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Gothamist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Eight-year-old Alexander Toulouse was struck and killed by a mail truck Saturday afternoon in Downtown Brooklyn. Alexander, known as the "little professor," was biking near his Cobble Hill home with his father, Fordham University political science professor Christopher Toulouse, when a postal truck turning on Livingston Street and Boerum Place hit the boy without ever having seen him. A witness said...
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Roar Lions Roar (Free subscription) | yesterday
Marist linebacker Kurt Steubing had 12 tackles against Lafayette (CREDIT: Marist Athletics) Two different schools were faced with the exact same weather last night in the New York City area and they both responded differently. Fordham decided to postpone its season opener in The Bronx and will play the University of Rhode Island at noon Sunday instead. But the brave souls at Marist went ahead with...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
In an effort to drive both taxpayer groups and paranoid Libertarians nuts at the same time, the Essex police are using a $1,750-an-hour helicopter equipped with some fairly high-tech gear to trap speeders in key areas. The helicopter uses plate recognition software that can recognize a plate and locate the address from up to 700 feet away, and then use the "Skyshout" PA system to scare the crap out...
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Driive (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Police have a new weapon in the war against speeders. A helicopter fitted with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), radar speed detection and a ‘Skyshout’ public address system – which warns drivers they’re being tracked – is being trialled in Essex.The chopper can read any reg plate from 700 feet up, although the technology is aimed at cutting the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Filed under: Government/Legal , Plants/Manufacturing , Ford , Canada The Canadian government and Ford have agreed on a deal to provide the Blue Oval $80 million worth of incentives over five years towards new and upgraded facilities. The deal specifically applies to Ford's Essex engine plant, which currently produces V8 engines for SUVs and trucks. Upgrades will be made to convert the plant to flexible...
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This is Bath (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Teambath lost their unbeaten Blue Square South record at Braintree Town's Cressing Road last Saturday, but head coach Andy Tillson insisted the game was far closer than the 4-1 scoreline suggests. The Essex side have reached the play-offs in ...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Windsor, Ont., on Wednesday to announce a financial aid package to help reopen Ford's mothballed Essex engine plant.
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Tale Spin (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
My sermon for August 31st is up on our church website. Here's the beginning: Last year when I was on sabbatical leave in England I spent a week with my old friends Kath and Ken, in the village of Southminster in Essex, east of London. I’ve known Kath and Ken for over thirty-five years, and whenever I go to visit the place I lived as a teenager, they always offer me their hospitality. They are retired...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be in Windsor, Ont., on Wednesday to announce an $80-million financial aid package to help reopen Ford's mothballed Essex Engine Plant.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
The tenant of Britain's smallest council house - which doubles as a local museum - is set to move in.
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Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
London, Sept 3 : Cancer-struck Jade Goody paid an emotional visit to her incarcerated beau Jack Tweed in Chelmsford Prison, in Essex.
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mediawatchwatch.org.uk (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
The case against the Baltic art gallery, which we reported on in July, had its first hearing yesterday at Gateshead Magistrates Court. It was adjourned until September 23, when it will be heard at Crown Court. Emily Mapfuwa, of Brentwood Essex, is bringing the private prosecution on the grounds that the statue was likely to harass, [...]
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EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
NUCLEAR power chiefs have promised Essex residents a full public consultation will be held later this year to look at plans to build a new power station at Bradwell.
