09/05/2008
Ahead of Hanna, Chesterfield declares local emergency (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Ahead of Tropical Storm Hanna, Chesterfield County has declared a local emergency. Chesterfield County Administrator James J. L. Stegmaier made the declaration today, following similar declarations by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and other Virginia localities. The local declaration allows a locality to access aid from the state if needed, and assists with the ability to receive federal and state ...
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09/06/2008
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む (Japan Today)
Forty-three of Japan’s 47 prefectures have received donation offers totaling some 330 million yen as of Aug 31 under a new tax system allowing taxpayers to donate to localities of their choice, such as their hometowns, in return for cuts in residential taxes in areas where they live, according to a Kyodo News survey released Friday.
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09/05/2008
Southern Localities To Build Monorail (Bernama)
HANOI, Sept 5 (Bernama) -- The Southern Transport and Communications Development Research Centre is planning to build a US$250 million monorail route in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
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09/05/2008
Shenandoah County Residents Will See Local Cuts (The Shenandoah Valley-Herald)
Woodstock - There won’t be any slicing of the scissors, but the state will be cutting programs in many localities. As Governor Tim Kaine announced the final numbers to the General Assemby, Shenandoah County has decided how to return the monies to the Commonwealth. Local governments are being required to return funds that have
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09/05/2008
Chesterfield County declares state of emergency (Midlothian Exchange)
Chesterfield County Administrator James J. L. Stegmaier declared a local emergency today, following similar declarations by Governor Timothy Kaine and several Virginia localities.
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09/05/2008
Small village plays big role in Madison County (The Oneida Daily Dispatch)
WAMPSVILLE - History tells the tale that the village was chosen as the seat of Madison County to give distinction between neighboring Oneida and Canastota, and that the original county office building -- now the county courthouse -- was constructed to look to the north rather than facing either of the localities.
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09/05/2008
A Better Approach (Leesburg Today)
At first blush, the request by George Mason University leaders to get Loudoun taxpayers to kick money into its planning study for a Loudoun County campus has the look of another agency looking for localities to provide needed funding that the General Assembly can't seem to find for Northern Virginia.
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09/05/2008
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 5/9 (Vietnam Net)
The Child Protection and Care Department under MOLISA (the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs) has delivered another two million free medical treatment cards for newly-born children in localities, bringing the number of free medical cards for children under six to 10 million.
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09/04/2008
State officials meet to review storm readiness (Baltimore Sun)
Localities brace for Tropical Storm Hanna; high winds may force closure of Bay Bridge for part of the day Saturday
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09/04/2008
Suffolk Council learns of new way to pay for developments (The Virginian-Pilot)
SUFFOLK The City Council learned more Wednesday about an increasingly popular way for localities to help pay for large developments - a way that soon could be requested for the proposed CenterPoint warehouse project.
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