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Rare husband-wife duo stump for Ga.’s top offices

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:41:37 +0000

Rare husband-wife duo stump for Ga.’s top offices
After running her husband’s political campaigns for 26 years, Carol Porter won’t be in charge of helping him get elected this year.

GOP, Democratic gubernatorial candidates face off on Jekyll Island

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:08:43 +0000

GOP, Democratic gubernatorial candidates face off on Jekyll Island
Immigration, money hot topics at Georgia Press Association debates JEKYLL ISLAND – Former Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes sat through a Republican gubernatorial candidate debate Thursday and was unimpressed. “It was worse than paint drying,” he said after the five-way forum sponsored by the Georgia Press Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. “I’ve never seen anything so dull.” But when …

Academics

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 17:40:03 +0000

Academics
Calapooia Middle School

SAFETY 101

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:26:41 +0000

SAFETY 101
Local law enforcement officials participated in training to be able to present the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s “Safety 101” program at area schools this fall.

GAE endorses only Democrats for statewide offices

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 19:08:58 +0000

GAE endorses only Democrats for statewide offices
The 43,000-member Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) on Monday released its list of endorsements for the upcoming statewide primaries. It was no surprise that only Democrats won GAE approval. “Ours is a very exacting and detailed two-step process,” said GAE President Jeff Hubbard. “Our political action committee, the GAE Fund for Public Education Committee, first sent out questionnaires to …

67 WNY Girls Scouts get 2010 Gold Award

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:02:00 +0000

67 WNY Girls Scouts get 2010 Gold Award
The Girl Scouts of Western New York, Western New York’s preeminent leadership development organization for Girls and young women, honored 67 Girls with 2010 Gold Awards Sunday June 6, 2010 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens.

Birmingham Chapter of The Links, Incorporated Inducts Six New Members

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:33:46 +0000

Birmingham Chapter of The Links, Incorporated Inducts Six New Members
The names on the Chapter photo are: First row: Newly Inducted Links Marquita Davis, Kim Hitchins, Carla Fields, Cheryl Kidd Harmon, and Brenda Adams. Second row: Links Cheryl Cephus-Vickers, Gaynell Hendricks, Daagye Hendricks-Harvill, Dorothy Porter, J.J. Johnson, Vanessa Falls, Iris Etienne Williams, Carol Kirby McElderry, Samuetta Nesbitt and Shandra Smith. Third row: Demetruis Taylor, Lydia …

Retiring judge set for life

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:29:02 +0000

Retiring judge set for life
By returning to private practice, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Broderick won’t have to work many billable hours to exceed his current $157,000 yearly salary. Broderick will step aside in early November, weeks after he hits his 15th anniversary of being on the state’s highest court. That’s pivotal, as under judicial retirement law, judges are entitled to a 70 percent pension for the rest of …

The almanac

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:10:12 +0000

The almanac
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Friday, June 18, 2010.

Mountainburg lays off another teacher

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:14:45 +0000

Mountainburg lays off another teacher
Mountainburg school board laid off another teacher Monday night as part of the district’s efforts to avoid a third year in a row of declining balances.

John DiStaso’s Granite Status: Mahoney readies TV, radio spots; Ayotte on the air today

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:31:12 +0000

John DiStaso’s Granite Status: Mahoney readies TV, radio spots; Ayotte on the air today
Campaign 2010 gearing up as one House candidate readies media advertising and a Senate candidate’s ads go up on television.

GOP eyes comeback for New England House seats

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:23:31 +0000

GOP eyes comeback for New England House seats
New England Republicans, dismissed as a vanishing breed after a string of congressional losses, are now thinking comeback.

John DiStaso’s Granite Status: Clegg bolts from Ayotte camp to Binnie’s

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:25:30 +0000

John DiStaso’s Granite Status: Clegg bolts from Ayotte camp to Binnie’s
It’s been a busy week in Republican Bill Binnie’s U.S. Senate campaign, culminated by a coup.

AANMA to Launch the Great American Asthma Challenge

admin — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:30:36 +0000

AANMA to Launch the Great American Asthma Challenge
First-ever national grassroots movement to end asthma deaths in the united states.

NH Poll: Republicans lead Democrats

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 22:30:15 +0000

NH Poll: Republicans lead Democrats
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — A new poll shows Republicans leading Democrats in the race for New Hampshire’s U.S. House and Senate seats. The WMUR Granite State poll released Thursday shows Republican Kelly Ayotte , the former state attorney general, widening her lead over Democratic Rep.

Poll shows close races for NH House seats

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:21:31 +0000

Poll shows close races for NH House seats
Associated Press – April 30, 2010 1:05 PM ET DURHAM, N.H. (AP) – A new poll shows close races in both of New Hampshire’s congressional districts.

Rep. Shea-Porter eyes sea change

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:21:33 +0000

Rep. Shea-Porter eyes sea change
Concerns about rising sea levels are not new or novel. It was more than 11,000 years ago that scientists cited as the last time ocean boundaries changed dramatically on the Seacoast.

Shea-Porter following liberal House speaker

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:21:34 +0000

Shea-Porter following liberal House speaker
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter campaigned on a platform of New Hampshire values: low taxes, curbed spending, live free or die. We now know none of that has materialized. It took no time at all for the congresswoman to encounter a severe case of amnesia.

Shea-Porter, Hodes to join health care celebration

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:31:19 +0000

Shea-Porter, Hodes to join health care celebration
PORTSMOUTH — U.S. Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes will be honored for their support of national care health reform at 2 p.m. today during a community celebration at South Church, 292 State St.

Shea-Porter sponsors bill on urological war wounds

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:21:47 +0000

Shea-Porter sponsors bill on urological war wounds
New Hampshire Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is co-sponsoring legislation to establish a national commission to study urological war injuries.

Deeds Recorded – June 20, 2010

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:08:24 +0000

Deeds Recorded – June 20, 2010
The following deeds were recorded at the Lancaster County Courthouse June 7-11.Adamstown BoroughSusan C. Poppe conveyed 121 W. Main St. to Heidi Lee Siebels for $110,000.Akron BoroughHaller Builders Inc. conveyed 348 Westview Drive to Frienship Community for $100,000.Caernarvon TownshipLevi M. Marti…

2010 Walleye Run: Five-Mile Open

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:39:27 +0000

2010 Walleye Run: Five-Mile Open
1. Mike Jarchow Jr., Oshkosh, 26:25 2. Ken Cooper, Eden Prairie, Minn. 26:31 3. Jason Garvens, Platteville, 27:09 4. Joshua Melby, Fond du Lac 27:15 5. Paul Murphy, North Fond du Lac, 27:50 6. Scott Smith, Appleton, 28:26 7. B. J. Ropel, Mayville, 28:38 8. Jared Lutz, Amherst Junction, 29:49 9. Adam Stanek, Fond du Lac 29:55 10. Mike Jarchow Sr., Oshkosh, 29:58.

Marriage in the governor’s mansion: Husband-wife duo sets sights on Ga.’s highest offices

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:34:13 +0000

Marriage in the governor’s mansion: Husband-wife duo sets sights on Ga.’s highest offices
ATLANTA – After running her husband’s political campaigns for 26 years, Carol Porter won’t be in charge of helping him get elected this year. She has her own race to run.

FEWELL

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:00:51 +0000

FEWELL
Thomas “Tom” Fewell, 58, of West Helena, Ark., passed away Monday, June 14, 2010. Mr. Fewell was born Oct. 19, 1951, in Columbia, Miss., to Virginia Clem Fewell and the late Floyd Fewell. He was a highly decorated retired lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Air Force, serving for over 23 years, including during the Gulf War. He retired from Helena Regional Medical Center, where he was the hospital …

Profile: Dublin gubernatorial hopeful Porter running a grass-roots campaign

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:13:36 +0000

Profile: Dublin gubernatorial hopeful Porter running a grass-roots campaign
Dublin native DuBose Porter is running his gubernatorial campaign in the same way he ran as the underdog candidate for the state House of Representatives in 1982 — at the grass-roots level.

Shea-Porter aids seniors with Medicare cost

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:34:45 +0000

Shea-Porter aids seniors with Medicare cost
When Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter was campaigning for a seat in the House of Representatives, one of her promises was that she would work to close the Medicare Part D doughnut hole, a coverage gap that left seniors on the hook for all their own drug…