Month: November 2023

Photo: bobvila.com Several times each year, many homeowners take on the arduous task of cleaning out their gutters to allow water to drain properly. Those who are unsteady on their feet, don’t like working at heights, or would otherwise prefer not to handle this task will sometimes pay a professional to clean out their gutters. …

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KINGSTON, N.Y. –  The first three affordable housing grants have been awarded to city projects, Mayor Steve Noble said Wednesday. The American Rescue Plan Act Affordable Housing Fund grants are designed to “incentivize” the creation of new affordable housing units, Noble’s office said in a statement. The first project, at 350 Broadway, received $225,000 for …

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The programs are first-come, first-served, so residents are encouraged to apply soon. O’FALLON, Mo. — Low- and middle-income homeowners in O’Fallon, Missouri, can get access to up to $20,000 in grants or no-interest loans to make home improvements. In a press release Wednesday, the city announced that funding was available for its O’Fallon’s Community Development …

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The first part of a long-awaited roof replacement on Cohoes City Hall is now complete. Inside City Hall Monday in a driving rain, New York State Assemblyman John McDonald, a former Cohoes mayor, said the repairs being reimbursed by $500,000 in State and Municipal Facilities Grants were long overdue. “Days like today were days I …

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ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her tin roof. With it went clothing, savings, furniture, photos and 33 years of the life Sandoval built piece-by-piece on the forgotten fringes of Acapulco, Mexico. Sandoval …

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About 10 years ago, a rotted branch fell onto Andrew Berry’s east Fort Worth home. The branch poked holes in his roof and made his kitchen unusable. Disabled and on a fixed income, he couldn’t get the damage repaired. Then, a neighbor referred Berry to Fort Worth’s priority repair program.  The city spent about $22,700 …

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Greenville, SC, United States, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gordian, the leading provider of unrivaled insights, robust technology and comprehensive expertise for all phases of the building lifecycle, has been awarded a broader public sector contract for facilities and construction services with Kinetic GPO, a trusted Canadian group purchasing organization. Gordian is awarded RFSO …

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“Take paint and gasoline and combine them and make it ten-fold,” said Ashaqali. FRISCO, Texas — Salma Ashaqali first started to notice something was wrong in early October when she picked up her son from middle school. What started as a complaint of a headache one day, turned into several consecutive days of complaints. “He’d …

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PITTSFIELD — This year has been terrible financially for regional theaters across the country, even worse than the pandemic year of 2020. “We have hit a perfect storm of bad circumstances that we’re all trying to survive,” said Nick Paleologos, the executive director of Berkshire Theatre Group. Nick Paleologos, executive director of Berkshire Theatre Group, said …

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Roof repair Applications are due by Thursday for Grassroots Community Development’s Roof Repair Program to help low-income city of Waco families. The organization has enough funding to repair about 22 roofs. Applications are available at GrassrootsWaco.org. Assessment of applications will continue through December. For more information, call Brian Shavers at 254-235-7358, ext. 210. Library book …

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