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VALHALLA - An annual $650,000 payment to the Valhalla schools for enrichment programs brings cutting-edge technology to classrooms, sends students to the Grand Canyon, buys discount orchestra seats at the Metropolitan Opera and provides a principal $50,000 a year to manage it all. The money comes from the WestHELP homeless shelter, which gives the town of Greenburgh $1.2 million a year. The town keeps $450,000, gives $100,000 to the Fairview Fire District and the rest goes to Valhalla to mollify opposition to the WestHELP homeless shelter in the Mayfair-Knollwood neighborhood. The deal has fueled praise and criticism. Valhalla parents such as Lori Adelsberg adore the partnership, which is used for enrichment and cultural activities for students and residents of the district.
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Police cordoned off a home Friday a few blocks from where a missing University of Vermont student was last seen a week ago, and a backhoe was brought into the yard, where there had been recent construction work. Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a 21-year-old senior from Arlington, Va., disappeared in the area while walking from downtown toward the university early Oct. 7 after a night out drinking with friends. A man police have described as a focus of the investigation was recorded on a jewelry store surveillance camera with her at about 2:30 a.m. .
(ARA) - With the home improvement season upon us, there is no better time than now to review your homeowners insurance to make sure you have the coverage you need. While Americans spent more than $198 billion in 2004 for home improvements and repairs, only 31 percent said they changed their homeowners coverage to reflect the increased value, according to a recent, national survey of 1,000 people by Farmers Insurance Group.Not reporting major home improvements - such as updating a kitchen or bathroom, enclosing a porch, or making an addition - to your insurance company puts you at risk of being underinsured. "Many homeowners are not adequately adjusting their policy to cover the new value of their home," says Jeff Beyer, senior vice-president & chief communications officer for Farmers Insurance Group.
Andersons (ANDE) and Marathon Oil (MRO) said they have agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture to construct one or more ethanol plants. Andersons will provide day-to-day management. Chrysler (DCX) is encountering resistance from big dealers to its efforts to shrink its inventory of unsold vehicles. The development may make it harder for the auto maker to bounce back from an expected loss in the third quarter. Teamster representatives said the union has reached a tentative agreement with Delta Air Lines (DALRQ) Comair Airlines. By Nov. 14, about 1,000 flight attendants will vote on the agreement, which strengthens job security and caps health insurance payments, according to the union. Enzo Biochem (ENZ) said the fourth-quarter net loss widened, as revenue fell, to $4.51 million, or 14 cents a share, from a net loss of $1.47 million, or 6 cents a share, during the same period in the prior year.
Parish President Kevin Davis is sending out a call for St. Tammany residents to join together during three upcoming weekends to help install and landscape an amazing new playground. This finest, state-of-the-art children's playground in South Louisiana is about to be under construction in the middle of St. Tammany Parish at the St. Tammany Trailhead, on Koop Drive in Mandeville. The fenced-in, acre facility will be a model of safety, accessibility, fun and learning for
children as well as adults.
The Tammany Trace Foundation's Kid's Konnection Committee is planning three gala community playground building weekends on October 19, 20, and 21; October 26, 27, and 28; and November 2, 3, and 4. Weekend volunteers are asked to come by and work as long as they can between 7:00 a.m.
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