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Lumber prices have spiked 300% in the past year, forcing people to delay home improvement projects and new home builds.

VINELAND - A local man has sued a Dunkin store here, contending he was severely burned when an employee spilled his "scalding coffee" onto his lap. Leonard Allen claims he suffered second-degree burns in the Aug. 25, 2020, incident at a doughnut shop on the 700 block of Chestnut Avenue. But the stores operator, Vineland Donuts Inc., has denied liability and asserts its worker was not negligent. A separate but similar suit against Wawa ended last year with a $3-million settlement for a young b...

The Straits Times Bangladeshi migrant worker dies after part of excavator falls on him in Ubi worksite The incident occurred at a worksite near Ubi Road 3 and Ubi Avenues 1 and 2.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM GOOGLE MAPS https://str.sg/JFN6 They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month...

(Photos: City of Weyburn for turf photo, @treavortuff for exterior photo) The City of Weyburn is on schedule and on budget with the construction of their recreation and culture centre, the Credit. . .

Poyner Spruill recently prevailed before the North Carolina Court of Appeals.  On December 31 st, 2020, in Wright Construction Services, Inc. v. Hard Art Studio, PLLC,[1] the court reversed the Wake County Superior Court and ruled that architects and engineers may not defend themselves from tort liability on the basis of a contractor’s failure to obtain licensure prior to entering into a construction contract. Factual and Procedural Background: The core issue in the case turned on the gener...

Lehigh Acres Fire District officially breaks ground for Station 106 By MELISSA BILL - | Jan 22, 2021 Lieutenant Jeromy Vandermuelen, Firefighter Nicholas Classetti, Commissioner Melissa Barry, Engineer Kevin Martin, Commissioner Robert Bennett, Chief Robert DiLallo, Commissioner Lucia Sherman, Captain Anthony Rocco, Deputy Chief Rodolfo Naranjo, Division Chief Oreste Borrego, Lieutenant James Edinger, Assistant Chief Ken Bennett. PHOTO PROVIDED The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District...

  SASKATOON -- After the initial discovery of a strange silver monolith in the Utah desert ignited international speculation, similar objects started popping up around the world. The trend touched down in Saskatoon earlier this week in front of the citys Motel 6 location on Marquis Drive, with a silver monolith appearing late Monday night. The objects call to mind the extraterrestrial monoliths depicted in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey and their origins are often hazed in mystery. Howeve...

Sarah Townsend John Hartnett, operations director at Eric Wright Construction, has been promoted to managing director, and will take the reins from John Wilson, who retires at Christmas after 24 years in the firm. Hartnett has worked at contractor Eric Wright for more than five years, working his way up the ranks from project manager, to operations manager then operations director from 2018. He was previously a senior construction manager at Lend Lease and before that worked for BAM Construct ...