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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that a major development surrounding Penn Station will include residential space, in addition to commercial.

By Justin Hendry on Jan 13, 2021 7:14AM Savings drive finds $92m, but its not yet money in the bank. Queensland departments and agencies have paused almost 100 IT projects as part of the state government’s pandemic-induced savings drive. The directive was one of a number of savings measures introduced in response to the pandemic in July 2020 aimed at redirecting $3 billion into the states coffers over three years. It saw chief customer and digital off...

92-foot skylight, acre of glass: The new expansion of Penn Station in photos Updated Jan 13, 2021; STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— New Year’s Day marked the official opening of New York’s newest architectural masterpiece, the Moynihan Train Hall. The 255,000-square-foot facility boasts a 92-foot-high skylight made with approximately an acre of glass, according to an announcement by the Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Moynihan Train Hall, which is located in the James A. Farley Post Office Building, is...

A restaurant recovery fund of over $3 million meant to help eateries during the COVID-19 pandemic has been set up.

Lower Portals, Mt Barney. Photo Trevor Worden. Adventurers and conservationists are collaborating to celebrate the regeneration of a beautiful, ancient landscape in a month-long festival. Described as a ‘festival of a different kind’, the event will be held during March 2021 within the stunning Scenic Rim area, in south east Queensland. From Lamington National Park to Mt Barney National Park, visitors are being invited to experience some of the most precious and spectacular areas of the Wo...

A planning commission meeting Tuesday to discuss a rezoning request has been canceled after the request was withdrawn, according to the Rainbow City mayors office. City leaders had moved the public hearing to Rainbow Middle School gym, expecting a larger than normal audience to discuss the issue. The same company that proposed such a development last year in Rainbow City had represented property owners Charles and Amanda Devine as they requested rezoning for what essentially is the same develo...

About a year ago, the Rainbow City Planning Commission considered a rezoning request property on Lumley Road that would have allowed construction of an age-restricted rental property. The proposal sparked widespread opposition and ultimately was rejected — as was a similar proposal by a different development company for a similar project in Southside, on Alabama Highway 77 just south of Southside Baptist Church. Now, the same company that proposed the development last year in Rainbow City is ...

KINGSBURY — Calamity Jane’s Firearms and Fine Shoes store is the last frontier when it comes to wearing masks. Not only can people browse maskless, but owner and Kingsbury Town Board member Jane Havens does not allow anyone to wear a mask in the store. Employees also do not wear masks. Havens cited security as her reason for not letting anyone wear a mask. She’s worried that people will rob the Dix Avenue store. Anyone who refuses to take off their mask in the store is ordered to...

Weibo Residents in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are reporting power outages around midnight, amid a nationwide power crunch in the wake of a ban on coal imports from Australia. The outages plunged the streets of industrial cities Dongguan, Shenzhen, Foshan, and Zhuhai, as well as Baiyun district in the provincial capital Guangzhou, into darkness, according to photos and video uploaded to social media. The outages hit at around midnight on Dec. 21, the traditional Win...

Premium Content Subscriber only Livingstone Shire Council will receive $500,000 in Local Economic Recovery funding to improve the pathway connection from Cooee Bay Beach to Wreck Point and Lammermoor Beach as part of the Queensland Government’s ongoing bushfire recovery. Last year’s Cobraball bushfire burnt across the Capricorn Coast, engulfing 12,100 hectares of land including 15 homes, 38 sheds, 8,500 hectares of grazing land and 275 hectares of horticultural production land. Last week, i...