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District issues no comment on acquitted teacher's status
An administrator with the Anaheim Union High School District has declined comment on the future status of Christopher John Ontiveros, an Oxford Academy teacher who was acquitted two days earlier of sexual acts with a female student. "The district...Tags: Career and Workplace
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Community Commentary: Obama's jobs bill deserves a layoff
This is in response to the distortions about President Obama's jobs bill as portrayed in the Independent's Mailbag from a couple in Sunset Beach ("Obama's jobs bill needs support," Oct. 20). I'm sure the couple had good intentions, but they need to do...Tags: Elections, Unemployment, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Council extends police contract
Despite pleas from Huntington Beach Councilman Don Hansen to turn down an offer from the police union to extend its contract with some employee concessions, the City Council approved it Monday. "I think it's a shortsighted and misguided decision, and I...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Elections, Health, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Small business owner wants better policies
The Boy Scouts teach many things: community service, integrity and responsibility.
As a former Eagle Scout and current scout leader for his two sons, Erik Peterson said it also instilled in him a sense of responsibility to improve his community....Tags: Local Elections, Elections, Wages and Pensions, Economy, Business and Finance, Small Businesses
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Candidate: I am the insider
John Von Holle wants to make one thing clear: If he's elected to the Huntington Beach City Council, he won't be a stranger at City Hall.
In fact, he won't be a stranger at city halls, period.
The 18-year resident grew up amid politics in Cheviot, Ohio,...Tags: Local Elections, Elections, Civil and Public Service, Ohio, Central Park
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Delgleize leads in campaign funds
Barbara Delgleize runs a real estate business with the slogan, "Barbara Sells the Beach." Judging from finance statements, her candidacy is opening a few wallets, too. The planning commissioner led all City Council candidates with $19,299 in funds...Tags: Regional Authority, Local Elections, Ocean View, Elections, Small Businesses
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153rd Pennsylvania Infantry: 'Valor and vindictiveness' on second day at Gettysburg
The 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry suffered severely on the first day of fighting at Gettysburg, and unable to withstand a withering Confederate attack on a knoll just north of the town, the men from Northampton County retreated to the southeast, where...
Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Human Interest, Career and Workplace
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Park Ridge labor contract in dispute
A month after Park Ridge aldermen reaffirmed a new contract with an employees' union, members are claiming its provisions are not being adhered to by the city. Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers said paychecks were hit with...Tags: Labor Disputes, Employees, Health Insurance Cost, Wage Contract Issues, Career and Workplace
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Fast-food workers echo 'Occupy' spirit
Labor unions have been knocked back, knocked down and knocked out for so long that a new generation of organizers is beginning to try something new. Instead of unionizing and then protesting, they're protesting first. That may sound a little...Tags: Barack Obama, McDonald's, Elections, State of the Union Address, Occupy Wall Street
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City council approves 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment for nonunion workers
holly.shok@herald-mail.comAfter several years of frozen wages, 135 full-time, nonunion city employees will receive a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment in the upcoming fiscal year thanks to a 3-1 vote Tuesday night by the Hagerstown City Council. The total cost of the COLA will...Tags: Public Employees, Elections, Government Aid, Economy, Business and Finance, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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153rd Pennsylvania Infantry: 'Brave Beaver' falls at Gettysburg
The men of the 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry marched through the town of Gettysburg around noon on July 1, 1863, to the music of military bands and the cheers of the townspeople. They headed north to the Alms House, a small stone building less than a mile...
Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Career and Workplace, Entertainment
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153rd Pennsylvania Infantry arrives at Gettysburg, 'enthusiasm of the men increasing'
The men of the 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry fought against veteran Rebel troops who outnumbered them at Chancellorsville in May 1863, and, like many others, the regiment from Northampton County broke in face of the Confederate attack. The regiment was...
Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Northampton County (Virginia), Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Career and Workplace
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