Sam'S Town 250 News

 
Train excursion to highlight woodlands, benefit MPDM
Central Michigan Life
Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum is offering a train excursion from 1 to 3 pm Saturday beginning at Mountain Town Station, 506 W. Broadway St. Train enthusiast Sam Staples is lending his train car to the cause for the day. “All of the proceeds will go ...


 
Andover voters to decide on silver dollars as pay alternative for town employees
Boston.com
“The town of Andover stands to save about $1 million if roughly 250 employees participate.'' In his petition, which received the minimum 10 signatures from registered voters to make it onto the Town Meeting warrant, Shapiro states that as of last month ...

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Apple to give employees $500 off Macs, $250 off iPads come June
The Verge
By Sam Sheffer on January 26, 2012 03:38 pm 0Comments Two days after Apple announced its biggest quarter ever, CEO Tim Cook held a town hall meeting to discuss the record-setting numbers and doled out a new employee benefit as well.

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New York Times
Theater Listings: Feb. 10 — 16
New York Times
(David Rooney) 'Blood Knot' (in previews; opens on Thursday) The South African playwright Athol Fugard, 79, is in town to direct this revival, in which Colman Domingo (“The Scottsboro Boys”) and Scott Shepherd (“Gatz” and “Vieux Carré”) play biracial ...

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Deadly Burns Lake tragedy leaves town picking up the pieces
Vancouver Sun
The mill is the lifeblood of Burns Lake, a small town in north-central BC, providing 250 jobs and supporting hundreds more jobs in logging, timber hauling, welding and other services. At 8:09 pm on January 20, this backbone of the community was dealt a ...

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Guest Commentary: Challenges lie ahead for municipal infrastructure
Denver Post
By Diana Allen and Sam Mamet You see it every day: Exposed rebar underneath a concrete bridge. Alligator cracking in the street ahead. The water or sewer line break underneath the road that is blocked forcing a detour on your drive home.

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Midland ready to expand, but what will come here?
My West Texas
Developers in town for a conference were taken on a bus tour around the city on Friday. Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:52 pm | Updated: 10:10 pm, Sat Jan 28, 2012. With an oil boom that creates increasingly expendable incomes in Midland, ...