TEHRAN, Iran — It seemed a clockwork killing: Motorcycle riders flashed by and attached a magnetic bomb onto a car carrying a nuclear scientist working at Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility. By the time the blast tore apart the silver Peugeot, the bike was blocks away, weaving through Tehran traffic after what Iran calls the latest strike in an escalating covert war.
Political gridlock, strained family budgets, financial crises throughout the euro-zone, mediocre U.S. employment and economic growth… all of these things and more that exemplified 2011 are likely to continue into 2012. And all of this despite the perception among many economists that 2011 ended on a strong note that may possibly continue into 2012.
This past Christmas, many parents of deployed service men and women sent care packages to a family member serving in Afghanistan. It’s something that parents typically do for those serving in combat zones, something to remind them that folks at home care about them and appreciate what they are doing.
An electric transformer outside of the Powell Municipal Building was at the center of council members discussion this week during an operations committee meeting.
With charitable drive donations down at all social service agencies, the Salvation Army of Delaware County still hopes to meet its Red Kettle Campaign fund drive goal this year.
CLEVELAND — The home where a serial killer dumped the remains of the 11 women he murdered was torn apart Tuesday by a demolition crew, a move that neighbors and victims’ relatives said would help bring closure and stop gawkers from seeking out what some have dubbed a “house of horrors.”
Powell’s solar-paneled picnic shelter and carport will be constructed to resemble a train station in keeping with the city’s existing theme. City officials this week received a peek at the latest Horne and King Architects design renderings, which feature elements and a color scheme from the Village Green municipal building and police station and takes on a train station feel with the adjacent CSX tracks.
It’s taken four years, but Shanahan Middle School now boosts the beginnings of the Olentangy School District’s first greenhouse.