2008 Music Obituaries, October

World Music Central’s list of musicians, scholars and music industry professionals who left us in 2008. October 1 Nick Reynolds, 75, musician. Mr. Reynolds was a folk musician, best remembered as one of the founding members of the group The Kingston Trio. The group’s hits include “Tom Dooley,” “M.T.A.” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” The group’s discography includes the recordings The Kingston Trio, Goin' Places and Live at the Crazy Horse. 2 Rob Guest, 58, singer. An actor and singer in the Australian musicals, Mr. Guest started out his career as a singer for the band...

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2008 Music Obituaries, August

World Music Central’s list of musicians, scholars and music industry professionals who left us in 2008. August 3 Erik Darling, 74, songwriter and musician. Mr. Darling was a musician and songwriter in the folk music scene during the 1950s and 1960s. He formed the group The Tunetellers, which later became The Tarriers, who climbed to #4 on the Billboard chart with their version of “Banana Boat Song.” He would later join The Weavers and then formed The Rooftop Singers, known for their hit “Walk Right In.” His credits include the solo recording True Religion and the song “Babe I’m G...

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Catching Up With... Quimby Fees

Pershing Square's Palm Court is slated for $150,000 in improvements to be funded by Quimby fees. Photo by Eric Richardson. As we start 2009, we thought it useful to take a look at some of the important Downtown projects working their way through the system. One of the biggest Downtown issues of 2007 muddled its way into 2008, as no real progress was made on using Quimby fees collected from condo developers to create new park facilities for Downtown. The new year saw an audit by the Controller's office and new status reports and meetings, but no new parks. Latest Status: Work is happening on t...

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UNT Wants to Make Sure Municipal Building Still Standing By 2010

The Dallas Municipal Building on Harwood and Main streets is a historic heap o' mess -- one short short of a full-blown catastrophe, according to this story and friends who work out of the building. And it has the University of North Texas, which hopes to turn the former Dallas city hall into the site of a law school by 2010, a little worried -- worried about who's gonna take care of the joint till its move-in date, worried about who's gonna pay for it. Which is why, on Tuesday, assistant city manager A.C. Gonzalez sent to members of the city council's Economic Development Committee a heads-up...

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Back in Town, Mayor Declares 'Pothole Blitz'

city hall declared that its "winter pothole blitz" had begun, with 40 Transportation Department crews smoothing the streets across the five boroughs.

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Lieber event at City Hall raises eyebrows

City policies forbid city buildings from being used to make money, but some are arguing that at a recent event held at city hall, outgoing state Assem

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Event: Free All Day Autism Seminar - January 20th 2009 at Gulf Coast Community College, Tue, Jan 20 10:30a

www.autismeducationcenter.net Autism: A New Year, New Hope Seminar 2009 10.30am – 6.30pm JANUARY 20TH FREE - ALL DAY SEMINAR! At Gibson Lecture Hall

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Viimased uudised Engadgetist: Engadget's new double-wide HQ rolls in to Vegas

Oh hells yes. We've arrived at CES in full nerd style. We sent Moms to Atlantic City so us kids could hijack the trailer all the way to Vegas baby, L

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'Mayor Sam' takes the reigns in Portland; nation's first out gay big-city leader

Source: Portland Monthly , Oregonian , Associated Press Potland, Ore. Mayor Sam Adams photo: Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian Talk about a long transi

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Parks and rec plan tops City Council agenda

Goldsboro City Council members will hear the final outlook on the status of the city's parks and recreation facilities Monday night when the final dr

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