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WEIRTON Another step has been taken in establishing a new business development along the Three Springs Drive area of the city.
During the Dec. 14 regular meeting, City Council voted unanimously on a resolution to accept the deed with the Business Development Corp. of the Northern Panhandle for land as part of the Park Drive Development Project.
The proposed development would include both retail and residential opportunities, and has been in the works with cooperation from the BDC, Park Drive Development LLC and the city.
Later in the meeting, Jessica Gumm, the city’s planning and development director, explained the city had to hold the deed for any property it is set to maintain in the development, such as the streets, parking lots and sidewalks, as part of the conditions for federal funding used in the project.
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As head of Barnstable High School s new $1.2 million Environmental Science and Technology Lab, Michael Smith cannot wait to get to work.
Now entering his 18th year of teaching at BHS, Smith teaching environmental science and biology in the school s student-driven Environmental Science and Technology Pathway.
He also is collaborating with some of the region s most accomplished scientists – among them, Laurel Schaider of The Silent Spring Institute; Amy Costa of the Center for Coastal Studies; and Zenas Crocker, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition – to start a high school intership program.
The new lab opened to BHS students Oct. 26. A partnership between Town Manager Mark Ells, a water engineer who worked with Brian Howe, professor of marine science and technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Supt. Meg Mayo-Brown, the lab will help grow partnerships and collaborations with people who actually work in the industry on the C
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A regional plan to reduce carbon pollution from vehicles is off to an inauspicious start with only a trio of states and the District of Columbia agreeing this week to take part while eight states, including New Jersey, are holding off on joining the collaboration.
The Transportation & Climate Initiative would establish a cap on greenhouse emissions from cars, trucks and buses and require fuel distributors to pay for the right to bring gasoline into the region, a step likely to increase pump prices by at least 5 cents a gallon. The money raised would fund cleaner transportation alternatives, such as public transit and transition to zero-emission vehicles in participating states.
TRENTON â An urgent Trenton Water Works infrastructure project could be imperiled.
City Council rejected a proposed bond ordinance Tuesday night that would have authorized $15 million in bonds to finance Phase 3 of TWWâs lead service line replacement program.
The measure needed at least five âyesâ votes to pass, but only four of the council members supported the ordinance.
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At-large Councilman Santiago Rodriguez and West Ward Councilwoman Robin Vaughn did not vote on the bond package, and Council President Kathy McBride voted no, killing the ordinance proposal.
In public comments, West Ward resident Cherie Garrette said TWW is spending âtoo much moneyâ on outside contractors. âThis is a wholesale job,â she said, âbut you priced it at retail prices. Itâs just ridiculous.â