Newcastle welcomes new police officer
Edwards worked in the Cannon Beach Police Department in Oregon for almost four years, and then transferred to the King County Sheriff’s Office in July 2015. In Cannon Beach, she primarily worked patrol, but also had detective training. She handled a lot of community meetings and training. She also wrote grants that secured funding for […]
Saturday is 10th Annual Milwaukee ‘Shop with a Cop’ for Area Children
MILWAUKEE, WI — On Saturday, Dec. 3, 75 area kids will shop for holiday gifts with sheriff’s deputies and police. Correctional officers, civilian staff, Explorers and Police Aides are also volunteering for the event. Sheriff David Clarke first became aware of “Shop With a Cop” while visiting family in Green Bay when he saw the […]
Tom Wolf: We need to reform state government (column)
Infrastructure upgrade helps Texas city reach sustainability goals, cut expenses (with related video)
El Paso, Texas, has partnered with Johnson Controls and Acuity Brands Lighting to help support the citys sustainability goals and modernize the citys infrastructure. The citys General Services Department worked with Johnson Controls to comply with Texas Senate Bill 898, which mandates that public utilities reduce electric consumption 5 percent each year over the next […]
Audi to have vehicles talking to traffic lights in U.S. cities, with Metro Detroit in its sights
DETROIT – Audi of America is rolling out a new vehicle-to-infrastructure technology that will allow its cars to communicate with traffic light signals. The V2I technology, as its known, will allow the cars to receive real-time information from an advanced traffic management system that monitors traffic lights, the company said Monday. For example, a driver […]
Woburn continues to put the HEAT on drug addiction
We were [saying to] ourselves, lsquo;If we dont know whats going on, we have to find out whats going on, said Higgins. After investigating the issue, they found a lack of treatment beds. For females, only six beds existed statewide until 2008. They also discovered their was a lack of stabilization services for those who […]
County chooses local firm to plan Poor Farm renovations
Volvo Veteran-Led China Electric-Car Maker WM Raises $1 Billion
A former top executive behind China’s biggest acquisition of an overseas carmaker is setting out to make history twice, raising $1 billion in an initial fundraising round as the latest homegrown electric vehicle startup to challenge Tesla Motors Inc. Freeman Shen left Volvo Cars owner Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. in 2014 and last year […]
State senator taking flak for questioning Sound Transit 3 tax package
Washington State Senator Reuven Carlyle is known among Democratic circles, but he raised eyebrows when he questioned Sound Transit 3. Carlyle recently wrote on his blog: The idea from some social media comments that I’m “anti-transit” because I had the chutzpah to publicly ask serious financial questions about how we raise $54 billion is ridiculous. […]
Arlington hires engineers for Main Street project
By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER ARLINGTON — A Findlay firm this week was given the green light to begin preparing design plans for improving North Main Street through Arlington. Engineers with Blanchard Design Associates will be paid $11,000 to start initial plans for pavement improvements. The design work will be paid for with money the […]