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County getting $35,000 for ‘traffic gardens’ to teach kids about road safety
Arlington County is receiving $35,000 of assistance to design more “traffic gardens” to help kids learn about traffic safety. Earlier this week, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) awarded $250,000 of consulting services to five D.C.-area projects with the intention of improving “safety on the region’s roadways, especially for its underserved communities.” One of those is a joint project from Arlington County and Prince George’s County to build traffic gardens at schools. “Traffic gardens are miniature transportation networks with familiar roadway elements, in which children can walk, bike, and scoot to learn the rules of the road and
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Bedford County man acquitted of home improvement fraud | News, Sports, Jobs
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Tips and tricks for holiday decorating, entertaining from Lancaster County experts | Home & Garden
As temperatures turn colder, it’s beginning to look a lot like company is coming, and your home just isn’t ready for holiday entertaining. Don’t panic, local interior designers and online experts say. Upgrade your decorating skills and parties by following a few simple tips. Spread out “Use all of your space,” advises Anita Yoder, who owns Heritage Design in New Holland. Don’t have a dining table that seats 16? No problem. First, move any floating furniture as close to the wall or windows as possible in the living room or family room. “Create stations,” she advises. For instance, put appetizers
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Dozens of Loudoun County students stage walkout over sexual assault by boy in girls’ bathroom
Students in Loudoun County, Virginia, staged a walkout in protest of recent sexual assault cases at the public school system and to show solidarity with victims of such abuses. “Students who choose to participate will not be penalized for their participation; however, we do ask that students who participate do so peacefully, without signage, and in accordance with the Students Rights and Responsibilities we all reviewed and signed at the beginning of the year,” said Michelle Luttrell, the principal at Loudoun County High School, according to WUSA. Students at Stone Bridge, Broad Run, Riverside and other schools said they
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Home improvement, pool construction boom sweeps Galveston County | Special Sections
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Sells Marin County Mansion for $5.9M
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has sold his Marin County home in the enclave of Kentfield, CA, for $5,895,000. The politician and his wife, the actor and filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom, placed the remodeled midcentury modern mansion on the market after Newsom took office. His family has since moved to the Sacramento area. The couple initially listed the high-end home for $6 million in January 2019, and quickly dropped the price to $5.7 million in March 2019. It eventually slid off the market without a buyer. But in late May of this year, an off-market deal was struck—at close
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Napa County hotels see economic recovery, but workers still needed | Local News
The River Terrace Inn was able to hire some friends and family members of existing staffers to work as housekeepers, said the GM. “We’re able to manage right now,” yet, “we could definitely use another four folks in our housekeeping department,” Farrow said. The Inn uses a hiring bonus as one incentive to draw in those workers, he explained. After 30, 60 and 90 days on the job, new hires receive $200 bonus payments. “We also increased our wages for and housekeepers and cooks,” said Farrow. Housekeepers can now earn from $16 to $18 per hour, and kitchen workers earn
