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Westbury's busy Ellison Avenue bridge to be closed for a year as old structure is replaced
2015-04-07 20:32:02| Railroads - Topix.net
The Ellison Avenue bridge in Westbury will be shut down for a year beginning next week as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority replaces the structure as part of an improvement plan for the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line Corridor. The two-lane bridge with pedestrian walkways on both sides was built in 1941 and replaced an overpass that dates to the end of the 19th century.
New pollution lawsuits are rare under Christie; focus is on settling old cases for cash
2015-04-04 07:36:50| Chemicals - Topix.net
An oil tanker, Eagle Beaumont, is docked on the Arthur Kill waterway in Linden, N.J., with the ConocoPhillips Bayway refinery in background, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. When the Christie administration recently settled a nearly $9 billion lawsuit against Exxon Mobil for $225 million, setting off a firestorm of criticism, the state defended it as the largest environmental settlement in New Jersey history and pointed to a flurry of such deals under Governor Christie's watch.
04.22: Is Shame Necessary?: New Uses for an Old Tool
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
An urgent, illuminating exploration of the social nature of shame and of how it might be used to promote large-scale political change and social reform, Jennifer Jacquet's Is Shame Necessary? (Pantheon) presents us with a trenchant case for public shaming as a nonviolent form of resistance that can challenge corporations and even governments to change policies and behaviors that are detrimental to the environment. Jacquet argues that public shaming, when it has been retrofitted for the age of social media and aimed in the proper direction, can help compensate for the limitations of guilt in a globalized world.
Descendant of company founder put in charge of Old Forester
2015-03-17 21:54:01| Beverages - Topix.net
" Liquor producer Brown-Forman Corp. is putting a descendant of its founder in charge of its original whiskey, the latest sign that it intends to rejuvenate the long-struggling Old Forester bourbon brand. Campbell Brown " a fifth-generation descendant of company founder George Garvin Brown " is being promoted to the new position of president of Old Forester, effective May 1, the company said Tuesday.
Brown-Forman to Invest More in Old Forester
2015-03-17 05:15:26| Beverages - Topix.net
Brown-Forman Corp. said it plans to invest an additional $20 million on a $50 million effort to revive its Old Forester bourbon brand and named Brown family member, Campbell Brown, president of the unit, which sold just 112,000 cases last year, down from its 1972 peak of 1 million cases. The decision comes amid a bourbon rage that Old Forester has basically missed out on.
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