Thursday, September 2, 2010
Thursday Morning Coffee - 421 project starts next month, Wilkes considers longer school day and ASU has a new windmill
by BooneWeb Blogger
(posted: 6/25/09)
Glancing at some Thursday morning headlines as it's just that easy . Work set to start on stretch of U.S. 421 . 'Blythe Development Co. of Charlotte was awarded the $15.2 million contract to widen the road from two lanes to four in Boone between Hardin Street and Jefferson Road.' Search for body is called off . 'Sheriff James Williams of Ashe County said they stopped the search under Smithey Road for Jimmy Blevins about 4 p.m. and have no plans to resume.' Wilkes County extended school days . 'By lengthening the days by 45-minutes they could shorten the school year by 18 days. This would provide for longer holidays, too, such as a week for Thanksgiving and a 4-day Memorial Day weekend.' Fannie, Freddie asked to relax condo loan rules: report . 'In a letter to the CEO's of both companies, Representatives Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Anthony Weiner warned that a 70 percent sales threshold "may be too onerous" and could lead condo buyers to shun new developments, according to the paper.' John Kerry on Sanford: Too bad Palin didn’t go missing too . '“Too bad,’’ Kerry said, “if a governor had to go missing it couldn’t have been the governor of Alaska. You know, Sarah Palin.’’' The mystery of just how much the Big Growth now costs . 'Are we now looking at a $68 million athletics expansion?' App State foes soon to be tilting at windmills . 'Well, at least one. Say hello to the new face on campus!' Peppers ends stalemate, signs franchise tender . 'Peppers signed his one-year, $16.7 million tender with the Panthers on Wednesday, five months after the four-time Pro Bowl selection first announced he wanted to play elsewhere next season.'
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