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The city’s street trees are worth an estimated $1.7 billion, provide $9.5 million in annual health and environmental benefits, and add $100 million to city property values, but San Francisco’s cash-strapped Department of Public Works began handing over maintenance responsibly for street trees to private owners in 2012, saying it cannot afford the upkeep itself. But even DPW dislikes the program: At a recent hearing, DPW urban forest manager Carla Short said the department has serious concerns about the quality of care by private owners, noting that several trees have already been destroyed by excessive pruning. … [Read more...] about Scott Wiener seeks fund to make city responsible for street trees

HCC's sustainability initiatives don't end there. The Green Team added a vegetable garden on campus that produces vegetables for the campus food pantry. With the aid of local Master Gardeners, they plan to create an edible landscaping project on campus. The college continues to collaborate with local sustainability organizations like Howard EcoWorks and the Wilde Lake Plant Exchange to relocate non-native plants that do not meet the requirements for HCC's arboretum and food forest. … [Read more...] about Howard Community College Receives People Loving And Nurturing Trees Gold Award

Sherry is survived by her mother, Meleqe Nasufi Ndreu of Stratford; one brother, Selman "Sam" Ndreu of Stratford; two sisters, Flutra Lena of Shelton and Tefta Petro and husband Joseph of Shelton; several nieces and nephews, cousins and all the children in her life. In addition to her beloved father, Haki Ndreu, Sherry was also predeceased by one nephew, Adam Ndreu, and one brother-in-law, Etem Lena. … [Read more...] about Obituary: Stratford Woman, 63, Loved Singing, Crafting, The Beach

(Laughs) Not really, no. Like I said, I was fascinated by the idea of what was going on around that time in Wales—that there were two big strands going. On the one hand, you had this Welsh religious revival going on, where things were happening in chapels across Wales that were unexplainable, and thousands of people were coming to these happenings. And the church establishment was both excited by this and had no control over it. And at the same time, there’s this other political strand that the Labour Party eventually grew out of, which has to do with a desire for greater equality for working people. Those two strands, which were actually going on at the time—I wanted to bring that into Malcolm. It helped shape how we looked at that character, and the work we did on him. … [Read more...] about Michael Sheen Talks Getting Inside a Cult Leader’s Head and His ‘Long Love Affair’ With Neil Gaiman

Over their 71 years of marriage, the couple relocated Cécile’s parents to Louisville, raised three children, and six years ago, moved to a 10th-floor apartment at Treyton Oaks Towers. Cécile’s health had begun to decline with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. … [Read more...] about From France to Louisville: WWII vet loses love to virus