Bad Plumbing
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 (10:33 a.m.) Three of 19 Sun City MacDonald Ranch and Anthem homeowners share their concerns after opting out of a class-action suit against Kitec plumbing manufacturer IPEX and numerous plumbers and builders.

Mind Your Own Gay Business
Bars, clubs, saunas, restaurants, salons, bookshops, boutiques, counsellors, accountants, plumbers! From rent to roofing: the list is endless, the choice yours.

City planning shift to third-party inspectors
The elimination of Lancaster City's plumbing, electrical and commercial building inspectors sounds like a good idea, acknowledges city plumber Robert Moser."It all looks good on paper," Moser admits, yet, he believes the cost-cutting move will lead to shoddy work being done by unlicensed plumbers th...

Plumbers Union Pressured To Raise Rates
A local union meets while speculation swirls that their national organization could end up costing Volkswagen millions of dollars and send them looking out...

Jamie McCourt should be thanked for raising some valid questions
She didn't handle it the smoothest way possible, but her wondering if athletes should get so much money is a good start to a difficult discussion. If stirring the pot was what she was after, Jamie McCourt put in quite a performance as she spoke in a stream-of-consciousness way about the balance between her team's player payroll and the money it doles to the community for charity.

Ray MacNab served on Blue Ash Council
Ray MacNab served on Blue Ash City Council for 32 years.

Students to rally against MSU project labor agreement
EAST LANSING - A group of Michigan State University students is organizing a 3 p.m. "Rally for Responsible Spending" today outside the university's Hannah Administration Building.

Leader demands legislation for true economic recovery
As the Government prepares to reveal its legislative framework for the coming year in the Queen's speech, the Green Party has urged ministers to adopt its Green New Deal for real economic and social change.

London midday: Rate cut beneficiaries lift Footsie
LONDON (SHARECAST) - London?s leading shares have had an up and down morning, waiting for the Bank of England to make its interest rate announcement.

Building Blocks for Bronx? resurgence
Home to a development deluge and prepped for more, the Bronx is booming.

Men on a mission
The Columbia City United Methodist Church is offering free labor to get those minor household repair projects done for families in need.

News and views on Linux on the desktop ...
Fedora 9 valued at $10.8B ? Oct. 22, 2008 ? Have you got some loose change in your pocket, and dreams of building a better operating system?

Couple hopes company will make things right with faulty pipes
Retirement was supposed to be a worry-free time for Sun City Anthem residents Richard and Deanna Garcia.

Committee announces Festival of Trees winners in Danville
DANVILLE ? The Provena United Samaritans Medical Center Foundation and the 2008 Festival of Trees committee recently announced this year's winning entries. Winners are listed by their theme, designer and sponsor:

Jamie McCourt should be thanked for raising some valid questions
She didn't handle it the smoothest way possible, but her wondering if athletes should get so much money is a good start to a difficult discussion.

BUILDING BLOCKS FOR BRONX' RESURGENCE
Home to a development deluge and prepped for more, the Bronx is booming. Ongoing: a spate of affordable housing projects, Yankee Stadium, the Croton Water Filtration Plant, The BankNote complex and a borough-wide parks overhaul. On the way...

Long-time Blue Ash councilman dies
Ray MacNab served on Blue Ash City Council for 32 years. Mr. MacNab died Oct. 25 of a heart attack at Bethesda North Hospital. He was 82.

Coyotes' future is in Phoenix, Gretzky says
While Wayne Gretzky worries about the future of hockey in the NHL's sunny southern outposts ? and believes another franchise for Toronto is a good idea ? he's fairly confident that the future of his Coyotes is in Phoenix.

Fulton: Work on 8 new libraries will be done simultaneously
The Fulton County library building program stands to pump $275 million into a local economy sorely in need. But the timeline laid out by library leaders Wednesday showed it may be a while before local residents will be cashing in on the spending voters approved last month. Library officials plan to build eight new libraries and expand two others as their first priority. They hope to get all 10 ...

Briefly in Tompkins
As part of The Ithaca Journal's coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration as president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009, we would like to involve area residents in our news coverage before and after the event.