Arcadis NV

Fort Detrick, developer reach agreement on drilling near Area B

2013-05-15 02:04:02

The Army has 18 months to drill wells on a 92-acre tract adjacent to a Superfund site as it continues its investigation into the spread of contaminated groundwater coming from Fort Detrick's Area B. That's according to an agreement reached Friday...

Agreement to drill on land next to Superfund site could come by week's end, Army officials say

2013-05-09 01:34:02

The Army could reach an agreement as early as Friday with a developer that wants to build 700 houses next to a Superfund site to allow access to the property to drill for deep groundwater contamination, officials said Wednesday. That access could be...

Young, Pratt criticize city's use of consultants

2013-05-01 11:27:00

Two of the city's top three elected officials are criticizing what they believe is an over-reliance on consultants within city government. Both City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young and Comptroller Joan M. Pratt voted against a $27 million on-...

PHILIPS DEAL A NO GO: Former employee no longer interested in restarting Danville plant

2012-08-11 14:56:00

Talks between a former Philips Lighting employee and the company about purchasing the now defunct Danville factory have fizzled, leaving local officials frustrated by the prospects for the vacant facility and the progress of environmental clean up...

Florida city cleans up toxic mess — with molasses

2011-09-04 04:59:00

Orlando, the "City Beautiful," agreed to pay for cleaning up the contamination rather than risk landing the city on a list of the nation's most hazardous places, reports the Orlando Sentinel. So they are pumping more than 30,000 gallons of molasses...

Source of gas smell traced in Aberdeen

2011-10-10 10:37:00

�The smell of a natural gas leak on Monday morning was caused when crews hit a barrel of odorant while moving dirt at an old gas plant, officials said. �The odorant would have been injected into the gas line so that people could have smelled a gas leak,...

Officials monitoring Blue River following train derailment

2011-07-06 16:07:00

A CSX train derailed near Morristown, Indiana, Wednesday night. Several train cars left the track and fell into the Blue River. The derailment happened near the bridge that crosses over the Blue River just north of U.S. 52. The freight train was...

Rose Princesses Mary Gaule, left, and Molly Novell hug Rose Queen Courtney Chou Lee, center. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses today named the 17-year-old Arcadia High School student the 91st Rose Queen at the Tournament of Roses House in Pasadena.

2008-10-21 00:00:00