Archive for 2009

Galveston seeks grants to buy damaged homes
Houston Chronicle, United States
By HARVEY RICE HOUSTON CHRONICLE GALVESTON Galveston County and the city of Galveston are asking for more than $120 million in federal grants to buy as bountiful as 800 homes damaged by Hurricane Ike to take them out of harm's way, one of the largest such …  Read more...

A local contractor, WHM Plumbing & Heating, sued the town for only paying $60131 of a $94450 contract, …
5 NY family members charged with child neglect WCAX
Brookhaven cracks down on eyesore in Mastic Newsday
Cops: Kids living in 'deplorable' state, kin arrested Newsday
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Brookhaven officials: Mastic Beach pool a 'money pit'
Newsday, NY
The latest set of cost overruns stems from a change order the town approved for plumbing work performed in 2007, Supervisor Mark Lesko said.  Read more...