| Historic Project Reveals Changes in Area
WASHINGTON -- Recently unearthed historic photos are telling the story of how our roads and intersections have changed over the years. A new District Department of Transportation history project is preserving old photos, plans, and other documents that tell the story of how the Nation's Capital has evolved into the city it is today. Little has changed in the past 49 years at the intersection of 9th Street and Florida Avenue in Northwest. Standing at the corner of 9th Street and Florida Avenue, DDOT Director Emeka Moneme compares a picture taken in 1958 to what the intersection looks like now. The police call box - while inoperable - is still in the same spot, as are the brick buildings that stand on both sides of 9th Street. Technology has replaced the old fashioned street lights with glass street signs at the top.
Our Kids News & Events
In response to the most common chronic childhood disease in our country being tooth decay, the member dentists of the Monterey Bay Dental Society have designated February as "Give Kids A Smile" month. Dental care will be available at no cost to children in need. .
Life's journey turns to Africa
COLONIE -- Alvin Gamble's mother wouldn't let her young son hang out with Lorenzo Hodges, whose nickname was Willie and whose reputation was as a troublemaker. Back when they were kids, the two lived three blocks from each other in the Cook's Park neighborhood and attended the same schools but were not really close. .
Car woes prove it is "a small world after all"
It's out there, creeping in the middle of the night, looking for the defenseless. Overpowering fear from this causes people all over Vermillion to shoot up from their bed in a panic, worrying about what's to come. Just when you think you're safe, you're not. What is this hideous, mysterious creature out on the loose?
Drum roll, please.
The tow truck.
Let me tell you a tale about this ill-mannered beast.
One fine Friday morning, my friend and I were sitting around the living room talking about her previous night of bad decisions.
After proclaiming that she hated her life and adding that she had walked home in a random pair of shoes she found in the house she passed out at, I told her we should lift her spirits and go to Subway to "eat fresh."
No, my friends, this is not a cheap plug for a sandwich company.
Seniors shop for comfort in new homes
State's retirement market huge, says housing expert
By LEE ANN O'NEAL
Staff Writer
When 91-year-old Ernest Backus moved to Tennessee from Ohio in 1994, he sought a home tailor-made for an older resident. His two-bedroom condo in the southeast Nashville community of Lenox Village has wide door frames to accommodate wheelchairs, electric outlets placed higher on walls, for people with back problems, and a one-floor design. .
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