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Campaigners Lobby for Lighting in Cathays’ Crime-Scene Area
Published onA petition has been started which calls for the installation of street lighting in the , following a recent spate of crime there. In April 2008, gair rhydd reported the alleyway behind Cambrian Point to have been the scene of several muggings. Now members of the community have rallied together…
Arizonian School Librarians Plan Rally to Protest Cuts
Published onMesa Public School librarians and their supporters will rally at 6 p.m. Tuesday, an hour before the school board meeting, to protest media specialists being cut in the district. Grappling to cut about $20 million from next year's budget, Superintendent Debra Duvall and her team recently met with employees in…
Jet's Passing Not In Vain
Published on"HE passed away, baby. He died." Just five words from Anita Rowland's husband that changed her life. It was February 2004. Mrs Rowland's boy Jet was only 22 months when chef Ian Alexander McLeod had an epileptic fit while driving on the Logan Motorway. Mr McLeod's…
Grass-roots effort begins to save Washington State school libraries
Published onSupporters of school librarians and library programs have launched a statewide online petition drive to try to save what they believe is an endangered school position. Two parents from the Spokane School District, where budget cuts this year reduced 10 librarian positions to half-time, want librarians and library services included…
Bloggers fight Pakistan emergency
Published onISLAMABAD (Adapted from AFP) — Defying a growing crackdown on dissent by President Pervez Musharraf, young Pakistanis are using blogs and social networking sites to hit back at a state of emergency. Plans for "flash" protests in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and other cities are being posted at the…
Global Support Swells for Reversal of BA Surfboard Ban
Published onTuesday 06 November 2007 saw the first day of the new British Airways (BA) ban on surfboards along with other sporting equipment including hang gliders, windsurfing boards and sails, kayaks or canoes, pole vaults or javelins. To coincide with the ban, BA proudly announced that it is loosening any restrictions…
Information Superhighway Develops New Georgian Lane
Published onSome interesting unsolicited material has been circulating as a result of the current turmoil in the Republic of Georgia. The political crisis has prompted people to send e-mails to THE GEORGIAN TIMES, and posts to various internet sites, adding their twopennysworth on the unfolding events. Various Georgians around the world…
'Exciting' alternative plan for Ward's Corner unveiled
Published onAlternative plan for Ward's Corner THE GATEWAY to Tottenham should rescue its historic buildings in a vibrant new community-focused complex of shops, offices and homes - not a pair of eight-storey blocks of flats and a soulless shopping precinct. That's the vision from a "community coalition" of residents groups,…
Trueblood has high hopes for a once-grand hotel
Published onJANESVILLE, Wisconsin, USA — Preserving the Monterey Hotel is Steve Trueblood’s mission. Trueblood, an ordained minister and former political candidate, said he was the last tenant of the hotel’s corner office in 1984. He has researched the Monterey for 15 years and believes it needs to be redeveloped sooner rather…
British Airways surfboard ban 'a disgrace'
Published onSurfers may face sizeable bills to transport their boards abroad, following British Airways' decision to stop accepting the boards. BA, which says surfboards are too bulky, will ban them from all flights next Tuesday, along with kayaks, windsurfs and javelins. It will continue to carry skis and snowboards without charge.…