May 27 2012 - Lost in transit: A lack of strategy
This spring, my wife and I spent three weeks in Italy and France. It was our first vacation with our son, Desmond, who was four months old when the trip began. The debates about what to pack were intense, particularly when it came to the car seat and the stroller. A car seat, I argued, was de trop; Erin figured we’d need both. Turns out I was almost right (a frequent outcome, it should be said ... |
May 26 2012 - Artimis: Disabled bus blocking right lane of I-75 S
SPRINGFIELD TWP. - 11:31 am The Hamilton County Coroner's Office has identified the body found in the Ohio River as a... - 10:27 am Thompson House, the new venue in the former Southgate House on Third Street, opens for two weekends... |
May 25 2012 - Riders' block
FREX regulars hope to foil plan that would kill bus service to Denver. by J. Adrian Stanley The public is dead-set against cutting the FrontRange Express bus, a city transit official told City Council on Monday. Following four public meetings on the proposed elimination of FREX, which takes riders between Colorado Springs and Denver, city transit planning supervisor David Menter reported that ... |
May 25 2012 - Public Meetings Scheduled For Proposed MMT Changes
The Transit Services Division of the city of Colorado Springs, administrator of Mountain Metropolitan Transit, has scheduled four public meetings to get public input on the proposed service changes for fall 2012 before prior to a final decision. |
May 20 2012 - Grantfork students return to class after scary bus accident
GRANTFORK, Ill. (KMOV) -- Classes resumed Tuesday morning at Grantfork Upper Elementary school, one day after students were involved in a bus accident while returning from a field trip to Springfield, Illinois. Eleven students and the bus driver were injured in the crash. One student was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital, but luckily, none of the injuries was life-threatening and everyone is ... |
May 20 2012 - Ceremony marks start of streetcar line construction
Ceremony marks start of streetcar line construction By cathy mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2012 05:04PM MDT Under the warm spring sun Wednesday, a crowd gathered at 2235 Main St. in South Salt Lake to celebrate the beginning of the long anticipated return of streetcars to the Salt Lake Valley. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood joined several city officials, transit ... |
May 20 2012 - James Hurley named Colorado Small Business Person of the Year
Colorado Springs businessman James E. Hurley is the SBA’s pick for Small Business Person of the Year in Colorado. Hurley, president of JE Hurley Construction, will be recognized later this month in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Small Business Administration named winners from 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. One of them [...] |
May 19 2012 - Summer in Madison means the tunes are in open air: A 2012 concert preview
In a Madison spring, the only things popping up faster than road-construction projects are opportunities to hear music outside. Well, mostly to drink beer outside, but the music is still pretty crucial. And just like the newly jagged plates of every major street, it's quite a busy and disjointed mix -- and therein lies the charm. |
May 16 2012 - Police: 11 'Johns' Snagged In Prostitution Sting
Springfield police have arrested 11 men they say solicited sex from an undercover officer pretending to be a prostitute, including a man who offered crack cocaine in exchange for services, and one who offered all the money he had on him, except for $2 he needed for a bus ride home. |
May 15 2012 - FREX may finally be finished
Andy Garton delivered what sounded like a eulogy for the FrontRange Express bus line Monday. Garton offered Colorado Springs Transit Solutions Team recommendations to the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority board of directors. By far the biggest - and most controversial - recommendation was... |
May 15 2012 - TOWN HALL: Kill FREX, but not too fast (poll)
The Front Range Express is almost certainly doomed. It has survived the budgetary guillotine for years and further stays of execution seem unlikely, at best. Still, the most compassionate advocates for saving the life of this bus service between Colorado Springs and Denver will not give up. Among... |
May 15 2012 - Obituary: Robert Scanlon
Robert Aloysius Scanlon, Jr., 81, of Florence, died May 11 , 2012 at St. Elizabeth Edgewood. He was a graduate of Catholic Central High School in Springfield, Ohio, owner of Scanlon Marketing and a member of the Springfield, Ohio Knights of Columbus No. |
May 12 2012 - Springfield Mayor Jim O'Neal resigns suddenly
The business owner was in his second term as mayor, and second stint on city council. SPRINGFIELD Mo. -- Mayor Jim O'Neal resigned on Monday night after a long meeting in which the council amend the city's year-old anti-smoking ordinance. O'Neal caught the packed meeting room by surprise with the announcement. |
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