NEW YORK — Liz Slayback can trace her decision to pursue a divorce to a precise, painful moment. “I knew my marriage was over and the divorce proceedings were about to begin when I came home and I found my husband in bed with my two best friends,” said the 33-year-old dental hygienist from Staten Island.
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers advertised slightly fewer jobs in October, a modest decline from a three-year high hit in the previous month.
Among the potential savings proposed in Powell’s 2012 budget are dropping membership in the Delaware County Regional Planning Commission, reducing a building department position to part-time hours and eliminating a part-time records clerk.
Incumbent Richard Cline, as well as newcomers Jon Bennehoof and Mike Crites, snagged the election bids for three open seats on Powell City Council. Cline was the lone council member seeking his seat after sitting council members Don Grubbs and Art Schultz (who also currently serves as Powell mayor) did not file for re-election.
Four candidates have emerged for three open seats on Powell City Council on the Nov. 8 ballot.
You may have noticed people on the streets of Delaware holding PDAs and measuring street trees. The data collection is being done by the Delaware County Master Gardener Volunteers as part of a project to inventory all the street trees in the City of Delaware.
While he said he hasn’t heard the word directly, Mark Almendinger assumes that he is now the former chief of the BST&G Fire District because he “ruffled the feathers” of one of the trustees that sits on his fire board.
SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.’s decision to cut its revenue forecast for the year shows how computer makers are getting pulled in two directions at once, stretching some investors’ faith to a breaking point. Corporate and government demand for PCs has been strong for the past year, helping to lift the industry after the Great Recession. But consumer demand has collapsed because of high unemployment and the lure of new gadgets such as tablet computers and smartphones.