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County questions PETA’s seriousness | By John Fryar © 2010 Longmont Times-Call

County questions PETA’s seriousness | By John Fryar © 2010 Longmont Times-Call
BOULDER – Boulder County’s transportation chief is skeptical about an animal-rights group’s offer to help cover part of the multimillion-dollar cost of repaving the county’s unincorporated residential subdivision roads.

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Boulder County belittles PETA’s proposed advertising to pay for road work

Boulder County belittles PETA’s proposed advertising to pay for road work
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Boulder County officials are shrugging off a pitch by an animal rights group to pay for road work in exchange for advertising featuring the silhouette of a curvaceous woman encouraging people to become vegans.

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PETA pitches street ads to Boulder County

PETA pitches street ads to Boulder County
To People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — or PETA — Boulder County seemed like the perfect place for its pavement advertisements: The county, known for its healthy and animal-loving populace, needs money to repair its roads.

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The Next Page: From the Allegheny County Jail writers’ workshop

The Next Page: From the Allegheny County Jail writers’ workshop
As described in today’s news story, writers from Chatham University’s Master of Fine Arts program have been holding creative writing seminars with inmates at the Allegheny County Jail. Here is a selection of work produced under incarceration.

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Gubernatorial candidate takes in Jackson County Fair

Gubernatorial candidate takes in Jackson County Fair
Gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett has stopped in Jackson County several times over the years, and he visited again with area residents at the Jackson County Fair last weekend.

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Mixed bag on SC County residents’ health

Mixed bag on SC County residents’ health
by Nick Veronin Santa Clara County residents are improving their health in some areas and losing ground in others. A recent report on public health in the county reveals that low-income and minority communities have higher instances of disease, and are more likely to engage in unhealthy behavior and have poor diets.

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Plans announced to consider bike lanes on Mercer County routes

Plans announced to consider bike lanes on Mercer County routes
Cyclists in Mercer County could get a bit more “shoulder room” under a proposal by Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes to explore the addition of bike lanes when major roadway improvements are made to county routes. Hughes plans to make Mercer County more bicycle-friendly. “In past generations,” Hughes said, “many county roads were built to be four-lane highways. Because traffic volumes …

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Mixed bag on county residents’ health

Mixed bag on county residents’ health
by Nick Veronin Santa Clara County residents are improving their health in some areas and losing ground in others. A recent report on public health in the county reveals that low-income and minority communities have higher instances of disease, and are more likely to engage in unhealthy behavior and have poor diets.

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Comal County Tacos serves homemade breakfast tacos

Comal County Tacos serves homemade breakfast tacos
The small orange building with bright yellow lettering on the side of Texas Hwy. 46 may look like a typical Taqueria, but don’t be fooled by its humble appearance.

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Shelley Owens: Daily Dose Café open for breakfast, lunch in Indian River County administration building

Shelley Owens: Daily Dose Café open for breakfast, lunch in Indian River County administration building
Daily Dose Cafe, an inexpensive breakfast and lunch spot, has opened in the new Indian River County administration building.

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