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Ordnance search set in NLR’s Burns Park
posted: 06/20/2013 4:47 a.m. Discuss
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be overseeing a search in North Little Rock’s Burns Park starting today for any buried ordnance from when the land was owned by the military, city parks officials said Wednesday.
CATA approves new director’s contract
posted: 06/19/2013 4:44 a.m. Discuss
Central Arkansas Transit Authority’s board of directors ratified a contract Tuesday for Jarod Varner to become executive director for the public agency beginning July 15.
Recycling talks get Maumelle panel nod
posted: 06/19/2013 4:43 a.m. Discuss
Maumelle will begin negotiations to have single-stream recycling services with Waste Management of Arkansas that is expected to cost residents $3.07 per month, the Maumelle City Council said Monday night.
Emancipation celebrated in LR
posted: 06/17/2013 4:07 a.m. Discuss
A national conference commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation will run Wednesday through Saturday in Little Rock and focus on the efforts of slaves who sought to gain their freedom during the Civil War and Arkansas’ role in their plight.
OUR TOWN: North Little Rock notebook
posted: 06/16/2013 4:01 a.m. Discuss
Community center a place to cool off A heat-relief center will be available during the rest of the summer to offer residents a cool place to escape potentially deadly temperatures, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department announced.
Adapt or lose out, network chief says
posted: 06/13/2013 5 a.m. Discuss
Cities must be able to adapt or be left behind in this fast-changing world, the head of a national “innovation network” told more than 300 governmental, civic and business leaders Wednesday at the Argenta Downtown Council’s annual luncheon in North Little Rock.
NLR OKs $488,000 pledge
posted: 06/11/2013 3:46 a.m. Discuss
North Little Rock aldermen on Monday affirmed Mayor Joe Smith’s pledge of $488,601 to help Central Arkansas Transit Authority apply for a $10 million federal grant that would let the transit agency convert buses to compressed natural gas.
Maumelle to blaze new trail along boulevard for cyclists’ safety
posted: 06/10/2013 4:28 a.m. Comments 3
Bicyclists who ride in traffic on four-lane, divided Maumelle Boulevard have a name for an almost-blind sloping curve near where Riverland Drive meets the highway, Maumelle Mayor Mike Watson said.
OUR TOWN: North Little Rock notebook
posted: 06/09/2013 3:25 a.m. Discuss
Church to dedicate flagpole to veteran Levy Baptist Church in North Little Rock will dedicate the installation of an 80-foot-high flagpole with a ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday in observance of Flag Day.
Campaign on Park Hill alcohol vote commences
posted: 06/05/2013 2:44 a.m. Comments 3
Terry Hartwick began visiting businesses along North Little Rock’s John F. Kennedy Boulevard on Tuesday, leaving behind petitions for customers to sign to put a liquor-by-the-drink issue on a special-election ballot.
