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After two bicycle tours used Glenwood Springs as a starting and finishing point in 2009, there won't be a local connection in 2010. Ride the Rockies announced this year's tour route on Monday. The tour will run from June 13-19 and start in Grand Junction and end in Salida. The 532-mile tour will travel through Delta, Ouray, Durango, Pagosa Springs and Alamosa. The Bicycle Tour of Colorado will ...

The Somerset Hills Soccer Club will hold registration on-line for its Junior Kickers (kindergarten and first grade) and Intramurals (second-eighth grades) programs spring season beginning Monday, Feb. 1. Please visit www. SHSC.net for each programs details or to sign up.

Taking a step back from the current, somewhat ugly specter that hangs over the imminent departure of LaDainian Tomlinson, we must pause to appreciate what he gave us for most of his nine years as a Charger.

EMPLOYMENT Minister Lord Young got his hands dirty to launch a construction training project in Newham. The National Skills Academy for Construction centre has relocated from Eton Manor to Beckton Park.

Vandals appear to be targeting Greenwood Cemetery on Clarence Street. Numerous monuments have been randomly toppled at Greenwood Cemetery over the past two-and-a-half weeks, police say. On January 20, city employees found five monuments had been knocked off their stone bases.[...]

Jersey Freelance motorcar dealership - the only Toyota supplier in the island - says that less than a hundred cars across Jersey and Guernsey are affected by recent recalls.It says it hopes to have recalled and fixed all models affected by accelorator pedal faults by the middle of next week. These include the Yaris, iQ, Corolla, Verso and Aygo.It is waiting on software from Japan to fix the ...

Peter Pan at Wakefield Theatre Royal, 7pm, 9-11, box office on 01924 211311. Northern Soul: John Bulmer's images of life and times in the 1960s, National Coal Mining Museum, 10am-5pm, free, daily until April 25.

SATURDAY, Feb. 6 Venison dinner, 7 p.m., American Legion Post 391, Legion Place, Mine Hill. Cost is $20 per person. For more information or to buy tickets, contact the post at (973)328-9767 or Harry Fry at (973) 366-2415.

A LOVE of books which led to two people tying the knot has provided a lasting legacy for a Rochdale library. The late Annie and Frank Maskew first clapped eyes on one another in the early 1950s at the old Rochdale Library, where they indulged their pleasure among the pages of great writers of English literature, before eventually tying the knot in January 1955.

Dear Robin:I recently finished breast cancer treatment. While going through treatment I was affected by its costs. Even though I am on disability, the costs were great and I had to research to find out where to get help.[...]

Dave Wrobel has bragging rights as the first candidate in the fall municipal election to erect campaign signs.[...]

Brantford General Hospital will soon have a new president and chief executive officer. James Hornell, who has been president and CEO of the Cypress Health Authority in Saskatchewan since 2006, will start his new job in Brantford on April 26.[...]

Known for decades as the crown jewel of Mexicos Beach communities, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo on the Pacific Coast is also a haven for nature lovers.

American Canyon High School Alliance is holding its first silent auction fundraiser on Feb. 6, 7p.m.-10 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express at 5001 Main Street-American Canyon.

The Great One's father, Brantford's Walter Gretzky, will take part in the Winter Olympics torch relay in its final hours, running in Vancouver on the final leg of the relay.[...]

Various organizations in the Somerset Hills area are mobilizing to support relief efforts for victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.

NDP Leader Jack Layton threw his weight behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper's move to prioritize the health of women and children, calling on all party leaders to make the upcoming session of Parliament the "Women and Children First" session of Parliament.[...]

SATURDAY, Oct. 4 The second Shop n Rock will be hosted from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Budd Lake Firehouse, Route 46. The event is sponsored by the Mount Olive Kiwanis and Mount Olive Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 122. The family event will include food, activities, music, a kids play zone and vendors. Vendors and sponsors are sought and should visit www.mtolivekiwanis.org[[[SHIFTIN ...

Jim ONeill understands the cattle industry has suffered in recent months, but he believes commercial producers should never shy away from quality seedstock.

What children like to read and what adults think they ought to read aren't always the same.

The nonprofit Calistoga Family Center, along with several other Napa Valley organizations, will continue to receive Safety Net funding from the Napa Valley Community Foundation, according to a report issued late last week.

The CCTV Spring Festival Evening Show is expected to see a record of 650 million yuan ($95.21 million) in advertisement income this year, indicating a boost in the Spring Festival economy. The starting price for an advertisement package before or after the evening show is 1.59- 2.33 million yuan ($232,888- 341,276) per five seconds, or 2.98-4.38 million yuan ($436,482-641,542) per 15 seconds, up ...

Conners cutting back Bob Conners took his final Saturday call last week on WTVN (610 AM).

Lexington Catholic used solid outside shooting to pick up a lopsided win over Madison Central Tuesday in Lexington.

History lovers and those who have information about the history of Riverside County will now have a place to read about and share that information. A new publication put out by the Riverside County Historical Commission and the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District will highlight the history of Riverside County. The second issue will be out in April and can be obtained by ...

The expropriation of 40 properties on the south side of downtown Colborne Street continues on budget and settlements and actual and expected costs are still coming in at slightly less than $10 million.[...]

Police have arrested four people in connection with the 1999 homicide of Aaron Reid. Police announced Tuesday they have charged Garrett Jordan Michael Henderson, 29, of Hamilton, with first degree murder.[...]

Rose-hued sunsets meet azure waters in this sensory extravaganzaa rainbow tapestry of experiences and accommodations. For those with champagne taste and beer money, there are lovely, quaint resorts with all the amenities for less than $50 a night.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says he's alarmed at the "disturbing" rise of anti-Semitism, singling out Venezuela and likening Iran and its president to Germany under Adolph Hitler. "I don't think since the Nazi regime .[...]