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Edit Norwalk Reflector 13 Mar 2018
The top stories in the Norwalk Reflector on this date in 1894.. Two New York railroad men come to Norwalk,. look the city over, but say nothing. There is evidently something brewing in railroad circles that will be of great interest to this section and it is strongly surmised that the Wheeling & Lake Erie will take an important part in the transaction ... private car No. 7 ... Ogden, a prominent railroad magnate of New York City ... Mr ... ....

Dump truck overturns onto train tracks in Woodstock

Edit Lewiston Sun Journal 13 Mar 2018
Advertisement. Robidoux was wearing a seat belt and was able to get out of the cab, Daley said ... About 35 gallons of diesel fuel spilled, he said ... when the accident occurred ... Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad tracks, which were inspected by railroad personnel before train service resumed, the deputy said ... ....

Council approves Elm St. underpass April start date

Edit Lima Ohio 13 Mar 2018
Construction will last from April 2018 until October 2019 ... The remaining $300,000 will be covered by private donations, G&W Railroad and the City of Lima. Eagle Bridge Company of Sidney was approved as the lowest bidder. Council also approved a contract with DLZ as the engineering firm in charge of inspection, materials testing, coordination with railroad and utility companies and payment applications ... District Judge Dan Polster ... ....

Va. man gets 20 years in 2015 choking death

Edit Herald Mail 13 Mar 2018
MARTINSBURG, W.Va ... "For some reason, you will be getting out of jail," she said. Defense attorney Paul G ... near his home in the 600 block of West Martin Street near the Winchester and Western Railroad tracks, police have said ... In a controlled telephone conversation with another man that was monitored by police, Cummings said that he and Young were walking along the railroad tracks when they got into a fight, court records said ... ....

Main Street railroad crossing closing for maintenance work

Edit The Hawk Eye 13 Mar 2018
Burlington Northern Santa Fe will be doing maintenance work on its railroad's Main Street crossing this week, blocking traffic.The crossing will be closed starting 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to Burlington Public Works Director Nick MacGregor. Work is expected to continue as late as 5 p.m ... ....

Lorain Council, residents hash out 20 years of problems with Kings Woods

Edit The Morning Journal 13 Mar 2018
The forested land known as Kings Woods has grown problems along with trees in recent decades, said Lorain residents who live nearby. But Lorain city leaders say regulations have changed and there is a plan in place to improve at least 43.85 acres in the area north of the railroad tracks to West 12th Street and from Arianna Avenue east to Ashland Avenue ... ....

Pallet Wine hopes to turn unused lot into food court

Edit Mail Tribune 13 Mar 2018
... Medford by turning it into a food and wine center.Donovan is awaiting a decision by Medford officials on her request for an unused portion of land between Pallet Wine on Fir Street, near Fourth Street, and the railroad tracks.According to documents filed with the city, Donovan plans to create a food-truck court adjacent to Pallet, [] .......

Capitol Tracker: McGuire proposal would kill North Coast Railroad Authority

Edit Times Standard 13 Mar 2018
The North Coast Railroad Authority could meet its demise in a draft of legislation being proposed by state Sen. Mike McGuire. "It's still very early in the legislative process," McGuire said in a statement sent to the Times-Standard ... ....

Helena man accused of throwing hammer through victim's bedroom window

Edit Independent Record 13 Mar 2018
February mugshots. Last month's local felony arrestsFind more regional crime stories ... He was located on the railroad tracks and attempted to flee the scene, falling down multiple times on the ice before he was arrested, according to court documents ... ....

Letter: Ranching didn’t invent open space

Edit Post Independent 13 Mar 2018
It may work for industry advertising during the Bronco game but has a poor track record behind it ... Blessing the beast and the creator for the honor. The only reason ranching exists, here, where it is difficult to sustain, needing vast spaces that infringe on the viability of other species, is that the railroad needed industry to make its track through the hinterland viable, via creating some form of commodity to return to the east ... ....

US Northeast Braces for Third Powerful Storm in Two Weeks

Edit Voa News 13 Mar 2018
The third nor’easter to hit parts of the U.S. northeast in two weeks was expected to start late on Monday and Amtrak said it would suspend service on Tuesday between Boston and New York, as the storm could bring high winds, a foot or more of snow and power outages ... “It’ll hit New England the hardest.” The railroad said the service suspension would last until at least 11 a.m ... The storm was expected to continue into Tuesday....

'Seeds of Change' — Kingsport Ballet to restage centennial production

Edit Kingsport Times-News 13 Mar 2018
Seeds of Change’ — Kingsport Ballet to restage centennial production. Contributed • Today at 10.00 PM ... Reid Employee Center. “Seeds of Change” is made up of contemporary choreography exploring themes relevant to 1917, the year of Kingsport’s founding ... In Kingsport specifically, this is seen with the arrival of the railroad, the growth of business and industry, and the migration to the city from farmland ... .......

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Edit The Montanian 13 Mar 2018
March 7. 1774 – The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce. 1799 – In Palestine, Napoleon captured Jaffa and his men massacred more than 2,000 Albanian prisoners. 1848 – In Hawaii, the Great Mahele was signed. 1849 – The Austrian Reichstag was dissolved. 1850 – U.S ... Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone. 1900 ... The first all-electric dining car was placed in service on the Illinois Central Railroad ... U.S....
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