Post office planter eyed for new Langley public artSouth Whidbey Record (subscription)Chairman Frank Rose presented a proposal to the city council Monday that the citizen board would like to add public art to a planter in front of the post office on Second Street. “Right now, it's full of shrubs …
Read More »Rural Subsistence Hunters No Longer Need Federal Duck Stamps – Alaska Public Radio Network
Alaska Dispatch News Rural Subsistence Hunters No Longer Need Federal Duck StampsAlaska Public Radio NetworkFor years, it was unclear whether village hunters had to buy the $15 annual duck stamps. Changing the law was a big priority for Alaska Native advocates, and for Alaska Congressman Don Young. Young heralded the …
Read More »Mission Viejo man indicted in San Diego post office robbery – OCRegister
Mission Viejo man indicted in San Diego post office robberyOCRegisterA Mission Viejo man and a woman were indicted in United States District Court on Wednesday on suspicion of robbing a San Diego post office branch in January. Scott Howard Kimball, 49, and Amanda Lee Garcia, 32, of Torrance, are each …
Read More »‘Crime clearly pays’: eBay fraudster’s taunt as he arrives at court in flash … – mirror.co.uk
mirror.co.uk 'Crime clearly pays': eBay fraudster's taunt as he arrives at court in flash …mirror.co.ukA smug eBay fraudster boasted that "crime clearly pays" as he waltzed into a crown court car park driving a flash, brand-new 4×4 . The 27-year-old crook Phillip Shortman told a waiting photographer: "Crime clearly pays, …
Read More »Misquote on Angelou stamp will be forever – Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Dispatch Misquote on Angelou stamp will be foreverColumbus DispatchOne problem: The quote on the stamp, “A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song,” though widely attributed to Angelou, is not hers. The Washington Post reported it actually comes from Joan Walsh …
Read More »East Harlem bodega ran $2M food stamp scam: prosecutors – New York Daily News
New York Daily News East Harlem bodega ran $2M food stamp scam: prosecutorsNew York Daily NewsAn East Harlem bodega redeemed over $2 million in fraudulent food stamp transactions between April 2013 and March 2015, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The owner of the bodega and their associates allegedly fleeced the government …
Read More »Package missing three weeks and counting – Allentown Morning Call
Allentown Morning Call Package missing three weeks and countingAllentown Morning CallBut when they arrived here March 28, the package still was … somewhere else. So on Monday, March 30, they visited the local post office to see if anyone there could help get it to Northampton where it belonged. "The …
Read More »Kindred Post to kick off Tiny Post Office Concert Series – Juneau Empire (subscription)
Kindred Post to kick off Tiny Post Office Concert SeriesJuneau Empire (subscription)Kindred Post, a neighborhood post office, gift shop, and community gathering space, will kick off its Tiny Post Office Concert series on April 8 at 7 p.m. with local musicians Dan Kirkwood and Marian Call. The concert series aims …
Read More »‘Crime clearly pays!’ eBay fraudster’s brazen boasts as he arrives in court in … – WalesOnline
WalesOnline 'Crime clearly pays!' eBay fraudster's brazen boasts as he arrives in court in …WalesOnlineThe court heard father-of-three Shortman, of Hillrise in Abersychan, Pontypool, has 17 previous convictions relating to 77 offences including a number for fraudulent transactions on eBay. Shortman had pleaded guilty to a total of 10 counts …
Read More »Possible sale of downtown Post Office could be golden opportunity for bikeway – BikePortland.org
BikePortland.org Possible sale of downtown Post Office could be golden opportunity for bikewayBikePortland.orgRedevelopment of the eight-city-block post office site could create the space and funding for a new built-from-scratch bikeway from the Broadway Bridge straight down into the Park Blocks, across Burnside past Director Park, and into the city's biggest …
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