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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Pennsylvania American Water holds cleanup event at York County park
(WHTM) — Pennsylvania American Water employees held a cleanup event in York County today. Pennsylvania American Water cleaned up Farquhar Park on North Newberry Street from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on June 11. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now They also presented a $10,000 grant to York City Parks Conservancy to make improvements to the park, including the construction of a new woodland playground and ADA-accessible restrooms. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Cutting the ribbon for new Scranton playground
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's a brand new place to play in Scranton, and it's much more than just a playground. After two years in the making, students, city leaders, and the Trust for Public Land cut the ribbon on a fully transformed schoolyard at John F. Kennedy Elementary. The upgraded space features ADA-accessible equipment, a running track, a basketball court, and an outdoor classroom. When school's out, the space will stay open to the neighborhood. Students also played a big role in the design process. 3 pounds of meth found in car under 6-year-old 'Now that my sister's coming to this school, she's actually in Kindergarten, she could play in this playground, like to know that her sister designed it will be really nice to know,' Helped Design Playground Natalie Ganzalez stated. 'A park and an open space are a unique opportunity for people to find common ground. And in today's environment, what we need more than anything else is the opportunity to meet and know each other,' Trust for Public Land Field Programs Managing Director Owen Franklin said. The schoolyard project is part of a nationwide push by the Trust for Public Land to close the equitable park access gap, working with more than 300 cities. This is the first of three planned schoolyard projects in Scranton. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Main Street Safety Improvement and Paving Project begins
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A project to improve safety for pedestrians and motorists along a busy Binghamton thoroughfare is officially underway. The Main Street Safety Improvement and Paving Project began this week. The $6.2 million construction project will upgrade intersections and pavement conditions from Front Street to Floral Avenue. Work includes new curbs, high-visibility crosswalks, ADA-accessible curb ramps, as well as pedestrian crossing and traffic signals at multiple intersections. Main Street will also be paved during the project. According to Mayor Jared Kraham, the safety improvements are expected to reduce traffic accidents by 25 percent. Initial sections will be completed in the fall, and final work is expected to be done next summer. Guthrie Lourdes Health and Fitness turns three with free wellness event 52nd annual Greek Fest kicks off in Vestal Ribbon cutting held for $15 million project at Good Shepherd Village at Endwell Main Street Safety Improvement and Paving Project begins Renovations on First National Bank building close portion of Court Street Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
LA Metro to hire more security, cleaning staff as part of approved $9.4B budget
The LA Metro Board on Thursday adopted a $9.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2026, which prioritizes safety improvements, expanded cleaning operations and other large-scale infrastructure upgrades. The plan adds 400 new full-time positions, bringing Metro's total workforce to 11,821 employees, the report shows. New hires will support customer service improvements, rail line expansions, and maintenance efforts aimed at improving cleanliness, reliability and accessibility across the system. Metro says this approved budget will provide noticeable improvements for its riders. Reflecting a 2% increase from last year, the budget includes funding for shorter rail headways to reduce wait times, 'smart' restrooms that are ADA-accessible and monitored remotely for safety and cleanliness, expansion of the 'tap-to-exit' system at select stations, and taller fare gates to crack down on fare evaders. Other programs include upgraded lighting, weapons detection technology, and more elevator and escalator refurbishments. Metro said these investments were shaped by public feedback gathered through outreach campaigns and telephone town halls. The budget also calls for 46 new Transit Security Officers to be deployed, especially on expanding A and D rail lines, as the agency continues developing its own law enforcement agency. Metro also plans to increase investment in 'Equity Focus Communities,' neighborhoods with high transportation needs. Metro estimates that about 80% of these planned investments will benefit these communities, up from 67.3% in 2022. The report shows that the budget was adopted amid financial challenges. Sales tax revenue, one of Metro's primary funding sources, is expected to fall 7.4% compared to the prior year. Officials also cited concerns about inflation, uncertainty about federal funding, and long-term costs tied to major capital projects and upcoming mega-events, including the 2028 Olympics, the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and Super Bowl LXI in 2027. What happened when Angelenos were given $150 for transit Large-scale projects, those that exceed $5 million in cost, include building new electric vehicle charging stations, improvements at Los Angeles Union Station, and systemwide communication upgrades. The agency expects to issue new debt in the coming year to support those long-term efforts, subject to board approval. For more information, visit Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Dominion Post
22-05-2025
- Business
- Dominion Post
High Street craft cocktail eatery, parkside ice cream shop get BZA nod
MORGANTOWN — An upscale restaurant with a craft cocktail bar downtown and an ice cream shop next to 1st Ward's Jack Roberts Park each got the all-clear from the Morgantown Board of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday. The owners of Von Blaze, located at 1 Wall St., were granted a 'restaurant, private club' designation for 341 High St., which is the former UniversiTEES location and sits directly in front of the space Von Blaze is located in. The 'restaurant, private club' conditional use designation from the city is required before a downtown business can seek a liquor license from the state. 'We plan to put in a kind of upscale craft cocktail bar and finer dining restaurant in that space, trying to kind of fill a gap for more adult-oriented restaurants and options downtown,' applicant Chris McDonald said, adding, 'We consider Von Blaze kind of upscale casual, but this will be more of a kind of fine dining area … We're going to be doing small plates, shareables and things like that.' McDonald, a chef, said the idea is to use the momentum generated by Von Blaze to launch this new venture. 'Von Blaze has worked very well for us, so we have a jump start in kind of getting this rolling,' he said. 'It is going to be a kind of classier place. The food is definitely going to be more elevated than what Von Blaze sells, but it's still going to be the same quality.' Meanwhile, Adelheid Schaupp is thinking less about hot food and more about hot fudge. The Greenmont-based entrepreneur received a 'restaurant, fast food' approval as well as variance relief from off-street parking requirements for an ice cream shop to be located at the corner of Leonard Street and West Virginia Avenue – directly across from Jack Roberts Park. The project will begin with the rehabilitation of an approximately 500 square-foot structure on the property. Schaupp said seating will be primarily outdoors at Eisgarten Morgantown. 'It's a very European-style based setup, where it's right next to the park, which is convenient, but also we have enough greenspace there where everyone can be on site eating ice cream outside,' Schaupp said. 'This would be a seasonal type of business. This would not be open year-round.' The idea, she continued, is that a majority of the business's patrons would arrive on foot, either from the neighboring park or the surrounding neighborhood. The BZA approved the off-street parking relief under the condition that Schaupp apply to the city to get an on-street space adjacent to the business designated as an ADA-accessible parking spot.
