Day: February 11, 2024

City Council

Elect Trigueiro, Brunner, O’Hara and Kalantari-Johnson in SC City Council districts – Santa Cruz Sentinel | #citycouncil

District elections were first rolled out in the city of Santa Cruz in 2022, which saw two city councilmembers (one new to the council, one an incumbent) elected in districts, along with an at-large mayor elected directly.Four districts – 1, 2, 3 and 5 – are up for grabs in the upcoming March 5 election. […]

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Mayor

Mayor Gloria proposes waiving storm-related rebuilding fees for San Diegans – NBC 7 San Diego

Mayor Todd Gloria Friday proposed the city’s Development Services and Environmental Services Departments to waive fees for building and demolition permits and waste disposal associated with recovery from storm damage over the past several weeks. Gloria’s proposal — set to be presented to the City Council on Monday — would also reimburse recycling costs associated […]

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Arkansas

Community celebrates outgoing SEARK chief

As community leaders paid farewell to Southeast Arkansas College President Steven Bloomberg on Thursday, many of his accomplishments over the past six years reached high-water marks almost simultaneously. A $6.7 million solar panel array was ceremonially turned on just a couple of hours earlier. Moments later, SEARK’s baseball team earned its first-ever victory, defeating Southern […]

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City Council

Gomes volunteer assaulted by Ganim supporter, daughter of Council-member Martinez | #citycouncil

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — On Saturday afternoon, a volunteer for the John Gomes campaign was assaulted by Jazmin Cooper, daughter of City Council-member Eneida Martinez. Jazmin Cooper allegedly forcefully took campaign materials from John Gomes’ campaign volunteer, Kim McLaughlin, without permission, and made copies before returning them. The incident reportedly occurred outside 430 Grant Street, […]

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Mayor

Brentwood Up hosts ‘Donuts with the Mayor’ | Bethesda

Last week the new Brentwood chamber of commerce, Brentwood Up, hosted a “Donuts with the Mayor” event at the Brentwood Police Headquarters. Mayor Mark Gorman and Police Chief Richard Hickey gave brief presentations on their work in the city before visitors took a tour of the police facility. The morning focused on the importance of […]

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California

Although A Grizzly Is On Its Flag, California Unlikely To Reintroduce Grizzlies

Despite California having a mighty grizzly on its state flag, the huge bears haven’t been lumbering around there for about a century, and it’s unlikely the Golden State will ask Wyoming for reintroducing grizzlies there anytime soon. Wolves recently returned to California on their own, moving south from Oregon, but there is almost no chance […]

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City Council

Elizabethton City Council getting ready for spring with approval of annual half marathon, 5K. | Local News | #citycouncil

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California

California’s Hydrogen Drive Dealt A Hammer Blow By Shell’s Exit

California, U.S. (Photo: Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images) MediaNews Group via Getty Images Rather suddenly and pretty ignominiously, if not entirely unexpectedly, global energy giant Shell (LON: SHEL) has called time on fueling hydrogen passenger cars in California, the only U.S. state where the fuel is widely available for realistic mid-to-long […]

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Mayor

Wayne Mayor Has ‘Major Concerns’ About Cost Of School Bond Up For Vote

WAYNE, NJ — Wayne Township’s mayor said he has “major concerns” about the size of and cost an upcoming bond coming before voters in March, and its future financial effects. Mayor Christopher Vergano shared his hesitations of the forthcoming $169.8 million bond proposal at the Township Council meeting on Wednesday, and again in a video […]

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California

1 of 5 marines killed in California helicopter crash went to Virginia Military Institute, was recently promoted

LEXINGTON, Va. (WRIC) — One of five Marines involved in the deadly helicopter crash in San Diego, California went to Virginia Military Institute (VMI), according to the institute’s Superintendent. In a Facebook post on Friday, Feb. 9, VMI’s Superintendent confirmed 26-year-old Captain Jack Casey, who tragically passed in the Feb. 7 helicopter crash in San […]

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