Two Priests in a dirty war
National Catholic Reporter - Kansas City,Missouri,USA
On Oct. 8, the city of Buenos Aires paid homage to Fr. Mauricio Silva, a member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel, who had been a street cleaner for the ...
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Extra staff to help clean up Rochdale
Rochdale Online - Rochdale,England,UK
As well as the extra enforcement officers, proposals are currently being looked at for each ward in the borough to have their own dedicated street cleaner. ...
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News Briefs;
The Kingston Whig-Standard - Kingston,Ontario,Canada
A City of Kingston employee driving a street cleaner on Ontario Street had his vehicle struck on the driver's side by a white van at about 2:15 am yesterday ...
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Operation Street Sweeper X Underway in Southwest Virginia
Bristol Herald Courier - Bristol,TN,USA
By Rebecca Berry Operation Street Sweeper X is underway in Southwest Virginia today. Law enforcement officers are looking for 63 people indicted on drug ...
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Street Sweeper Hits Pedestrian
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
Emergency crews responded to an accident involving a street sweeper and a pedestrian Monday night. A Tucson Fire spokesperson says it happened on Congress ...
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Wise County's tenth 'Street Sweeper' drug roundup underway; 63 ...
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA
WISE -- Law enforcement agencies launched the tenth 'Street Sweeper' series Thursday targeting the illicit drug trade in Wise County. ...
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Cameras To Be Mounted On Street Sweepers
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
Currently, police or Revenue Department employees traveling separately from the street sweeper write parking tickets for those who violate the ban.
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Charges against Fraser detailed at court hearing
Union Democrat - Sonora,CA,USA
McKernon said they were asked to use a county street cleaner in Columbia State Park around his stagecoach business. "They were ordered to clean up dirt and ...
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Crash injures three people
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA
The Belgium Cold Springs fire chief said the driver of the car attempted to pass a road sweeper and crashed head-on into the oncoming SUV. ...
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Tram horse 'nappies' are now 'animal waste receptacles'
Isle of Man Today - Isle of Man,UK
Mr Christian said the matter should be resolved as quickly as possible as the road sweeper was flicking the manure into the gutter and causing weeds to grow ...
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Barrier work to prevent M62 disaster
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
A road sweeper works that stretch of Saddleworth Road continually while the quarries are operational, but the stones litter the pavement on the bridge. ...
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Car blocking a street sweeper? Cameras may nail you for $50
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com Motorists who block Chicago street sweepers could get nailed by surveillance cameras that trigger ...
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Garbage truck leaks oily liquid on city streets
Orillia Packet & Times - Orillia,Ontario,Canada
After Maeers reported the spill, the city's pollution control and public works personnel responded with absorbent cloths, sanders and a street sweeper. ...
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Citizen urges city to apply
Kalona News - Kalona,IA,USA
Monday night, council members expressed surprise (but did eventually approve) payment of $70458 to Elliott equipment Co. for a used street sweeper. ...
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Cost of council tax 50 years ago
Driffield Today - Driffield,England,UK
Villages employed their own road sweeper complete with broom and barrow and there wasn't the filth laid around in the streets such as Market Place, ...
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Janesville man sues city after sweeper hits garage
Chicago Tribune - United States
A Janesville man is suing the city after a street sweeper crashed into his garage. An accident report says the sweeper's driver put it in park while he ...
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Bottle Tossing Causes Injury
Hartford Courant - United States
sBroken glass littered "a city block" and police requested a city street sweeper to clear the debris. Anthony Ryan, 23, of 324 South Main St., Chase Lamont, ...
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'State workers need P3,000 pay hike to survive'
ABS CBN News - Philippines
by ANGELO GUTIERREZ A lowly-paid government employee, such as a street sweeper, will not be able to cope with soaring oil and food prices with the measly 10 ...
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SOUND OFF: Published July 8, 2008
Tonawanda News - North Tonawanda,NY,USA
How many times does the street cleaner go down Ransom Street, every night? I don't think so. Instead of complaining talk to your neighbors and ask them, ...
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The one-month countdown begins
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
A female street cleaner in her 40s on her morning shift to clean a street outside the Chaoyang Park in eastern Beijing, where Olympic beach volleyball ...
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