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Crews Repair Fourth Sewer Line Break in Fort Lauderdale Neighborhood – NBC 6 South Florida
Repairs are complete in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood after four sewer line breaks have plagued the area over the last month. In a press release, Fort Lauderdale officials say the 16-inch line in the Victoria Park neighborhood has been repaired and is functioning properly. The sewer line broke Friday morning. Residents are still being advised …
Latest Sewer Main Break Turns Broward Neighborhood Into ‘War Zone’ – NBC 6 South Florida
A Fort Lauderdale neighborhood has been plagued with a toxic and smelly odor for almost two weeks due to three back-to-back sewer main breaks. Sewage flowed for nine days in the Rio Vista neighborhood during the first break earlier this month. Two days after a repair, the 54-inch pipe ruptured in another spot a block …
Water Main Break Floods NE DC Home – NBC4 Washington
Water flooded the basement of at least one Northeast D.C. home overnight Wednesday after a water main burst open on South Dakota Avenue. Homeowner Etienne Vainquer and his nephew awoke to the sound of water. UPDATE: at least one NE DC homeowner has flooded basement due to water main break on South Dakota Ave. @dcwater …
Live: France strike set to paralyze country as protesters take to streets
The last time France reached for a universal pension system, Jacques Chirac was President, Alain Juppe was his prime minister and, like today, a wave of freezing cold weather had descended on the country. After 2 million people took to the streets and nearly three weeks of near total paralysis, the pension reform was dropped. It hadn’t been attempted since. Until …
Water Main Break Floods Streets, Homes In Mission Hills – CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A water main break is adding a flood of water to an already wet Wednesday morning in Mission Hills. A 72-inch pipe burst at about 3:30 a.m. on Woodman Avenue, between Devonshire and Van Nuys Boulevard. Rain was already falling on Mission Hills, and water main break turned Woodman Avenue into …
Smart road technology could be coming to Lenexa
LENEXA, Kan. — Kansas City, Missouri-based Integrated Roadways said it wants to bring smart technology to some roadways in Lenexa. The “smart pavement” infrastructure would include sensors and networking in each slab of the roadway, collecting data in real time. The company told the Lenexa City Council last week that it estimates an $8.5 million …
Hundreds shot and beaten as Chile takes to the streets | World news
“The soldier was about 40m away. He looked at me and fired,” said Christopher Madrid, pointing to the patch above his right eye. “I swung away and the bullet grazed [my forehead] and came out, left a scar of four or five centimetres.” Madrid, a 25-year-old student, was shot last Monday by Chilean army troops …
Open Streets OKC event engages city’s Hispanic community, promotes healthy living
“They have put actual money into their commitments to us,” Kratochwill said. “They have gone on foot to the neighborhoods and stores and community organizations to meet with people, talk to them, hang posters, give messages in person. … They say, ‘We are here, this is important, how can we help?’ I am proud and …
Foss: Health ambassadors hit the streets
Bus stops. Parks. Libraries. The county jail. Barbershops. These are some of the places the City Mission of Schenectady’s health ambassadors go when they’re looking for people who might need to see a doctor. “I try to remember where I used to be, when I was trying to figure out food and clothing and shelter,” …
Streets, houses go dark as PG&E starts outages in East Bay, South Bay, Santa Cruz County
The lights have started to go out across the Bay Area around 11 PM Wednesday night. PG&E said that the outages could take until midnight to be completed. LIGHTS ARE OUT in Lafayette! We were pulling out of the parking lot, when Whole Foods went dark. @PGE4Me says power shutoffs in the East Bay will …
