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Newport Beach looks at outsourcing
The Newport Beach City Council voted to outsource its printing services and to inch forward in what could eventually be the privatization of its refuse collection services. The shutting down of the city's in-house print shop in favor of a contract...Tags: URS Corporation, Politics, Layoffs and Downsizing, Office Depot Inc., Elections
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Harbor issues, outsourcing on Newport's agenda
The Newport Beach City Council may have one foot out the door of its Newport Boulevard chambers as the group prepares to move to its new digs in Corona del Mar in early December, but it'll be business as usual Tuesday night at the council's regular...Tags: Business Enterprises, URS Corporation, Office Depot Inc.
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Our Laguna: Holiday cheer at Seniors luncheon
Spirits were bright at the Laguna Beach Seniors Inc. luncheon despite dull, gray skies outside. The 19th annual luncheon was held Monday at Tivoli Terrace. There were few empty seats, despite the inclement weather, and the atmosphere was festive —...Tags: Politics, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lobbying, Music, Arts and Culture
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Community Commentary: Lack of recycling centers frustrating
I guess I'm an average consumer. I didn't mind recycling because the thought of all that material (glass, paper, aluminum cans and plastic) going into a landfill was an affront to me. Newport has a program whereby the residential waste is sent to a...Tags: Newport Beach, Waste Management Incorporated, Material Science, Waste, Consumers
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All Delray Beach contracts should go out to bid, officials say
In keeping up with campaign promises, several Delray Beach city officials are going after city contracts they say were awarded without proper bidding. At Tuesday's workshop meeting, a majority of City Commissioners agreed to revisit two contracts that...Tags: Politics, Delray Beach, Government, Petrolia Incorporated, Elections
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Press 7 for stinky: Landfill establishes odor hotline
With the rainy season just weeks away, Deerfield Beach's most dubious neighbor is taking a proactive approach. The Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park sent a glossy mailing to between 12,000 and 15,000 households surrounding the 500-acre landfill...Tags: Coconut Creek, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy Saving, Earth Day
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Oak Park composting program goes village-wide
One Oak Park resident reported not knowing how much food the family threw away until joining the village's pilot food-waste and soiled-paper collection that started last April. One woman said her family now throws out only one bag of garbage each month....Tags: Environmental Politics, Oak Park, Local Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Earth Day
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Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy
A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of the once-rare national bird has grown so...
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Shredder gets its fill
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- If you remembered to participate, Wednesday's "Clean Your Files Day" in South Bend was an opportunity to get rid of unwanted paper documents. The annual Clean Your Files Day was held downtown adjacent to the former College Football Hall of...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Waste, Environmental Issues
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Waste Management awarding cleanup grant
Waste Management of Western Pennsylvania is to award the Alternative Community Resource Program a Waste Management Think Green Grant. The grant was established to encourage solutions to improve community environments through hands-on participation and...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Waste, Environmental Issues
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Students hear from a robot and Hagerstown city officials about the importance of recycling
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comCycler the recycle robot met with students at Pangborn Elementary School on Monday in the University Plaza in downtown Hagerstown for the City of Hagerstown Earth Day Celebration that featured Mayor David S. Gysberts, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Education, Elementary Schools, Earth Day, Schools
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Pastora San Juan Cafferty, 1940-2013
Pastora San Juan Cafferty, a native of Cuba, was a leading scholar and researcher on race and ethnicity at the University of Chicago as well as a leader in Chicago's Hispanic community. "Pastora tirelessly helped weave connections between the University...
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