Kennebec Journal Rural Maine couple lives in 2 shipping containersMiddletown JournalThe couple have transformed two 20-foot-long containers – which they bought on eBay – into their home. (AP Photo/BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO/KATE COLLINS) The Associated Press Updated 5:31 PM Monday, June 20, 2011 ELLSWORTH, Maine — A rural Maine couple …
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Union leaders are planning to protest the use of tax subsidies by the Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency for the FedEx Ground distribution center being built in East Greenbush. The unions, in an announcement of the protest, say they want to ensure that corporate tax breaks end up creating “the …
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Read More »Stamps confident rookie Deane has right stuff – Montreal Gazette
Stamps confident rookie Deane has right stuffMontreal Gazette“If we needed to play J'Michael Deane early (in the season), I would be comfortable,” Stamps coach and GM John Hufnagel said Monday. “As much as I was my first year here with the two young players we drafted at that time.” Those …
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Read More »Number of Nevadans on food stamps jumps 21 percent – Las Vegas Sun
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Read More »Ukiah’s historic post office to be closed
The historic downtown Ukiah post office will be closed, the U.S. Postal Service announced Monday. More: continued here
Read More »USPS Looks To Close Small Town Post Office – KTBS
USPS Looks To Close Small Town Post OfficeKTBSUS Postal Service officials contacted postal customers in the small town to inform them of a study looking into closing the Post Office there. The possible closure is part of an effort to make up for massive budget problems with the USPS. …Groups …
Read More »Ukiah’s historic post office to be closed – Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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