The city’s and HACA’s attorney’s argument is based on a segment of the Maryland Housing and Community Development Article, which authorizes local governments to “make exceptions to its sanitary, building, housing, fire, health, subdivision, or other similar laws, rules, regulations” for housing authority properties.
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Lawmakers alarmed by Nebraska youth center troubles NTV
Nebraska lawmakers are expressing concern with conditions at a southeastern Nebraska youth detention center. The concern comes as Nebraska Department …
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STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) – Friday was move-in day for the freshman class of 2019 at Georgia Southern’s Statesboro campus.
Many students arrived with carloads full of their belongings and groups of volunteers were on standby ready to help them unload. It’s a practice the president of the university Dr. Kyle Marrero said shows students what this campus is all about.
“It really feeds into our values. Our caring and our collaboration our integrity, our innovation,” Marrero said.
This weekend nearly three thousand first-year students will arrive to call this campus home.
A few weeks ago school officials were still trying to assign some freshman to on-campus housing after some residence hall buildings were closed due to mold and structure damage.
As of Friday, the university president said all had been placed in on-campus housing. To make this a reality some upperclassmen had to be moved. The university did, however, assist those students in finding off-campus places.
“It’s all been resolved and we were able to work it out. I’m thrilled with that,” Marrero said.
News 3 spoke with international student Eeden Ellis, who told us she is excited to officially be in college and has been waiting to move in, for months.
” Coming from a small country coming to the states was an opportunity in itself, so I’m really excited to get started with school. Living in a new place, new people, and being by myself,” Ellis said.
And while students are excited, parents have mixed emotions.
“I’m nervous and excited for him. As a concerned parent he’s going to be on his own he’s got to learn to take care of his daily schedule,” Rick Schulte.
But, Schulte added he will be sending lots of texts to his son to make sure he is okay.
source https://www.wsav.com/news/thousands-of-students-at-georgia-southerns-statesboro-campus-move-in/
(Newswire.net — August 16, 2019) Prior Lake, MN — The popular residential & commercial water damage restoration and carpet cleaning firm, SOS Cleaning & Restoration, operating from their primary location in Prior Lake, Minnesota, has had a stellar year thus far in 2019 with no signs of slowing down for the second half.
The company is well-known for providing high-quality, professional services to both home and business clients who are in need of water damage cleanup, mold removal, as well as carpet, tile & grout cleaning to name just a few of their broad catalog of services available. Having recently expanded their service areas throughout Lakeville and Savage, the firm is also offering services to residents and businesses located in Shakopee, MN as well.
Stacey and Mark Buckingham of SOS Cleaning & Restoration, said “It’s a pleasure to be able to offer our unique brand of restoration and cleaning services throughout the areas surrounding the Twin Cities, and with Shakopee being one of the newest areas, we’re looking forward to helping a lot of people.”
Water or mold damage is something that should never be ignored and should be attended to as soon as possible to mitigate the damage. Mark says, “You never want to delay that call to have us attend the site and assess the scope of the damage, because the longer you wait, the more expensive, and extensive the damage can be. Water damage can escalate to a mold issue, which then can impact health – mold can be very toxic and you don’t want to risk it.”
The company has been very successful in taking the approach that every client deserves top-notch service just like they would treat friends and family. It’s that extra level of customer service that sets SOS apart from the local competitors, and evidence of this can be seen in their regular flow of positive reviews online.
With a successful and expanded marketing strategy allowing them to reach additional customers, SOS Cleaning & Restoration is showing no signs of slowing down through 2019 – and is already looking to expand into other nearby and surrounding areas to ensure that they help the most people they can with water damage, mold issues, and carpet cleaning whenever they need it.
For more information and to view their full service catalog and book an appointment, visit their website at https://ift.tt/31HKqx7, or call (952) 847-3404.
At SOS Cleaning & Restoration our goal is to provide professional service that leaves your home healthy and clean. If you’re planning on hiring a professional carpet cleaner, water damage restoration or mold removal specialist, we are your local, family-owned solution. We also provide services such as pet stain removal, commercial cleaning, tile and grout cleaning, and more. Contact us today to experience the difference our premium service and professional staff delivers every time.
When you shop for a car, would you know how to spot a vehicle that was previously in a flood?
Leading consumer group Consumer Federation of America has issued a new warning about flood-damaged vehicles. It comes after the tri-state area has been pounded by severe weather this summer.
If you’re in the market for a used car, you’ll want to be sure you don’t get stuck with one that has flood damage.
«These are really very complicated computer systems these days, and the floodwater can affect them, mold can affect them,» says Susan Grant, with the Consumer Federation of America. «It may not be obvious right away, but later on, you could find yourself breaking down in the middle of nowhere, with very expensive repairs.»
You can lessen the risk by checking a car’s vehicle history through the national motor vehicle title information system at VehicleHistory.gov.
You should look at the title itself. If it was ever reported as flood-damaged, it should be marked with an «F» or the word «flood,» depending on the state.
Check the car for obvious signs of water infiltration, like a moldy smell. Another sign can be an instrument panel that looks foggy.
For a more detailed inspection, have the car checked out by a trusted mechanic. Mechanic Kenny Wenzel says he often inspects cars for buyers and can even pop off trim panels to look for mud that has not been cleaned up.
«A lot of times, that’s where the restraint control module is, the thing that operates the air bags,» Wenzel says.
BURGAW — Restoration and repair work of the 83-year-old Pender County Courthouse appears to be nearing a start date, 11 months after the rains of Hurricane Florence closed the building due to extensive water and mold damages.
Last Wednesday, architect Charles Boney of the Wilmington firm LS3P Associates met with county commissioners, managers, court officials, and law enforcement officers to discuss upcoming interior and exterior work, according to a Pender County update.
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Bids will be received on August 29 for exterior work, which is expected to last four months once construction begins. Bids for interior work, however, will be placed “in the very near future,” according to the update.
A tentative schedule for interior work outlines three months to complete plans, one month to issue for bids, and six to eight months to finish interior construction work. That means if all goes to plan, the courthouse would re-open sometime between June to September 2020.
Boney told county leaders that a bid advertisement for exterior work had been published on August 4. The scope of the exterior work will include:
The scope of the interior work will likely include:
Meanwhile, contractors’ work has been completed on the Dees Annex building to provide a temporary courtroom and additional space for a court system that has been displaced from the main courthouse building since Florence. Court was first held at this location — the old Dees Drug Store building located directly across the entrance to the courthouse on Wright Street — on July 29.
A remediation contractor continues to clean and move files from the courthouse into a temporary storage location on a delayed schedule.
“The contractor states that this work has taken longer than anticipated but they plan to have the job completed by the end of [this week],” according to the county update.
The start of repair work comes after nearly a year of discussions between county officials, insurance and FEMA representatives, architects, and state preservation officers looking for agreement on the scope of mold remediation and restoration work needed for the building.
In February, commissioners and town officials debated details of the delayed approval from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), including a potential FEMA reimbursement tied to SHPO approval and whether the county itself had delayed communication with the preservation office.
In early May, the town announced that the courthouse was already “undergoing restoration.”
On Tuesday morning, County Manager Randall Woodruff said “restoration work initially started months ago. Then when we determined the impact of the hurricane was much more significant than we initially realized, we had to reanalyze [the damages] to proceed at a higher level.”
He said they initially thought the building’s damage — caused by water intrusion from high winds blowing water through the mortar and the bricks — was only on the east side of the building.
Mark Darrough can be reached at Mark@Localvoicemedia.com
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]After mold, damage complaints, KC expands Healthy Homes to inspect federal housing Kansas City Star
Kansas City passed Healthy Homes last year, but it exempted nonprofit housing and homes subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban …
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ORWIGSBURG, Pa. — Blue Mountain West Elementary School here in Schuylkill County has a problem with mold. While the issue is being fixed, kindergarten through second grade will be sent to the currently unoccupied Saint Ambrose school in Schuylkill Haven and third graders to Cressona Elementary. When students will start for West and Cressona is still up in the air.
Concerned parents packed the auditorium for this school board meeting at Blue Mountain Middle School in Orwigsburg.
Parents were shown pictures of mold at Blue Mountain Elementary West. 300 students go to the elementary school, and now they’ll be bused to Cressona and Saint Ambrose school for the time being. Parents are frustrated the first day of school has been pushed back for West and Cressona, with no definite first-day set yet.
“I know a lot of people have childcare issues and we were depending on that school day,” Melissa Harttman of Pottsville said.
The superintendent says the mold problem here at Blue Mountain Elementary West began in March when a pipe burst and sprayed water all over. Contractors began ripping up the building in July and found more problems than they initially realized were there.
“Then we found some mold and some water damage from the exterior walls and so once we started doing that, we left no stone unturned. I said let’s make sure we check every wall,” superintendent of Blue Mountain School District David Helsel said.
The superintendent says air quality tests have been done since cleaning began and although there is mold it is safe to be in the building. More carpets, ceiling tiles, and plywood must be replaced. The superintendent says it’s likely blue mountain elementary west will not reopen for another four months.
The superintendent says the district will be giving parents a definite date on when school will begin for West and Cressona in the next couple of days, but it will likely be a week later, after Labor Day.
source https://wnep.com/2019/08/15/mold-issue-at-elementary-school/
QUINCY, Fla. — Relief may be coming for some Quincy homeowners.
Many are still struggling to deal with damage left over from Hurricane Michael. But the city is coming with a solution, the new re-roofing and mold mitigation program.
Sharon McCray and her granddaughter are dealing with headaches and allergies due to mold.
Hurricane Michael ripped shingles off their roof and sent a tree crashing through the front door. Now, her roof is leaking all over the house. As the water seeps in, the mold grows, but there is no money to fix the roof.
«Everyone that I had come to give me an estimate and check it they were telling me about how bad shape it was in and then when it came to the amount of money to get it fixed, that just made me feel even worse because I didn’t have that kind of money to fix the roof,» said McCray.
Help could be on the way. Last month, city commissioners voted to use $250,000 to help Quincy homeowners repair their roofs and get rid of mold. That money was originally earmarked for a ditch project in District 1. City Manager Jack McClean recommended re-allocating the funds.
«Anyone who has damages that didn’t have FEMA funds sufficient enough to take care of it or the insurance money wasn’t sufficient or they may have been denied,» said McClean.
You can pick up the application at Quincy City Hall in the Building and Planning Office. It’s also on the City of Quincy’s website. McCray is crossing her fingers.
«It would make me feel great. I hope I am one of the ones that can get their roof fixed because I definitely need it,» said McCray.
There are about 150 homes in Quincy that still have roof damage. The $250,000 will cover re-roofing for about 50 to 60 homes.
Homeowners will be chosen in order of priority. They hope to have all of the re-roofing work complete in 120 days.
source https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/new-project-fixes-quincy-roofs-damaged-by-hurricane-michael
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Thom Tillis addresses living conditions on Camp Lejeune WCTI12.com
U. S. Senator Thom Tillis stopped by Camp Lejeune on Thursday to meet with *service* members and their families. The goal of Tillis’s town hall was to discuss …
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