Brantford Expositor - Canada
In later life, he worked as a street sweeper and garbage collector in Buffalo, NY, and Toronto. Olympic highlight: Controversy and disappointment marred the ...
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Warsop street cleaner hailed a hero
Mansfield Chad - Mansfield,England,UK
"I'm not a super hero, just a road sweeper who takes pride in keeping Warsop clean for the residents who have made me very welcome over the last four years. ...
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Berlusconi makes a clean sweep in Naples 08/08 08:12 CET
euronews - Lyon,France
"The streets shoud be an extension of your house," he told the watching throng before grabbing a street sweeper's wheelie bin. Waste disposal has long been ...
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Normalcy slow to return in Gearhart
The Daily Astorian - Astoria,OR,USA
Late Tuesday and early Wednesday, crews worked to clean the glass off the street on north Marion with Gearhart bringing in Seaside's street sweeper to ...
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We need our streets clean now
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
When is the last time you sawa street sweeper on the roads of Hattiesburg? Not only do the roads in Hattiesburg look bad from all the trash and debris, ...
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Cleanup committee butting in to help smokers put 'em out
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Meanwhile, the committee, which was organized when the street-sweeper bit the dust in 2006, is continuing its Sunday afternoon cleanup campaign on Merchant ...
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Legal barriers
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
In Israel, he worked as street cleaner. Revital Zana's father also worked as a street cleaner. Unlike Aliyo's father, he does not know how to read and write ...
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Tbilisi government marks Street Cleaners' Day, gives benefits to ...
Messenger.ge - Tbilisi,Georgia
The minimum monthly salary for a street cleaner is GEL 250 but pay scales are dependent on the district and the type of work. Garbage truck drivers can make ...
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Getting to grips with gullies
Morpeth Herald - Morpeth,England,UK
"We have realised this is a problem and we have invested in an extra street sweeper this year so we now have extra capacity. "Our policy is to sweep every ...
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City Council Chairman is stepping down
WREC - Memphis,TN,USA
... tried - but failed - to censure then council members Rickey Peete and Edmund Ford, Senior after the two were charged in Operation Main Street Sweeper. ...
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Street-sweepers Catch Illegally Parked Cars
WJLA - Washington,DC,USA
Street sweeper cameras were snapping away Monday sending warning tickets to vehicle owners who were parked illegally. In the next 45 days, the real tickets ...
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Allentown prepares for Main Street
South Pittsburgh Reporter - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Another was to use Main Street money to pay for the regular services of a street sweeper. Inspectors should make sure that businesses that should be using ...
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Board Alters Night Parking in Borough Also Discusses New ...
istockAnalyst.com - Salem,OR,USA
Parking on Main Street will be prohibited only from 2 am to 6 am on Mondays and Fridays, which will allow the borough's street sweeper to clean the street, ...
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Rubbish timing on the streets of Msida
Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta
A word of praise and encouragement goes to the street cleaner who does the sweeping in the area. He does a meticulous job. Since he is a foreigner himself, ...
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UNHCR helping refugees avoid statelessness in Montenegro
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Adnan's father struggles to support his nine children on the 200 euros ($311 US) he earns every month as a street cleaner.. "In addition to extreme poverty ...
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Clampdown in China Muslim region after 16 police killed
AsiaOne - Singapore
A Uighur street cleaner who sweeps sidewalks in the area where the attack took place refused to talk about what he saw. 'It's in the reports, ...
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Residents in a sticky situation thanks to cul-de-sac roadworks
Southern Daily Echo - Southampton,England,UK
"I have telephoned the council so many times, but all they have done is sent around a road-sweeper. I won't let my children go out there and play any more ...
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SOMALIA: BOMB BLAST IN CAPITAL KILLS 20, HALF OF THEM WOMEN ...
SomaliNet - USA
... passers-by shrieking for help and children screaming for their mothers after a street sweeper accidentally tripped a large roadside bomb. ...
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On the Job: One man knows, sees all in downtown Auburn
Opelika Auburn News - Opelika,AL,USA
Willis picks up trash and rides the miniature blue street sweeper before dawn every day of the week. On weekdays, he'll pick up two 60-gallon bags of trash. ...
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Householders' horror as sewage pours into street
Whitby Today - Whitby,England,UK
Scarborough Council sent out a street cleaner to clean up the waste on Friday. The full article contains 475 words and appears in Whitby Gazette Tuesday ...
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Council to vote on overnight parking
Towanda Daily Review - Towanda,PA,USA
Parking on Main Street would be prohibited only from 2 am to 6 am on Mondays and Fridays, which would allow the borough's street sweeper to clean the street ...
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FHP: Passenger left scene of Buharp crash
The Northwest Florida Daily News - Fort Walton Beach,FL,USA
"The way I keep describing it, it's like a big street sweeper. Right when my husband saw it, he said, 'Oh my God.' Shannon, who suffered a broken ankle in ...
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Bomb hidden in trash pile kills 20 Somalis
The Associated Press -
... said the device was hidden near an Ethiopian base on a main road often used by officials and may have detonated after a street cleaner attempted to ...
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Bring out the best China
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
A startled young Chinese woman is shooed aside as a wiry street-cleaner manoeuvres into an ATM booth to get at some litter in the corner. ...
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The MAG: If only adults had day camp - Humour column by Heather McCabe
Sudbury Star - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
Haven't you ever wanted to have a go driving that little street cleaner thingy or the motorized sidewalk snow blower? And how many people out there want to ...
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