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Social grants 'abusers' come forward (SABC News)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"More than 700 people who have been fraudulently receiving social grants from the Limpopo government, have come forward. The amnesty period expires at the end of this month."

Woman Sentenced In Husband's Death Set Free (Action News 7 New Mexico)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- She was imprisoned for the death of her husband, but as of Tuesday Janet Vigil is a free woman. Gov. Bill Richardson's office confirmed Tuesday that Vigil has been released from the women's correctional facility in Grants."

Chicago Real Estate Listings Now Available with Free Expert Information for Home Buyers
From: www.prweb.com

"Agent Axis, an online provider of one-stop real estate shopping , has launched a free real estate search engine with over 50,000 Chicago Metropolitan real estate listings, all matched to a top Realtor expert for each neighborhood to provide home buyers with valuable practical information. [PRWEB Mar 2, 2005]"

schmittle italy
From: blogs.law.harvard.edu

" "If you name it (and spruce up a little), they will come."

metroplexicus

Little Italy, Schenectady, NY

original image here

I'm sure there are some Schenectadians who think my musings about the local

Metroplex Development Authority (as in local schmocal) manifest a certain

lack of civic trust and hope. So, I thought I'd show my ethnic pride and tell

you a little bit about our Little Italy -- "La Piccola Italia" -- which is one long

block called North Jay Street, about half a mile from my home.

North Jay Street was once the home of a thriving Italian immigrant population.

The children of those immigrants long ago joined the Brain Drain out of Schenectady

County, or have moved to the City's suburbs. A handful of the original immigrants

may, along with their devoted offspring, survive on the block. However, I have

never seen any signs of life at the remaining half dozen residences.

Two years ago, the first prong in the Metroplex plan to "support an Italian heritage

neighborhood" came to fruition, when Cornell's Restaurant moved its venerable

and successful operation from another section of Schenectady to North Jay Street,

thanks to almost $500,000 in Metroplex aid.

One beloved Jay Street bakery went out of business a few years ago.

The lovely image shown above is the newly completed Little Italy streetscape, crowned

by imposing entryway columns,and financed with a $750,000 Metroplex grant.

You can find a number of articles about our Little Italy here.

There are no other projects planned yet for Little Italy. Having told you about all there is to

know about Metroplex's Little Italy Project to date, I have two True or False questions for you:

After moving one restaurant to North Jay Street, Little Italy now boasts the following

"Italian heritage" enterprises: One restaurant; one bakery; one spumoni shop.

The other businesses addresses on North Jay Street include: two auto body shops, one

boarded-up former strip club (previously a boarded-up Fire Station); one funeral home;

one empty, former gay bar; and, at the far corner, a biker bar (called the Saw Mill).

Bonus question: True or False: The owner's of the spumoni shop are trying to sell their

business and building but may be asking too much money (hey, this is Little Italy!).

Think hard and find the answers below.

Answers (you peeked!!). 1) True; 2) True; Bonus: True

Inspired yet? Our local newspaper had some suggestions for Metroplex in a recent editorial

(Daily Gazette, "City needs to be aggressive in creating Little Italy," Feb. 12, 2005, reprinted

here at #4)

If you happen to be in the region -- checking out, for instance, the lovely

Little Italy 20 miles away in Troy, NY, come on over to Schenectady's La Piccola Italia.

I checked: Issa has no spumoni haiku for me to share with you.

by dagosan:

mama serves

grandma's recipes --

Christmas Eve calamari

[Dec. 24, 2004]

under nana's afghan -

dreaming homemade

bread and meatballs

[Nov 30, 2004] "