Fair celebrates local agricultural history ...Timmins Daily Press: 0 views since Monday, September 8, 2008 at 06:40 AMEven with only a handful of farmers still active in Timmins, the Porcupine Agricultural Society has promote the importance of agriculture in a fun, family-oriented way for 55 years. The annual fall fair kicked off Friday evening at the Mountjoy Arena, with the promise of fun for [...]
Local officials: Palin's daughter off limits ...Sentinel & Enterprise: 0 views since Monday, September 8, 2008 at 06:32 AMFITCHBURG -- The recent revelation that the 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant should be off limits to Democratic campaign strategists and the national media, several local politicians told the
Parties keep politics local ...Greenwich Time: 0 views since Monday, September 8, 2008 at 02:57 AMWith the national political conventions in the history books and only eight weeks until Election Day, the two major parties in Greenwich are marshaling most of their resources for more local races, from General Assembly to Congress.
Local political history flips party advantages ...Sun Newspapers: 0 views since Monday, September 8, 2008 at 12:48 AMCharlotte County Democratic and other non-Republican candidates might feel slighted or overshadowed due to the dominance of Republicans. But two or more decades ago, local Republicans were the ones on the political outside looking in.
Ghost towns sinking into history ...Knoxville News Sentinel: 0 views since Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 12:16 AMLAKE VALLEY, N.M. - The howling wind across a remote landscape, a creaky metal gate or a run-in with a rattlesnake or gun-toting local are the things that attract ghost towners. They are history buffs who take their outdoor adventures with a dash of mystery.
Students get history lesson ...The Advertiser-Tribune: 0 views since Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 12:11 AMSeveral Calvert High School students got a jump-start on social studies lessons thanks to their participation in Congressional Academy Ohio. Now, they're preparing a project that may have them studying the history of local Catholic churches. Four students -- Joe Brodman, Nathan Somers, Ryan Somers and Alec Traxler -- participated in the July institute.
Today in local history ...North Adams Transcript: 0 views since Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 10:20 AMADAMS -- Good wishes for "many long and happy retirement years" together with praise for the "efficient and loyal manner" in which he carried out his duties during the past three decades were voiced for James McClement of 10 Summer St. as he concluded his duties yesterday and formally retired as treasurer of the South Adams Savings Bank. His successor, John Gallivan, will begin his duties as ...
KEISSER: Precious medals for local athletes ...Long Beach Press-Telegram: 0 views since Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 02:47 AMToday's local, vocal and shining edition of The Sporting Muse: Long Beach's Olympic history is flush with medals, but even by those rich standards, the 2008 Olympics may have been the most prosperous ever for the greater community, at least since the heyday of local swimming in the early '70s.
Top Local Stories ...FOX 6 News Birmingham: 1 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 07:56 PMHere are the top local stories: About 200 buses left from shelters across Alabama taking Gustav evacuees back home, more severe weather threatens the U.S, Wall Street delays its response to the proposal from the Jefferson County on the sewer debt crisis, producers of ?The First 48? show on A&E film their first homicide in Birmingham, authorities in east Alabama seize pounds of marijuana and make ...
Local GOP faithful buoyant as convention wraps up ...Lebanon Daily News: 1 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 03:08 PMIf there?s one thing Sen. Mike Folmer is sure of, it?s that history shows again and again that big government needs to be brought down ? and GOP presidential nominee John McCain and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin are just the pair who could make that change in the nation?s capital.
Court Documents Reveal Suspect's History Of Mental Troubles ...KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma: 1 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 01:18 PMThe man accused of killing six people and injuring four in a crime spree this week in Skagit County has a history of mental troubles and was suicidal after violating a no-contact order, according to court documents obtained by KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
Local GOP faithful buoyant as convention wraps up ...Lebanon Daily News: 1 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 11:04 AMIf there?s one thing Sen. Mike Folmer is sure of, it?s that history shows again and again that big government needs to be brought down ? and GOP presidential nominee John McCain and
Recently Launched Local Search Website, HelloLocal.com, Reaches 2 Million...Centre Daily Times: 1 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:50 AMHelloLocal.com, the most up-to-date HyperLocal(TM) search engine, just announced it has surpassed a significant milestone, reaching 2 million unique visitors in just six short weeks. Originally launched on July 21, 2008, HelloLocal.com makes online city search more user-friendly with intuitive, local search capabilities.
Today in local history ...North Adams Transcript: 1 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:24 AMWILLIAMSTOWN -- Arleigh Sawyer was elected president of the South Williamstown Community Association as its first meeting of the fall season last night at the Little Red School House. Mr. Sawyer succeeds School Committeeman Robert Howard who has been president for the past year.