Alternative Connections: Opatz wants city to forgo southeast side connection
Lawmaker says linking Michigan Avenue to U.S. Highway 10 would hurt neighborhoods By John Hoogesteger TIMES STAFF WRITER State Rep. Joe Opatz, DFL-St. Cloud, has asked St. Cloud City Council candidates to take a stand on the proposed connection between 10th Street/Michigan Avenue and U.S. Highway 10.Opatz, who has been a long-time opponent of the connection, sent letters this week to the Area Planning Organization and the council asking them to eliminate the project from their...
Alternative Connections: Rally to feature civil rights leader Kyles
Nashville's International Human Rights observance is among 100 events nationally. By BUSH BERNARD Staff Writer The Rev. Samuel Kyles, a Memphis civil rights leader, will be among the speakers at a rally in Nashville tomorrow to commemorate International Human Rights Day.The Nashville rally is one of more than 100 events planned nationally in conjunction with the AFL-CIO and civil rights and community organizations. It is designed to bring attention to...
Alternative Connections: The Northern Echo: Air services disrupted
British European has cancelled its scheduled services to Paris from Newcastle as a result of the 36-hour French air traffic dispute, which started last night at 6pm.Normal operations will resume tomorrow. British European's services to Brussels from Newcastle will operate as normal, and passengers flying to Brussels can take the high speed TGV for alternative connections to Paris.Passengers are advised to contact the airline's website at www.flybe.com or ring...
Alternative Connections: Visual Arts
`Windows' on family values
Is there life after family values? The sly and provocative exhibition "Fractured Mirrors, Broken Windows" at the Photographic Resource Center presents an eclectic sampling of photographic visions that begin where traditional notions of home and hearth leave off. From Kaucyila Brooke's "Madam and Eve" - a lesbian remake of the Garden of Eden story - to Yoshio Itagaki's post-nuclear images of Japan, the works on display seem...
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Goods moving on the Asia-US east coast routes have been offered alternative connections on Maersk Sealand's all-water service through the Panama Canal, or by transshipment through ports such as its hub at Algeciras in Spain. ...