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Jeffrey Capretta and Daniel Peluso, victims of Staten Island crash, laid to rest this morningThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:43PMFriends, family gather for funerals held in Great Kills and Huguenot

Holtsclaw returns to Florence SundayWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:43AMIn a way, Sunday’s performance at Florence’s Labor Day celebration will be a homecoming for Bennie Holtsclaw of Cedar Point. The 74-year-old singer and guitarist will perform at 4:30 p.m.

Native American culture discussed at luncheonWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:11AMNative American flute music and foods were featured at this year’s Crawford County Extension Homemakers Association International Luncheon held on Friday, Aug. 27 at Golden Echoes.

Shooting Victims BuriedWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 10:39AMFollow Israel news on and . The victims of the Tuesday night terrorist attack near Hevron – Yitzchak Imas, his wife Talia Imas, Kokhava Even-Chaim, and Avishai Shindler – were buried Wednesday. The funeral procession began in Beit Chagai.

In brief: Judge sworn in, renews vowsWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:00AMWhen criminal defense lawyer Bill Anderson Jr. officially became Judge Bill Anderson Jr. on Tuesday, he also took the opportunity to renew his marriage vows with his wife, Lisa.

Parking regulation controversy highlight of meeting next monthMonday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:11PMTuolumne’s Parking and Alleyway Study, which drew some 40 residents to a meeting with county officials and consultants in January, will be back in the public eye in September. The study, being prepared by Golden State Surveying and Engineering and KLA Landscape Architecture and Planning, is paid for by a $35,000 Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...

Neidhard-Minges celebrates 150 yearsSaturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:26AMNeidhard-Minges Funeral Home got its start the same way most funeral homes were started, which wasn't in the funeral business at all.

Options for Green Burials on the RiseThursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:06PMWhen Clark Wang is feeling well enough—he has the incurable cancer non-Hodgkins lymphoma—he plays the piano, chats with his former Bulgarian folk-dance partners, and test-drives his biodegradable casket in anticipation of his natural or "green" burial at Pine Forest Memorial Gardens in Wake Forest, N.C. Wang, 48, represents a small but growing number of individuals across the country who are ...

How the Stimulus Is Changing AmericaThursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:30AMVoters hate it. Hardly anyone wants credit for it. But the $787 billion stimulus is quietly altering the way Americans work, move, innovate and plug in