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Mailbag: Losing Chief Small is bad for H.B.
Our wonderful Chief of Police Ken Small has announced his retirement ("Police chief to retire, May 16"). It is a sad day for Huntington, as Ken truly cared about the safety of our residents and would often go beyond the call of duty, always answering...Tags: Global Warming, Conservation, Global Change, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues
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Fight is on to stave off invasive weed
There's an invasion happening along Pacific Coast Highway between Brookhurst and Magnolia streets. They've come by the hundreds and more are on their way, slowly consuming Brookhurst Marsh and threatening the areas around it. It's the Sahara mustard, an...
Tags: Mustard, Wetlands, Invasive Species, North Africa
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Cost of state beach parking increases
For some, living near the beach in Orange County is a priceless luxury. But actually going to the beach — by car, anyway — is about to get a little pricier. The California Dept. of Parks and Recreation announced this month that annual...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Travel, Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Tourism and Leisure
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Natural Perspectives: Priority should be preventing extinction
An article in Physorg.com this week reported that a team of scientists from Japan and Russia believe that they may be able to produce a living woolly mammoth within the next five years by a cloning process. Key to their research will be finding an...Tags: Ecosystems, Gardens and Parks, Travel, Animals, Science
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Somerset County Where to Go for June 20
Berlin Block Party Berlin Block Party at the block party lot, corner of Vine and North streets, 5 to 11 p.m. July 9-12 and 3 to 10 p.m. July 13. Carnival rides, firemens parade, jazz band, chicken barbecue and fresh baked pies by the ladies auxiliary....Tags: Palace Theater, Entertainment Events, Travel, Lifestyle and Leisure, Science
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Official: Dangerous weed not found in our area for 3 to 4 years
A dangerous plant that has the potential to cause blindness has not been found in Indiana in 3 to 4 years. That is according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Other media organizations have reported the plant was found in two local...
Tags: Energy Resources, Parsnips, Potatoes, Natural Resource Industry
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Somerset man remembers serving in the CCC
Daily American Staff WriterJohn Livengood of Somerset enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1940 when he was 18. "I couldn't find a nickel to get an ice cream cone," the 92-year-old Livengood said. "I never went to the movies — it cost 15 cents." It was...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gardens and Parks, Travel, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Tourism and Leisure
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Officials: Unknown substance closed southern Lake Michigan beaches
PORTER, Ind. (AP) — The Coast Guard says it can't find any sign of shiny metallic flakes in Lake Michigan that led to beach closures. Coast Guard Seaman James Connor says a helicopter brought in from Traverse City, Mich., to look for the substance...
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New species of assassin bug found sniping in cave
Cool things are found in caves: stalagmites, Christian Bale, Goonies and now a new species of assassin bug that snipes spiders, according to a new study. The labyrinth bug, named for its cave habitat (and not the David Bowie movie), was formally...
Tags: University of Arizona, Caves and Caverns, Landforms
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State beaches to increase parking on Fourth
Visitors to Huntington State Beach, Bolsa Chica State Beach and Crystal Cove State Park will pay as much as $5 more to park on the Fourth of July, following a recommendation by the California Coastal Commission. These locations will charge beachgoers...Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Labor Day, Tourism and Leisure, Holidays
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Petoskey council, public safety staff talk fire prevention
PETOSKEY -- Petoskey Department of Public Safety staff outlined a soon-to-launch fire prevention initiative for city council members Monday, and also noted some potential benefits of another safety-related policy that the city could consider in the...
Tags: Government, Safety of Citizens, Explosions, Politics, Business
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Celebrate the trail
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has made a welcome announcement that it will invest $2 million to improve the connection between the Great Allegheny Passage and Point State Park in Pittsburgh. The connector trail will bring the...Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), Trips and Vacations, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland)
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