Author: Procurement-Newz
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County, local officials set sights on blight in Greensburg, Latrobe and Monessen
[ad_1] Of the more than 15,000 properties across Greensburg, Latrobe and Monessen, 516 — nearly 3.5% — are blighted, an inventory conducted by county officials found. The data is the result of a partnership between each city and Westmoreland County to provide a detailed look at individual properties within each planning jurisdiction. “It is an…
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A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break
[ad_1] The 34-year-old library teacher at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, does everything she can to prove it, and her recent fundraiser, which collected $106,000 to feed her students in need, is her most recent gesture of love. Winter break can mean weeks of food insecurity for children and their families, Durham Public…
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Despite holiday supply chain issues, local store owner happy to have shoppers back
BATON ROUGE – Oh Baby! on Jefferson Highway has been busy this holiday season, a far cry from this time last year. “Shopping has been really much much better than it was last year so we’re real excited about that,” owner Mary Lou said. However, getting to this point was nearly impossible. “It was really,…