Chester County Says 'No' to Tigers
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 20--In front of a standing-room-only crowd Monday night, the Chester County Council voted to ban "exotic animals" in the county.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 6--DURHAM -- The county commissioners scrapped a plan Monday that would have re-designated 224 acres in eastern Durham for industrial use.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 25--Two proposals to build homes on less than a full acre on properties touching the county's urban development boundary were unanimously rejected by the Redland Community Council on Wednesday.
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Environmentalists are fighting a proposal to build another coal-fired power plant in the Four Corners area, saying the region cannot handle more pollution.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 19--A year ago, a handful of people turned out to protest a plan to pipe Catawba River water into Cabarrus County.
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By Kathryn Thier, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 21--Iredell County will take over erosion control permitting and enforcement from the state July 1.   Silted coves pose hazards to boaters and swimmers and can diminish property values.
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A Pennsylvania school district on  Wednesday rejected charges that plans to include references to  an alternative to Darwin's theory of evolution in high school  biology classes would be illegal.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 4--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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Major League Baseball on Wednesday rejected as &quot;wholly unacceptable&quot; a stadium financing plan approved the day before by the Washington City Council, throwing into grave
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr.; Journal Staff Writer  The state Department of Environmental Protection issued a "superseding order" that overrules the town Conservation Commission's rejection of a plan by Weaver's Cove.
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Montgomery County's elected officials retreated yesterday from a plan to temporarily freeze dozens of development projects, passing a weaker version that they said would still open the door to ensuring that roadways and schools in the state's largest jurisdiction keep pace with growth.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- Upper Catawba River basin leaders believe they got the state's attention with their vocal opposition to Concord's and Kannapolis' request to draw water from the Catawba River.
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By THOMAS RYLL, Columbian staff writer  With reluctance, and a certain amount of lamenting that there's no decent fancy restaurant in that corner of the county, commissioners on Tuesday extended for another  year a development ban in the Salmon Creek area.
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By MARK CZERWINSKI  Perhaps you saw the story in Wednesday's paper about the little boy in Middletown who was attacked by a coyote while playing outside a neighbor's house. It was random, non-provoked, and, quite frankly, frightening.
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KENNETT TOWNSHIP, Pa., Sept. 20  /PRNewswire/ -- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Michael DiBerardinis is challenging Chester County's 16 urban centers to launch a new phase of TreeVitalize, Governor Edward G.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 17--An environmental group is asking a court to throw out a state decision that aided Newport News' plans to develop a $235 million reservoir in King William County.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 8--A small subdivision in Carmel Valley, rejected by a Monterey County advisory panel, will be appealed to the county Board of Supervisors.