Accessible Playground Still $150,000 Short
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By Amanda O'Toole, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 1--A red and yellow sign heralding a new playground stands at the northern entrance of Sedgwick County Park.
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By Brian Callaway, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 22--The legal battle over changes to open space protections that would have allowed a new YMCA to be built on preserved land in Richland Township may be drawing to a close.
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By Compiled by Peter Rice  PARK SHIFTS TO DRIVE   Passed: By a 7-2 vote, $4.8 million for construction and design of Metro Park, a 3.4 acre affair just north of Civic Plaza in Downtown.   Why it's important: To those in favor, this is about more than a park.
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) -- The value of the planned initial public offering by PortalPlayer Inc., which makes chips for the iPod music player, was raised to as much as $100 million Wednesday.
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By Amelia Nielson-Stowell Deseret Morning News  SANDY -- The legislative fast-tracking of the planned Real Salt Lake soccer stadium hit a speed bump Thursday night.
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By Dennis Yusko, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Dec. 14--HALFMOON -- A $1.68 million federal grant for Halfmoon and  Clifton Park will upgrade the Erie Canal towpath connecting the towns into a  pedestrian-bicycle path that residents of both communities can use.
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By LAUREN DONOVAN  By LAUREN DONOVAN  A revised and possibly improved plan to extend the popular Maah Daah Hey Trail in the Badlands is open for public comment before a final decision is made, possibly late this summer.
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By Karen Robinson, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Dec. 11--A critical issue in the East Aurora School District's $24 million capital project proposal is acquiring 5.2 acres of vacant land owned by Fisher-Price that the district insists it must have to expand Parkdale Elementary School.
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By Elizabeth Moore, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 14--Just when it seemed the Town of Riverhead was giving up on its plan for a regional playground on the former U.S.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 15--A legal dispute between Roseville and a nonprofit corporation that builds and provides housing for senior and disabled residents may be resolved soon.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 27--Thanks to Bob and Debbie Stuck, nearly 300 more acres in York County will remain undeveloped. We hope more land can be put aside through the incentive program used by the Stucks before it expires next year.
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The base fare for a subway ride, which rose last year from $1.50 to $2, was not changed.
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By JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer. a job that might last only a few months while the team is being sold. funding for a new ballpark.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 22--PASCAGOULA -- The Jackson County Planning Commission was unable to reach a decision Wednesday on whether to allow Kyle Mallette to expand a dirt pit near Ramsey Oaks subdivision on Jim Ramsey Road in Latimer.
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A playground is to be shipped from County Durham to Africa in a project to improve life in a cluster of villages.   Tree Appeal is a company based at High Etherley, near Bishop Auckland, which helps firms plant trees as part of their environmental policies.
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By Dusty Ricketts, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec. 11--NAVARRE BEACH -- A legal dispute over land and money continues to delay the start of construction on the largest development to come to this barrier island.
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Dec. 15--A $10 million, mile-long boardwalk will be a top budget priority for Myrtle Beach over the next few years as the city tries to find an icon to replace the Pavilion amusement park and keep the local economy afloat.