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Nom de err: Jim Thorpe official flubs park name at meeting
Of The Morning CallIt was a slip-up that smacked the town's father in the face. Nearly two months after Carbon County commissioners honored coal pioneer Josiah White by renaming Jim Thorpe's downtown park after him, a motion on the commissioners' agenda Thursday referred...Tags: Asa Packer, Transportation, Lehigh University, Jim Thorpe
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Parades, holiday fun for all fill the weekend
Eustis Main Street will present its second annual Christmas on the Water from 6 to 10 p.m. today in downtown Eustis and Ferran Park. This parade of lighted boats on Lake Eustis will start at 7 p.m. This month's street festival will feature music by...Tags: Toy Industry, Leesburg, Diseases, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Festive Event
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Track repair deal ends Amtrak's opposition to CN purchase of EJ & E
Associated Press Amtrak has dropped its opposition to the hotly debated sale of a suburban Chicago railway line after reaching an agreement with Canadian National Railway on track maintenance, officials said Wednesday. CN wants to buy the Elgin,...Tags: Joliet, Transportation, St. Charles
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DOT Seeking Input On Slow-Moving Busway
The Hartford CourantConceived nearly a decade ago to reduce traffic on I-84, the proposed New Britain-to-Hartford busway remains on the drawing board. The project's price tag, about $335 million a few years ago, has ballooned to $570 million; the completion date, originally...Tags: New Britain, Transportation, Waterbury, Newington, West Hartford
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Holiday Happenings - December 4, 2008
This is a list of ongoing events. Holiday Gallery & Sale: Textiles, pottery. woodwork and jewelry, sculptures and more. Through Dec. 30. Baum School of Art, 510 Linden St., Allentown. 610-433-0032. http://www.baumschool.org . ''A Christmas Carol'':...Tags: Liberty Bell, Asa Packer, Butztown, Topton, Engineering
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Lucky U bikers to fight cancer
Sentinel Staff WriterLucky U Cycles will have a Christmas party from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at its Sorrento store, 24329 State Road 46. The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life poker run will depart at 10:15 a.m. from Lucky U's Wildwood store, 9807 N. U.S. Highway...Tags: Toy Industry, General Motors Corp., Diseases, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Festive Event
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Amtrak drops opposition to EJ&E sale
Associated Press WriterAmtrak has dropped its opposition to the hotly debated sale of a suburban Chicago railway line even as a dispute emerges over a track through Illinois' capital, where another company also hopes to improve the flow of its freight-train traffic. Amtrak...Tags: Joliet, Transportation, Mark Davis, Union Pacific Corporation, St. Charles
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Island Park homes evacuated after gas leak
john.valenti@newsday.comA gas leak Monday morning caused the evacuation of homes in Island Park and temporarily suspended service on the Long Island Rail Road Long Beach branch, officials said. Nassau police and fire officials said a construction crew ruptured a gas line near...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Disasters, Fires, Transportation, Island Park
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ILLINOIS STYLE: Store's antique payment system
The (Freeport) Journal-StandardDetermining who's the most smitten with a unique antique device that's up-and-running at LeBaron & Miller Interiors would be difficult. Is it the owner or the customers? Eric Miller, owner of the business, has either restored or reinvented a...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Transportation, Metal and Mineral, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Dining and Drinking
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Amtrak names new CEO
Amtrak tapped the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to lead the national passenger railroad for a year. Joseph Boardman replaces Chief Executive Alex Kummant, who resigned Nov. 14 after two years marked by significant growth in...Tags: Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Transportation, Management Change, Alaska Air Group Incorporated, Delta Air Lines
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MTA launches text alert system
R U ready 4 this? New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is launching a new text messaging and e-mail alert program Tuesday to keep riders informed about service changes. The push for the program was heightened by an August 2007 storm. It shut...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Transportation
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Rell Orders Increased Patrols On Trains
The Associated PressGov. M. Jodi Rell is ordering more patrols on Connecticut's rail lines following the warning of a possible terror attack on New York City's mass transit system. Rell says she has been monitoring the situation with state federal officials. The stepped-up...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Transportation, Guerrilla Activity, Terrorism, Jodi Rell
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