J. Michael Brennan, a partner in the Towson office of Miles and Stockbridge, has been elected chair of the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake.
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Malvern, PA December 28, 2011. New findings from an Insurance Research Council study of auto injury claim trends indicate that insurance claim costs countrywide have recently increased, reversing previous trends of declining or relatively stable costs.
Dec. 27– KENTWOOD, Mich.– A $1.65 million lawsuit has been awarded to the estate of Susanna Wells, 87, of Grand Rapids, after the courts decided Wells death back in 2008, was due to being left behind on Hearthstone Assisted Living Facility’s bus that she rode on with other residents to a local Meijer store.
Dec. 27– While some communities oppose the presence of day laborers, complaining that the mostly immigrant men clog sidewalks and harass pedestrians, North Fair Oaks decided to help and embrace them instead.
A week after asking Shawnee County Commissioners to increase the salaries of county employees, Sheriff Richard Barta is leading by example. Barta is asking the commissioners to approve a $3,400 pay raise for Phil Higdon, a captain with 25 years of experience.
WEST SALEM– What started out as a purchase for a 4- H project turned into a successful dairy farm for nearly 75 years. Kristin Taylor, whose family operates the farm, said it’s rewarding for her family to help Wayne County rank No. 1 in the state for both the number of dairy cows and also the most milk produced.
Practically every day this year brought some alarming news about America’s failing healthcare system, whether it’s the hundreds of millions of dollars thieves are stealing from Medicare or losses pouring from the Jackson Health System…
Dec. 27– The Hi Miler roller coaster, from which a Houston man fell to his death at this year’s rodeo, will not return in 2012..
Dec. 28– BLOOMINGTON– Caribel Washington, leader of the fight to desegregate Twin City eateries, the first Bloomington resident to receive the Studs Terkel Humanities Award, and the first president of the Black History Project, died Monday just a month short of her 98th birthday.
Dec. 27– ODESSA, Texas– Ector County Commissioners voted unanimously to amend the local disaster declaration and allow the sale of fireworks for New Year’s celebrations in a decision greeted by applause from the audience during a commissioners meeting Tuesday.
SJW Corp. today announced that SJWTX, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SJW Corp., acquired four Bexar Metropolitan Water District water systems and related assets in Comal County and the City of Bulverde. SJW Corp. is the parent company of San Jose Water Company, SJWTX, Inc., Texas Water Alliance Limited, and SJW Land Company.
Dec. 24– FORT MILL– You wouldn’t know it to look at her, but in her heyday, former Fort Mill and Pfeiffer University athletic standout Candace Phifer Hatley was a take-no-prisoners competitor. But that was just one of the two sports she participated in at Pfeiffer.
Interim Topeka city manager Dan Stanley says he was impressed by all six firms that recently sought to become the city’s lobbyist at the Kansas Legislature. Bill Graves’ Secretary of Administration from 1996 to 2001, chose Wichita- based Schneider Public Strategies LLC to be Topeka’s lobbyist next year at a cost of $32,000.
Although it’ s just a few blocks from raucous Times Square, the Manhattan branch office of HighTower, on the 12 th floor of a Fifth Avenue skyscraper, are silent as a corporate library.
Hardy would move down to the Big Apple, but continue serving his clients up in Buffalo, doing his best to build relationships in his new home base.
Pursuant to a letter agreement regarding the terms of Mr. Smith’s transition and separation, dated as of December 27, 2011, Mr. Smith will provide transition services to the Company as a consultant until January 4, 2012.
Nearly two months after firing the general contractor for the bus station expansion/parking garage project, Red Rose Transit Authority officials have moved to bring back idled workers to complete the $18.5 million project.
The Agreement, which is effective January 1, 2012, replaces the employment agreement entered into with Mr. Rigby in 2008.
On October 14, 2011, TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. filed a Current Report on Form 8- K reporting the Company’s acquisition of a fee simple interest in a multi-tenant necessity retail center located in Kissimmee, Florida commonly known as Osceola Village through TNP SRT Osceola Village, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP, the Company’s operating partnership.
