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...Menino: The long-time mayor of Boston, seeking to be elected to an unprecedented fifth term next Tuesday, is under fire from his opponent for a “culture of corruption” in City Hall...
...Wooden boards have been placed across the doors and windows of vacant buildings to keep out intruders. On street posts and buildings across the city, there are signs saying, "THIS BUILDING IS BEING WATCHED," above a sketch of a set of human eyes. "Obviously, I'm nervous," Detroit's mayor, Dave Bing, said in an interview earlier this week, when asked about the possibility that homes here may become targets for arsonists as Halloween approached. "But we need to be observant, and I think our community has gotten engaged...
...Hong Kong is not the first city to have green ships. Captain Cook Cruises in Sydney's harbor has been running a hybrid Solar Sailor ship since 2000. In Berlin, the mayor christened a solar ferry in July, and Shanghai will have its own Solar Sailor ferry by the start of the 2010 World Expo. Founded in 1999, the company's innovative designs won the Australian Design Award of the Year, and Solar Sailor became the first Australian company recognized by the prestigious Tech Museum Awards. The inspiration for the solar sails, says Robert Dane, CEO of Solar Sailor...
Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons prefaced Canada’s talk by presenting him with a signed proclamation from the Cambridge City Council in recognition of his work, and called the Harlem Children’s Zone “an incredible representation of what can be done when you put all your energy into doing what it takes to educate children...
...flushed from their lairs by storm waters is obviously still alarming. "We told our children not to go in the water and we check them every day for cuts," said Nerio Taculod, a 45 year-old father of five and a member of the security detail of Pasig's mayor. "The people here now know about leptospirosis, but many have no money to buy protective clothing like rubber boots, but we're taking no chances...