Mooresville School Board to review textbooksMartinsville Reporter-Times - The Mooresville School Board is scheduled to consider textbook adoption at its 6:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting. The meeting will be preceded by a 6:30 p.m. executive session. Also on the Tuesday agenda are curriculum standards for reading, revisions to its
The true fight for freedomSalt Lake Tribune - Prior to the American victory at Trenton during the American Revolution, a battle that was the first turning point in the War for Independence, George Washington had his troops listen to a message written by Thomas Paine. "These are the times that
State budget surplus healthy, but some money already spoken forGrandForksHerald.com - BISMARCK, N.D. - Rising Medicaid bills, a pay boost for government workers and Gov. John Hoeven's promised increase in aid to local schools are already expected to take a healthy chunk of the state's budget surplus, officials say. "There are a number
On Native GroundAmerican Reporter - Dummerston, Vt. DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- My grandfather, Johann Holhut, arrived at Ellis Island on June 15, 1923. A 25-year-old World War I veteran, he left his home in Roth, Germany, to find a better life in a little farming town in western Massachusetts
Malaysia Offers Collaborative Opportunities to U.S. Biotech CompaniesGenetic Engineering News - CHICAGO , April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (Biotech Corp.) is attending the 2006 Biotech Industry Organization annual conference in Chicago to secure collaborative opportunities with key U.S. biotechnology companies
Culvert collapses 4 feet from home in WaterlooWatertown Daily Times - WATERLOO - A portion of a 200-foot box culvert collapsed on private property along Leshinger Street Monday night, April 3, or early Tuesday morning. The gaping hole, located about 50 feet from the street, was just 3 to 4 feet from a home. The issue
Raleigh Children's Museums Talk Possible MergerWRAL - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two children's museums in downtown Raleigh are talking about merging. Playspace , a museum that offers interactive play for babies to children age 7, is packed with no room to grow, its director says. Exploris , a museum that works
Lowell Catholic duo earn BU grantsLowell Sun - LOWELL -- Two Lowell Catholic High School seniors have been awarded four-year, full-tuition scholarships to Boston University as part of the University's Humberto Cardinal Medeiros Scholarship Program. Kim-Loan Nguyen and Trang Vu, both of Lowell
Schell-Vista fire department receives $300,000 in grantsSonoma Index Tribune - The Schell-Vista Fire Protection District used $300,000 in grant money to stock up on new equipment. The district was able to purchase a new air trailer thanks to a $28,000 grant from the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and a $211,000 grant from the
Drug task force gets break Tri-City Herald - The Tri-Cities Metro Drug Task Force can operate through June 2007 because the state has replaced some of the federal money cut in recent years. The multi-agency unit, which goes after mid- to high-level drug dealers and traffickers in Benton and