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Activists protest rezoning Borden Dairy site near 183 and Colorado River

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Activists gathered in east Austin Wednesday to demand more studies be done before Austin City Council allows a local real estate company to transform the current home of the Borden Dairy Plant near U.S. Highway 183 and the Colorado River. According to our partners at the Austin Business Journal, Endeavor Real Estate Group, known for The Domain and Saltillo, wants permission rezone the 21-acre site off Levander Loop in order to construct 1,400 residential units, more than 400,000 square feet of offices, more than 100,000 square feet of retail space and a 220-room hotel.ABJ reported Endeavor wants to change the property's zoning from industrial to mixed-use with a height limit of 120 feet, which would allow buildings of 10 stories or more. The Austin Planning Commission voted March 28 in favor of the change. Council will consider that change Thursday. The activists, including the social justice group PODER and Colorado River Conservancy, said Wednesday they are not aga...

Troy community preserving gravestones at Old Mount Ida Cemetery

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Led by two Troy residents, preservation efforts are underway to repair the gravestones and monuments at Old Mount Ida Cemetery. With help from Grave Stone Matters, the community is showing their support in more ways than one.Led by Alysia Hamilton and Cameron Smith, two Troy residents who live near the New Mount Ida Cemetery, the group would perform some clean up on their own but wanted to do more. They teamed up with the Sons of Union Veterans to get a grant to commission Joe Ferrannini from Grave Stone Matters to help repair and preserve the Old and New Mount Ida Cemetery. Capital Region cemetery literally cemented in New York history For the last 15 years, Ferrannini has been working with towns, historical societies, and cemetery associations to conserve their historic gravestones and monuments. He describes his job as "my dream hobby that turned into a career."Ferrannini will spend 15 days repairing a portion of the gravestones at Old Mount Ida Cemetery a...

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: Should People Sing Along At a Musical Play?

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma is about how to behave in the audience at a musical. Here's the email:Hi Jaime, last week I went to Proctors to see "Ain't Too Proud", a show about the Temptations, with my sister. Behind us were two couples. They talked fairly often during the show, and one of the ladies sang many of the Temptations' tunes fairly loudly. We found this rather distracting and wanted to hear the performers on stage, not her. After this went on for a while, we shushed her. This made her mad, I guess, because she then said, much louder than a whisper, "Did they just shush me?!?" I nodded that yes, we had, but didn't say anything to avoid adding to the noise.  During the intermission, I tried to reason with the woman about her singing. I told her that I understood that she was there to have fun, as we all were, and asked if she could just sing more quietly so that we would not have trouble hearing the performers on stage. She referred to the show a...

CDTA hosting job fair in Albany

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is hosting a job fair on Thursday from noon to 6 p.m. at 110 Watervliet Avenue in Albany. Candidates can explore current open positions with more information online. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Those attending will get to test drive a 40-foot bus, tour the maintenance garage, and see the facility's state-of-the-art training equipment to prepare technicians. The CDTA is looking to hire open positions for bus operators and maintenance positions. Attendees will also learn about weekly attendance bonuses, benefits, and more.

Ask Amy: A woman is torn between heart, head, and horse

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

Dear Amy: In college in Montana, I majored in equine studies. After trying for four years, I finally got into an extremely competitive internship working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky. I started right after graduation.During my junior year I met my boyfriend, “Alex.” We have now been together for over three years. I can’t imagine my life without him.Alex started law school when I started the internship. I absolutely loved the internship, even though I was working 12-hour days. But I still cried most days and held onto one of his sweatshirts every night.When the internship ended, I got a job with a poultry company back in Montana. A year and a half later, I have not stopped talking about or thinking about Kentucky.My boyfriend is from Indiana and wants to return to his hometown after graduation, where he will have a client base and connections.Kentucky is completely out of the picture for him, but I would love to go back. Neither one of us wants to deliver an ultimatum, but he said ...

WHO records over 1,000 attacks on Ukraine healthcare during war

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday (30 May) it had recorded 1,004 attacks on healthcare in Ukraine during the Russian invasion, the highest number recorded by the organisation in any conflict."The 1,004 WHO-verified attacks over the past 15 months of full-scale war have claimed at least 101 lives, including both health workers and patients, and injured many more," it said in an emailed statement.Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine over 15 months ago, starting the largest war in Europe since World War Two. Hostilities have killed thousands of civilians and displaced millions, according to UN figures.The WHO said it recorded 896 attacks on health facilities, 121 on transport, 72 on personnel and 17 on warehouses in Ukraine during the war.

Russia official says Ukraine shelling of border town injures four

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

Ukrainian forces shelled a Russian town close to the border for the third time in a week, injuring four people, damaging buildings and setting vehicles on fire, the governor of the region said on Wednesday (31 May).Two people were hospitalized as a result of the artillery strike on Shebekino, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app.The shelling smashed windows and damaged roofs of an eight-storey apartment building, four homes and a school, among others, he said.Gladkov said on Monday that two industrial facilities in the town had been hit. On Saturday, he said he had come under artillery fire when trying to enter the town, which is only about 7 km (4.5 miles) north of the border with Ukraine.Belgorod, which borders Ukraine's Kharkiv region, has increasingly come under attack from Ukrainian forces in recent months.There was no immediate response from Ukraine to the latest shelling but it almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks in Russi...

Detached house sells in Palo Alto for $4.7 million

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

195 North California Avenue – Google Street ViewA house located in the 100 block of North California Avenue in Palo Alto has a new owner. The 1,930-square-foot property, built in 1930, was sold on May 2, 2023, for $4,700,000, or $2,435 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, four bathrooms, and a garage, as well as a pool in the backyard and one parking space. The unit sits on a 5,658-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:A 1,400-square-foot home on the 2100 block of Emerson Street in Palo Alto sold in November 2022, for $3,300,000, a price per square foot of $2,357. The home has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms.On South Court, Palo Alto, in November 2022, a 2,016-square-foot home was sold for $3,750,000, a price per square foot of $1,860. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In December 2022, a 1,131-square-foot home on Alma Street in Palo Alto sold for $1,460,000, a price per square foot of $1,291. The home has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms.Relat...

Word Game: June 1, 2023

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — HEARING (HEARING: HEER-ing: The sense by which sound is perceived.)Average mark 22 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 29 or more words in HEARING? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — STEAMED same sate seam seat sedate seed seem stead steam steed stem tame team tease teed teem ease east edema made mast mate mead meat meet mesa meta mete dame date deem deetTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Bridge: June 1, 2023

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:26:49 GMT

“My results playing with Joe are improving,” Ed, the club expert, told me.“He’s ceased his mad pursuit of overtricks?”“He’s as bad as ever,” Ed sighed, “but lately when he loses a cold game, we haven’t been vulnerable.”Joe Overberry thinks it’s nobler to go down trying for overtricks than to make his bid. He was declarer at today’s 3NT, and West led the queen of spades.“Joe won with the ace,” Ed said, “and took his ace and queen of clubs. West followed with the eight and ten, dummy with the deuce and three.”50 POINTS“Joe then led a spade to dummy’s king and tried the king of clubs, but when West threw a diamond, Joe took only eight tricks. He said that if clubs had split 3-3, he would have made an overtrick. At least we lost only 50 points.”Joe should have been plus 400. When West’s 10-8 of clubs appear, Joe can overtake his queen with dummy’s king, the...