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BrooklynAOL Announces Smokey Robinson to Appear at the SXSW Soul Revue at Austin Music Hall Presented by AOL and Spinner (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----AOL announced today that it anticipates Smokey Robinson will appear at the SXSW Soul Revue at Austin Music Hall on Friday, March 19 at 7 p.m. local time . Additional performers slated to appear include Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Raphael Saadiq, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and Mayer Hawthorne & the County.Two more cars set on fire in York County (York Daily Record) Two more cars were set on fire in York County early Tuesday morning, and playing cards -- which had been found at several other southern York County car fires -- were found at the scene in Hopewell Township. Police would not say whether cards were found at the site of the other fire, in Windsor Township.
Which State Government Is Most Embarrassing? (Newsweek) With two consecutive New York governors in ethical imbroglios, New Yorkers may think they've got the sleaziest state political culture in the country. But plenty of other states are in the running.
Biz Beat: Southern Italy in north Hanford? Fratelli’s aims for affordable authenticity (The Hanford Sentinel) Walk into Fratelli's, sit down with chef/manager Domenico Battista, and you'll swear you're in an Italian neighborhood in New York.
NYC woman to be arraigned in hit-and-run (Boston Globe) A New York City woman believed to be the driver in a hit-and-run accident last month that left a 22-year-old former Swampscott woman clinging to life turned herself in to police yesterday.
2010 Sloan Public Service Awards go to six 'outstanding' civil servants (New York Daily News) Together, they have served the city of New York for more than 145 years. On their own, the six winners of the 2010 Sloan Public Service Awards have made their mark in fields ranging from education and dentistry to juvenile justice and sanitation.
Area Events (Stamford Advocate) Bobby Valentine 's Sports Academy will be holding a two day tryout/evaluation for the BVSA 12U Cooperstown Fury team. BVSA Fury has a bid for participation in the Cooperstown Dreamspark 2010 tournament, in Cooperstown, NY for the week of August 28th thru September 3rd.
6 City Employees Honored For Exemplary Public Service (1010 WINS New York) Six New York City employees were honored Tuesday night at the Annual Sloan Public Service Awards. The awards are given to city government workers who set the standard for exemplary public service.
Friends of Mokuâula to host open ceremony on Saturday (The Maui News) LAHAINA - The community group Friends of Moku'ula will host an open ceremony Saturday morning for its joint partnership to preserve the historic Native Hawaiian archaeological site in Lahaina.
Obituaries (Westport News) Mildred Chapman Berger, 90, of Fairfield, wife of 50 years of the late Col. Walter Carl Berger , died Dec. 2, 2009, at home, with her daughter by her side.