Nature park construction starts soon
Dakota Nature Park construction will move into high gear this spring, and by summer 2013, most of the work on the city’s newest park should be completed, says Peter Colson, Brookings director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry.
Eclectic, charming Guerneville adjusts to times and river levels
A few miles east of town, out where grapevines are stitched into the land like a bad hair weave, you start to pick up a faint signal, a mere crackling at first.
Kenshoo 2011 U.S. Online Retail Holiday Shopping Report: Search Advertisers Grew Revenue 22 Percent
SAN FRANCISCO , January 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenshoo ( http://www.kenshoo.com ), a global leader in digital marketing software, today released its full Kenshoo 2011 U.S. Online Retail Holiday Shopping ...
Baynes Sound a boon to the Comox Valley
Baynes Sound is a huge sea garden area that has produced food for Comox Valley residents for thousands of years.
36 Digital Tools That Make Long-Distance Relationships a Little Easier
The old Skype standby has come in handy for more than a handful of long-distance relationships, but it takes more than live video chat to make t…
U.K. Shoppers Finally at Home with In-Home Shopping
LONDON, January 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/  Kenshoo Releases First U.K. Online Retail Christmas Shopping Season Report: Paid search advertisers generated 50 percent more transactions and 26 percent more total online revenue from search …
Health Report 7-30-10
The American Red Cross and the Hyannis community will hold a blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. Aug. 5 at the American Red Cross Bus at the Vitamin Shoppe, 1070 Iyannough Road, Hyannis. Make an appointment by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or visit www.RedCrossBlood.org.
Events 1-27-11
Author Chip Bishop will discuss and sign copies of his new book, The Lion and the Journalist , at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 31 at the Brewster Ladies’ Library, 1822 Main St. The book follows the story of President Theodore Roosevelt and Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the newspaperman who was the president’s biographer.
News in brief
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.