildings
    Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - HADDON HEIGHTS — Haddon Heights Council awarded a $770,000 contract to a Mount Laurel company to refurbish two buildings the borough recently purchased from the New Jersey American Water Company. Borough council voted to award the contract to Wittmann Construction Co., the lowest of 13 bidders. Councilwoman Trish Sheilds voted against the measure. "I've never been given any information from ...
    http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/BZ/20091120/NEWS01/911200340/1067/STATE  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    St. George Wastewater Plant Gets $1 Million From The State
    Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Dorchester County got a $1 million boost this week for the purchase of the St. George Wastewater Treatment Plant. The county bought the plant last year specifically to increase its service capabilities along the I-95 corridor to attract more industry to the upper part of the county. Plans call for the plant to expand from a capacity of 800,000 gallons of water per day to 1 million gallons of wa...
    http://www.journalscene.com/news/St--George-wastewater-plant-gets--1-million-fro  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Martinsburg Amends Zoning To Allow University Campus In Mall
    Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Martinsburg City Council on Thursday evening unanimously adopted an ordinance that removed a zoning restriction that stood in the way of Mountain State University’s proposal to use retail space in the Martinsburg Mall for its Martinsburg campus. Earlier this month, Layne Diehl, the provost of Mountain State University’s Martinsburg campus, told city planning commissioners ...
    http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=234580&format=html  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Logan’S Roadhouse Plans To Open In Martinsburg
    Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - MARTINSBURG, W.VA. — A Nashville-based company that owns and operates a chain of casual steakhouses in 24 states has submitted plans to the Berkeley County Planning Department to open a restaurant near Martinsburg. Heather MacDonald, spokesperson for Logan’s Roadhouse Inc., said the company anticipates opening a restaurant in The Commons shopping plaza off Apple Harvest Drive (W.Va. 45) in lat...
    http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=234398&format=html  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Antrim Twp. Building Renovation Sought Minus Ada Upgrades
    Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - GREENCASTLE, PA. — In an effort to save some money, the Antrim Township Board of Supervisors said Thursday that it wants to budget renovation of its building on Antrim Church Road in 2010 without making the aging structure handicapped accessible. “We need to figure out how to do this without dealing with that ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act)...,” Board Chairman Curtis Myers said. Faci...
    http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=234579&format=html  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Pier Repair Estimate $225,000 Or Less - This Is One Of The Cracked Beams Flagged As Being
    Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - The long awaited report on the condition of the Anna Maria City Pier recommends a considerable amount of work, but only one repair is flagged as immediate. The inspection was done in October by MT Causley at a cost of $6,100 and released Nov. 6. The total cost of recommended repairs is between $176,180 and $224,675 with a 10 percent contingency. Mayor Fran Barford said the city is in negoti...
    http://www.amisun.com/headlines.htm#breaking  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    Galyn Manor Progress Meets Town Approval
    Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Issues with reforestation, sidewalk and fire hydrant repair, sidewalk ramps and playground safety have been partially addressed in the Galyn Manor subdivision in Brunswick . The work so far amounts to significant progress, Mayor Carroll Jones said this week. A report to the city Finance Committee on Tuesday described issues that have been resolved and others that have yet to be addressed by Pu...
    http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=97970  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
    3 High-Tech Firms Make Their Headquarters In Baltimore
    Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Maryland’s ties to the growing cyber security industry is expanding as two companies and a nonprofit make Baltimore their headquarters, it was announced on Thursday. The Security Technology Institute, a newly formed, nonprofit, public-private partnership that will promote Maryland as an attractive location for cyber security technology firms, will locate to the city’s Emerging Technology Center...
    http://mddailyrecord.com/2009/11/19/3-high-tech-firms-make-their-headquarters-in  |   View Comments  |   Post a Comment
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