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CBS News
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Good reads, good drinks, and good pizza
The weekend is here, and so is June, so if you're looking to start your month off with some fun, we can help you with just that! Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books You can head to Oakland for the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. It's happening at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The festival is free and will feature panel discussions, workshops, poetry readings, activities for kids, and of course, books for sale. Get the details on their website at this link. Spirit of the River Wine and Arts Festival If you're looking for good wine, head to Ohiopyle for a wine and arts festival. It will be full of live music, wine and spirit tastings, and more than 40 art and craft vendors. It goes from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sherman Street, and it costs $25 per ticket. You can buy tickets right here. Pizzafest: A Slice of Delish Pizza lovers, this weekend is basically your Super Bowl: Pizzafest is back! Dough Daddy Brewery in Gibsonia is the host site this year, and you'll be able to try slices from eight local pizzerias. There will be two sessions on Saturday, first from noon until 3 p.m. and then from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Good Taste Pittsburgh has all you need to know on their website.
The Courier
30-05-2025
- Business
- The Courier
Fife Planning Ahead: Glamping plan with shepherds' huts and Aberdour housing
Former council offices in Dunfermline city centre could be transformed into flats. Plans for the disused building at 4-8 Abbott Street include six private flats. The listed three-storey building, near Carnegie Library and Galleries, will remain the same on the outside, with all work being done internally. The former registry office dates from the early 1900s but has been empty for 20 years. A proposal has been lodged for a new housing development in Aberdour. If approved, Carolina Construction Ltd will build 12 houses at the village's western end, off Inverkeithing Road. A separate Aberdour development for 186 homes was approved for the Hillside School site earlier this month. The owner of the Albert Hotel, in North Queensferry, wants to replace the roof amid ongoing leaks. Water ingress has damaged plaster inside the building and the proposal would ensure it is watertight. The hotel, closed since 2017, was the subject of a failed community takeover bid two years ago, under the Land Reform Act. The former play centre at Muddy Boots could become a glamping site with shepherds' huts. Balmalcolm Farm owners have applied for permission for six huts for overnight guests, tent pitches, eight motorhome pitches and EV charging points. They describe the huts as 'high end', each containing a sleeping area and small kitchenette. All toilet and wash facilities will be housed in a separate communal building. The application adds: 'This small-scale sustainable development will provide subtle and discreet countryside accommodation for tourists.' Plans for a large solar farm with 58,000 panels have now been submitted for farmland west of Cupar. Balance Power says the 145-acre array at Over Rankeilour will take in land belonging to three farmers. The company reduced the size of the development by 20% following public feedback earlier this year. If approved, solar farm will take nine months to construct and will be in place for 40 years. Former Dunfermline council offices Aberdour housing Albert Hotel roof plans Muddy Boots shepherd huts Cupar solar farm
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Sheldon Prairie Museum's military collection includes Philo Woods' Civil War diary
SHELDON, Iowa (KCAU) — The Sheldon Prairie Museum features an amazing collection of history and artifacts. The museum building opened in 1908 as a Carnegie Library. Museum director Millie Vos and a group of volunteers are there to share the history of Sheldon with visitors. One fact is that Sheldon is named after Israel Sheldon, a stockholder in the railroad, which played a big part in the city's early growth. The museum has many different collections — in fact, about half the basement is dedicated to military service throughout the years, including the hand-written diary of an Iowa soldier serving in the Civil War. Philo Woods was born in Pennsylvania but moved with his parents to Auburn, Iowa (north of Carroll) in 1854. The Civil War broke out during his freshman year in college, and he enlisted in Company C of the 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment. Woods started writing a diary in the early fall of 1861 and continued to write throughout his Civil War involvement. Christian music festival RiseFest returning to Sheldon for 2025 'When he was there, it was his job to write what they did every day and what happened with everything,' Vols said. 'It happened to be that they were found here at a place in Sheldon.' 'Each day, what they did, what they ate, what activity was going on in the war,' historian and author Tom Whorley said. 'It's a true historical artifact we're happy to have here in our museum.' The actual diaries are kept in a locked vault. It's believed the museum is also home to the only remaining 1837 cannon: the 12-pound bronze mountain howitzer cannon, one of 12 ordered by the U.S. War Department. The museum has detailed exhibits for nearly every American conflict. For more of KCAU 9's Hometown Proud stories, CLICK HERE. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
18-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Brighton & Hove City Council could shut three libraries
Three libraries in Brighton and Hove could close as part of efforts to address the council's £16m budget & Hove City Council currently spends £3.7m a year on libraries, a council report says, and the cuts would save the authority £250,000 over the next two of the city's main libraries, The Jubilee Library and Carnegie Library, could also have their opening hours reduced to save £69, people in Brighton have said it is a "shame" that the council may have to resort to cutting libraries and reducing opening hours. The report, which the council will discuss on Tuesday, has not identified which libraries would close but said at least 10 libraries would stay open with a "geographic spread" across the Becky Netley said: "It's such a community hub for people, whether they're new mums looking for somewhere to go with their babies, people who are working there, or those wanting to enjoy a good said it was "sad for those in the community who use it". Robert Pay, who was visiting the Jubilee Library, said: "It's not fair on anybody, including the young ones and old ones. "[The library] is full of people, so why cut the hours down?"Valerie Ritchie said: "Probably cutting a couple of hours at the end of the day is a good idea, but I wouldn't be cutting it more than a couple of hours."The report said: "A range of mitigations have been identified to offset the impact of reductions in public library services."These included increasing the use of Libraries Extra, which enables customers to access libraries when they are unstaffed, and boosting online services and the home delivery of books.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Downtown Joplin sees new growth in 2025
JOPLIN, Mo. — The Downtown Joplin Alliance says Main Street is starting off 2025 strong, building on growth trends from last year. 'Just kind of cleaning it up, securing it, kind of figuring out what the what the steps are to kind of get it underway,' said Lori Haun, DJA exec. dir. The historic Carnegie Library in downtown Joplin. The property had fallen into disuse and disrepair in recent years, but work is already underway to fix that. 'Lori Anderson is the purchaser of that. She is from the Bentonville area and does a lot of event planning with her job. And so she's actually looking at possibly doing the rehabbing the Carnegie to be kind of an event space,' said Haun. Downtown Joplin sees new growth in 2025 MSSU students explore opportunities at spring career fair NWACC students can now transfer easily to Missouri Southern State University Carthage man pleads guilty in 2024 murder case Joplin High School introduces cell phone lockers aimed to boost student focus But it isn't just history on tap in downtown Joplin this year. The Downtown Joplin Alliance is also excited about a brand new building set to open on Main, the Moss-De Graff building near 9th and Main. 'It's the first time we've had new construction in downtown Main Street in decades, probably the eighties. And so that's really neat to see that – you know it's a location that had a beautiful building before. It had been neglected. It caught on fire, you know same old story kind of thing. But it took an empty lot on Main Street and now there's a building there,' said Haun. The Empire Market is opening for its 8th season, after hitting half a million dollars in sales in 2024. They're spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding to improve the building. 'We will have five brand new bathrooms, kind of more within the market hall. We're getting new roofing on part of this facility and doing paving out front. So it's going to be create a really, much more accessible facility and a much more comfortable facility to use,' said Haun. The 'Third Thursday' series is set to kick off its 2025 season in just a few days – the 18th year for the Main Street festival. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
