'The Learners' by Chip Kidd
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
There are PAPS! and PLUNKS! scattered throughout and more typefaces than in a street sweeper's pile of fliers on a Sunday morning. ...
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Juneau County emergency system down for 13 hours; Roof collapsed ...
Juneau County Star-Times - Mauston,WI,USA
The building was used to store a street sweeper, a sewer jetter, a lawn mower, a dump truck, a fire truck and Christmas decorations, Nelson said. ...
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City needs equipment urgently
Tower Timberjay News - Tower,MN,USA
General Foreman of Public Works Mike Popesh told the council that the city's current street sweeper is not operational. He added that the department needs ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Drug Arrests Under Way in Pound, Va.
TriCities.com - Johnson City,TN,USA
BY Kathy Still Operation Street Sweeper 8 is under way this morning and police officers are knocking on doors and scouring Pound for 32 people they say are ...
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Brighton & Hove Council fined after elderly woman struck by road ...
24dash - Hereford,UK
On March 15 2007, a 73-year-old woman was struck and injured by a reversing street sweeping vehicle in Preston Park, Brighton. She sustained serious crush ...
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Tributes to 'gentle Eddie'
Spenborough Guardian - Cleckheaton,England,UK
Road sweeper Edward Thorpe, 58, was found at his home in Howard Street, Batley Carr, having suffered head injuries. A 25-year-old man has been charged with ...
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Public Works Department Welcomes New Street Sweeper
Jakson Time - NJ,USA
When Mayor Mark Seda and the Town Council were notified of the need for a new street sweeper last year, the equipment was factored into the township budget. ...
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Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times ::
Beaver County Times - Beaver,PA,USA
By Larissa Theodore, Times Staff Ambridge finally has a new street sweeper. Well, it's not brand-new, but borough council did recently approve paying ...
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Death 'was only a matter of time'
Camden New Journal - London,UK
A road sweeper and one of our regulars saw it happen and helped with the body. We've seen so many accidents there it has been a matter of luck there hasn't ...
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Van Buren Mayor Hits Growth Theme
Fort Smith Times Record - Fort Smith,AR,USA
In October the city put a new street sweeper in service to clean streets, reduce debris entering the storm sewer system and improve the efficiency of the ...
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'GENTLE' EDDIE KILLED
Batley News - UK
Road sweeper Edward Thorpe, fondly known as Eddie, was found dead at his home in Howard Street in Batley Carr last Thursday morning. ...
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Is snow worth its salt?
Republican & Herald - Pottsville,PA,USA
"But the problem with sand is that it lies in the street and then you have to get the street sweeper out," Killian said. Killian said this year there has ...
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Yemen's Marginalized Class
New York Times - United States
"If any supervisor wants to dismiss them, they can do that," said Ali Abdullah Saeed Hawdal, who started working as a street sweeper in 1968. ...
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Despite caste-less society in Yemen, generations languish at ...
International Herald Tribune - France
"If any supervisor wants to dismiss them, they can do that," said Ali Abdullah Saeed Hawdal, who started working as a street sweeper in 1968. ...
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Olympians face tough opponent: pollution
Guardian Unlimited - UK
It doesn't matter if they have the strength to win," said Zhang, 39, who has worked as a street sweeper in Beijing for 23 years. ...
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Reforms could bridge gap to stronger Cuban peso
Guardian Unlimited - UK
It's humiliating," said Rosa Elena, a middle-aged street sweeper taking a break in Havana's colonial district. To make matters worse, goods sold in ...
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Drug sweep in Wise, Pound targets 32 suspects
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA
POUND — The latest 'Operation Street Sweeper' roundup of drug suspects in Wise County was launched Tuesday targeting 32 alleged offenders, primarily in ...
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Not yet for Walgreens permit
Marshfield Mariner - MA, USA
... there's any damage and controlling the dust from the project. Galvin added that the developers would have a street sweeper to handle dust on the property.
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West End residents voice concerns on several issues
Clanton Advertiser - Clanton,AL,USA
Zeigler asked the council if the city's street sweeper had discontinued operating. He asked if residents in the neighborhood needed to call and request the ...
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Stereotypes are dangerous to a community
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
My grandfather wasn't forced to be a street sweeper because of how someone perceived him; he chose to do what he could based on his own level of empowerment ...
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Art that's the sum of spare parts
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
His job as a street sweeper in Hemet gives him time in the afternoons to work on his art, but he also has family demands, such as taking his children to ...
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Official: Phoenix has the highest tax rate of all five county villages
Fulton Valley News (subscription) - NY, USA
"We are very proud of this grant and also our inter-municipal one with the town for nearly $150000 for a street sweeper," he added. ...
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Washington Sewer Sand
WTHI - Terre Haute,IN,USA
But when all of the ice has melted away a street sweeper will also have to run the same streets to clean it all up. "Now that we're using sand, ...
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