| March 2007
Monday Massachusetts State Fire Marshall Stephen Coan together with Rochester Fire Chief Scott Ashworth told CWN how they believed the fire started and issued a warning for people throwing out trash. Coan told CWN, "The fire was caused by an explosion in one of the shredders." He added, "Investigators have ruled out any intentional act." Coan added, "Apparently someone inappropriately threw away an item such as a small propane or butane tank. These pressurized cylinders cannot be sent to an incinerator and it usually says so right on the container." He added, "Plant staff has pulled many similar inappropriate items from the trash in the past such as LP-gas grill cylinders, preventing many similar incidents. I would ask citizens across the Commonwealth to dispose of this kind of refuse safely and properly." Ptown man charged with OUI after "suicide alley" crashORLEANS - A Provincetown man was arrested for his second offense OUI after flipping a pickup truck on Route 6 near the Orleans rotary Friday.
Xbox is crack for kids
I soon stamped on this heresy, of course, since children doing vaguely energetic, imaginative things must be celebrated, at whatever cost to the nerves. These days the mother who parks her kids before the Dave channel in order to work is no better than the one who shoves chips through the school railings to her children or feeds the family dog two-quid unhappy chicken just to hack off Jamie Oliver. A study this week by Childwise, a market research company, claims that four in five children have televisions in their bedrooms: that means 80 per cent of Britain is now officially common. It's a class thing, children and TV: there is kudos in abstention, a snobbery in not living in one of those frightful working-class homes where the telly blares away in the background.
Cathy Hall to reign as 2007 Hanover Christmas Mother
It is official. Cathy Hall of Mechanicsville will reign as the Hanover Christmas Mother for 2007.Hall was nominated by the Mechanicsville Ruritan Club to serve as this year's ambassador.The announcement was made Oct. 31 at a gathering of beautiful, dedicated ladies who had served as Christmas Mother during Christmases past.Frank and Deborah Flippo, of Pebble Hill in Doswell hosted this much-anticipated annual tea.The Christmas mother program began in 1950 by the Doswell Women's Club, whose members graciously provided the refreshments for this year's tea. After the program grew by leaps and bounds, this wonderful group of ladies decided that they needed help, so the Doswell Ruritan Club took over the reins and have been the steering committee for the past 18 years.As the county began to grow and more and more Ruritan Clubs wanted to be involved, the Doswell Ruritans decided to involve all the clubs in Hanover.Now, each Ruritan Club has an opportunity to nominate a woman who they feel can best fill the big shoes of serving as Christmas Mother.
Keep it simple on Egg Harbor Rd.
Business owners on Egg Harbor Road want to see the city of Sturgeon Bay keep any reconstruction of the high traffic road as simple as possible. The city sent a letter out to Egg Harbor Road business and property owners Jan. 31 informing them of a public meeting scheduled for Feb. 5.
On the docket were staff recommended road surface improvements and a two way left turn lane in the center of the road for the 3,000 foot stretch between the Georgia Street/8th Avenue intersection and the 14th Avenue intersection.
Estimated project cost for reconstructing the road surface and creating the TWLTL was $575,000.
In addition to discussing options for improving the road surface were such infrastructure options as constructing pedestrian walkways, bicycle paths/lanes, traffic flow improvement and storm water management.
Witnesses describe Thurber as cruel bully
While other teens' pictures appeared throughout the high school yearbooks, Thurber's face showed up in only two places each year: his class photo and his football team photo. Thurber, who had been hurt by cruelty, acted out with a cruelty of his own, Swartzell says. Thurber called others hurtful names, Swartzell said. "He would be mean first, most of the time.... He had a mean spirit to him." Instead of turning the other cheek or winning people over, Thurber went out of his way to pick on others, Swartzell said. One example: The two teens would be driving around, and it would irritate Thurber if a child crossed too slowly in front of them. Thurber would bolt from the car, yank off his belt, chase down the smaller child and start whipping the kid, Swartzell said.
Student shot at Mitchell High; second school shooting in 8 days
Mitchell High School senior Sharmain Mayes weeps for her friend Stacey Kiser as her mother Shaundra Mayes takes her out of school following a shooting that left Kiser in critical condition. Kiser, 19, was shot in the school's cafeteria during a PE class that contained about 75 students. The shooter, a 17-year-old sophmore, was taken into custody after turning the gun over to assistant football coach Darryl Mongomery immediately following the shooting. .
Vendor plan not racist, Meyer says
A south-side Des Moines city councilman who wants tougher regulations on mobile food vendors and roadside flea markets is upset that activists have attacked the plan as racist.
The council on Monday delayed the second of three required votes on Councilman Brian Meyer's measure. The initial vote won unanimous approval, but it faced none of the racially charged criticism that surfaced at Monday's council meeting.
"They've said, 'This is Jim Crow,' or 'You are picking on Latinos.' That is offensive to me," Meyer said Tuesday. Jim Crow laws mandated "separate but equal" status for blacks, mostly in Southern states before the 1960s. .
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