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May 13 Letters: Hampton budgets, Fort Monroe
Point of no return Hampton's tax-and-spend leadership has once again demonstrated its contempt for the taxpaying citizen by increasing the real estate tax rate 19 percent. In these lean times when such a huge raise is unheard of, our liberal leaders...Tags: Environmental Issues, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Homes, Fort Monroe
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Poor potter, great pots at Yorktown
Virginia Lt. Gov. William Gooch had good reason to hide the truth when he made his annual report to the British Board of Trade in 1732. Though the Crown prohibited its colonies from manufacturing domestic goods, Gooch and other members of the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Human Interest, Gardens and Parks, Politics, Arts and Culture
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READER SUBMITTED: History Bites Lecture: America's Love Of The Great Outdoors
BethlehemThe Annual History Bites lecture series, offering glimpses of history and culture from the Greater Litchfield Hills area, continues on Thursday, May 23, at noon with Connecticut Landmarks Education & Historic Sites Operations Manager Cindy Cormier. Her...Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure, State Parks
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State hopes to ease some Baltimore-area traffic jams
In the stop-and-go world of Baltimore-area traffic, there's a lot more braking than commuters and transportation officials would like. Take Russell Allen, a Federal Hill resident who gets in his silver Ford Edge every weekday morning before 7:30 and...
Tags: Harford County, Science and Technology, Howard County, Highway Transportation, Fort Meade (military base)
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Interior secretary visits Everglades
The Obama administration's new Interior Secretary skimmed across the Everglades in an airboat Wednesday, on one of her first trips to the field since taking over the department responsible for national parks, offshore drilling and endangered species....
Tags: Everglades, Recreational Equipment Inc., Palm Beach County, Wildlife
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Sally Jewell affirms Everglades `a high priority'
She came, she saw, she toured by airboat, and she reaffirmed that the Obama administration remains committed “to the people of Florida to make the Everglades restoration a high priority.” Sally Jewell, less than three weeks into her job...
Tags: Everglades National Park, Environmental Politics, Everglades, Environmental Issues, Sally Jewell
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Graffiti-scarred canyon in Joshua Tree National Park still closed
A picturesque canyon in Joshua Tree National Park that was scarred by graffiti will remain closed due to an extensive clean-up operation, officials said Tuesday. Rattlesnake Canyon was defaced by vandals who used social media to boast about their...Tags: Vandalism
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'Star Wars' creator George Lucas seeks to back S.F. museum
George Lucas seems to be using the force: The billionaire filmmaker is one of three finalists vying to create a new cultural facility in San Francisco. The Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, as it would be called, would showcase Lucas’ extensive art...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to tour Loxahatchee
Sally Jewell is not wasting time before visiting the Evergaldes. In another sign of the Obama administration’s on-going focus on the ‘Glades, the newly installed interior secretary plans to tour the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee...Tags: Everglades National Park, Everglades, Environmental Issues, Travel, Gardens and Parks
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Flight 93 Advisory Commission considers needs of its youngest visitors
Daily American Staff WriterThe Flight 93 Advisory Commission on Saturday discussed the needs of the youngest visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial. Commission member Michael Watson asked how what happened on Flight 93 is explained to elementary school children who weren't...Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Awards and Prizes, University of Pittsburgh, Tourism and Leisure
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Trashing of Slate Belt historic home sends two men to state prison
Two men who trashed a historic farmhouse near the Appalachian Trail are headed to state prison to serve lengthy sentences, due to their long criminal pasts. At 22, Ronald C. Ulmer is already what is known as a repeat felony offender, a classification...Tags: Theft, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Prisons, Judges, Lawyers
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Where 'green' began
MONTELLO, Wis. — When walking in the footsteps of greatness, it is of equal importance to follow where they lead and to discover where they began. In celebration of the life of the fervent conservationist John Muir in the year of his 175th...
Tags: Human Interest, Earth Day, Theodore Roosevelt, Memorial Day, Farms
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