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MAHOPAC - Preservationists cheered when the historic Red Mills Baptist Church was spared from the wrecking ball some seven years ago, but now many are not happy that the church is being rebuilt at Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park in Kent -far from its Mahopac and religious roots. Veterans are reconstructing the circa-1830s church on an upper portion of the park off Gipsy Trail Road that is already home to several military memorials. They say it will blend local history with commemorations of wartime service and give an indoor space for the many programs Putnam County holds there. "It is a natural fit for the park as a nondenominational church and a meeting room for a variety of events," said Karl Rohde, chairman of the Putnam County Joint Veterans Council and a Kent town councilman.
Winnipeg's traffic headache has begun to subside but some motorists will still be feeling the pain tomorrow. Eastbound Portage Avenue between Carlton Street and Hargrave Street was reopened to vehicle and pedestrian traffic at 1:30 p.m. yesterday. The road was closed on Friday when a contractor changing windows on the east side of the Newport Building was unable to secure the windows due to high winds. Hargrave between Portage and Graham Avenue will remain closed for at least the next few days until all the windows on the building are secure. Smith Street was also closed to traffic on Friday afternoon after wind gusts knocked out a pane of glass from the seventh floor of a hotel parkade. The pane fell on a passing car but the driver was not injured. The closures meant delays during rush hour traffic on Friday but Winnipeg police spokeswoman Const.
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — They're mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. That may be the new slogan for the Galloway Township Council when it comes to developers not living up to the standards they promise before building communities in the township. At Tuesday's Township Council meeting, developer Tradition Homes' bond-reduction request was denied. Reasons cited for the denial included drainage problems and tree removal and planting. Councilman Mark Hanko, who has repeatedly spoken out against developers not practicing what they preach, did not hold his tongue at the meeting, stating that he would combat any developers who would attempt to regain their money after doing a “bad job." “The message should go out that we're just going to keep your money until the job's done right," Hanko said on Tuesday.
YUZHNO, Russia - This gritty city on the south end of Sakhalin Island, Russia's oil-rich province in its far east, shows the face of a modernizing Russia. In the early morning, streets are busy with traffic and smartly dressed young women and men who stride purposefully to work in modern office buildings. The city bustles with new construction, including - in what would amaze visitors to Russian cities just a few years ago - new subdivisions of single-family homes being built for Russians, not foreigners, on the city's outskirts. There are still plenty of the old Soviet-era block apartment buildings, however, as well as older neighborhoods of log cabins and small wood houses, some which seem to date from czarist times. Many of the old homes have greenhouses and gardens, a sign that many Russian families, in a place with a cold climate and without Costcos and Safeways, must still grow a lot of their own food, as did many Americans not too long ago.
IT IS a market that could be worth as much as $1,000 billion (£540 billion) today, but with the potential to treble within five years. For years it was regarded as an exotic niche in the financial world. But, since 2001, a quiet, yet extraordinary, revolution has occurred: a host of western investment banks have been beating a path to the doors of leading Islamic clerics, seeking their help to create a raft of new financial products for Muslims. .
METHUEN, Mass. Federal safety regulators are fining a construction company more than 167-thousand dollars for failing to provide protection to employees working at a Billerica construction site. Multi Building Incorporated of Lewisville, Texas faces nine alleged violations at the Villas at Old Concord site. Two OSHA fines totaling 140-thousand dollars are for willful violations. Seven serious citations totaling more than 27-thousand dollars were issued for failing to train employees in fall protection, failing to prevent falls of more than six feet and other hazards at the site. OSHA says the company has been cited twice for alleged violations at the Billerica site. Multi Building has 15 business days to contest the decision. The company isn't commenting on the allegations.
WORK has been completed on a £2.5m project to build new sports, library and science facilities at St Mary's Catholic School in Windhill, Bishop's Stortford. Construction company Bluestone has been working on the project which sees a new block containing a science laboratory, library, ICT and general teaching facilities. The company has also built a sports hall housing four badminton courts - adaptable to host other indoor sports such as five-a-side football, basketball and hockey - together with showers and changing rooms, storage and office accommodation. Headteacher Tony Sharpe said: "This has been an important project to provide improved amenities for the school across both academic and sporting spheres as our pupil numbers continue to increase. "Bluestone has given St Mary's impressive new buildings of which we are immensely proud.
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