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The Marshall Government and Nyrstar have agreed to extend lead abatement programs in Port Pirie for another 10 years from 2024 to 2034 as part of

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: At the end of 2020, The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced that they will be rescinding the Privately Financed Affordable Senior Housing (PFASH) Term Sheet originally issued on July 18, 2019, which facilitated the development of Affordable Independent Residences for Seniors (AIRS) located within a privately financed project. The AIRS program was created in March 2016 to encourage the development of affo...

A new report has found levels of lead in the blood of children living around the South Australian town of Port Pirie have reached a ten-year-high. South Australian health authorities announced the findings with the release of the latest report in a series tracking blood-lead concentrations among children between two and five-years-old since 2011. Among those children tested last year, 276 recorded a blood-lead result higher than 5 micrograms per decilitre. The number of children with results eq...

Smelter owner Nyrstar had promised a multi-million-dollar upgrade would halve the smelter's lead emissions, but they increased in the second half of last year.

CNY Community Foundation announces more than $500,000 for local organizations Updated Jan 29, 2021; Posted Jan 29, 2021 A free and family-friendly outdoor game night gathered about 50 people on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, to celebrate the addition of four new permanent chess tables in Hanover Square. The Downtown Committee of Syracuse received a $8,125 grant from the Central New York Community Foundation to purchase and install the tables in the Square. The foundation announced its 2021 grants ...

City where kids can’t play on windy days Karen Davis, pictured with her sons Noah, 12, and Macen, 1, says more needs to be done about the blood lead levels recorded in children living in Port Pirie. Picture: NCA NewsWire/David Mariuz News by Kathryn Bermingham 24th Jan 2021 10:32 AM Life with a one-year-old is hectic in any household, but South Australian mum Karen Davis must stay especially vigilant. She doesnt take he...

City where kids can’t play on windy days Karen Davis, pictured with her sons Noah, 12, and Macen, 1, says more needs to be done about the blood lead levels recorded in children living in Port Pirie. Picture: NCA NewsWire/David Mariuz News by Kathryn Bermingham 24th Jan 2021 10:32 AM Life with a one-year-old is hectic in any household, but South Australian mum Karen Davis must stay especially vigilant. She doesnt take he...

A city in Australia is so polluted with toxic lead parents don’t take kids out on windy days and change their clothes once inside – but even that’s not enough.

A city in Australia is so polluted with toxic lead parents don’t take kids out on windy days and change their clothes once inside – but even that’s not enough.

Public Hearing on Plan to Steer $7.5 Million in Federal Community Development Funding is Dec. 23 JAMESTOWN – Members of the public have less than a week remaining to offer any final input on a plan that provides general direction on how an estimated $7.5 million dollars in federal community development money will be spent over the next five years in Jamestown. According to the Jamestown Department of Development (DOD), the deadline to offer public input on the city’s 5-year Community Deve...