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Cherokee Students Top National AP Exam Average
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Sex Assault Case in Sussex From 2011 Will go to Trial
Patch Sussex, WI --
We led off the week with a database of unpaid taxes in the state, with Sussex still looking for $2.5 Million from delinquent taxpayers.
In a move meant to help students become college and career ready, as well as get students used to being assessed in an on-line environment, the Hamilton School District approved leasing 700 Laptops for almost $400,000. The laptops will be given to elementary and middle schools in the district.
Parents have also asked the Hamilton School Board to determine GPAetermined Differently?
Tuesday was primary election day, and Adam Neylon won the 98th Assembly District primary from among five candidates in the republican primary. He will run unopposed in April, as there was no Democrat on the ballot.
In addition, Pat Roggensack and Ed Fallone will advance in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary.
A 28-year-old Sussex woman could spend up to three years in prison after her daughter showed school officials bruises she received from beatings. The girl told her principal that she was usually beaten for getting into trouble by her mother with a white extension cord, a black spoon with three holes or a belt.
It may have taken awhile, but two years later, a man will stand trial for Sussex sexual assault. Rick J. Corbin, of Palatine, IL, is charged with second-degree sexual assault with an unconscious victim after an incident in March of 2011 with a Sussex woman. His trial is set for April 30.
Students gave us the good news: Three Hamilton seniors were awarded the Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship, and two Hamilton students were also chosen as National Merit Finalists.
In addition, Hamilton senior Holly Heckendorf signed a letter of intent to play for the UW Badgers women's soccer team next fall. Reported by Patch 22 minutes ago.
We led off the week with a database of unpaid taxes in the state, with Sussex still looking for $2.5 Million from delinquent taxpayers.
In a move meant to help students become college and career ready, as well as get students used to being assessed in an on-line environment, the Hamilton School District approved leasing 700 Laptops for almost $400,000. The laptops will be given to elementary and middle schools in the district.
Parents have also asked the Hamilton School Board to determine GPAetermined Differently?
Tuesday was primary election day, and Adam Neylon won the 98th Assembly District primary from among five candidates in the republican primary. He will run unopposed in April, as there was no Democrat on the ballot.
In addition, Pat Roggensack and Ed Fallone will advance in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary.
A 28-year-old Sussex woman could spend up to three years in prison after her daughter showed school officials bruises she received from beatings. The girl told her principal that she was usually beaten for getting into trouble by her mother with a white extension cord, a black spoon with three holes or a belt.
It may have taken awhile, but two years later, a man will stand trial for Sussex sexual assault. Rick J. Corbin, of Palatine, IL, is charged with second-degree sexual assault with an unconscious victim after an incident in March of 2011 with a Sussex woman. His trial is set for April 30.
Students gave us the good news: Three Hamilton seniors were awarded the Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship, and two Hamilton students were also chosen as National Merit Finalists.
In addition, Hamilton senior Holly Heckendorf signed a letter of intent to play for the UW Badgers women's soccer team next fall. Reported by Patch 22 minutes ago.
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In ‘Guilt,’ Jonathan Kellerman crafts a solid, poignant tale of violence and innocence
Tugging at the roots of a sycamore in the yard of her future home, a pregnant woman named Holly unearths a blue box. Prying it open, she finds the skeletal remains of an infant. She gasps and drops the bones onto the ground: “The skull had landed right in front of her. Smiling. Black eyeholes insanely piercing. Two minuscule tooth-thingies on the bottom jaw looked ready to bite. . . . It kept staring. Like it knew something.” Holly, who has named her soon-to-be-born baby Aimee — which, in French, means “beloved” — retches and begins to scream.
Read full article >> Reported by Washington Post 19 hours ago.
Read full article >> Reported by Washington Post 19 hours ago.
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Video: How to Post an Event on Patch for Free
Patch Holly Springs-Hickory Flat, GA --There are things happening all over Holly Springs and Hickory Flat every day, and it's impossible for one person to know about all of them.
You can help make this site a better representation of what's going on in the community by adding the events you know about to our calendar–for free.
The video at right, prepared by another Patch editor, explains how it works, and it's incredibly easy.
*Here's a step-by-step:*
1. Log in to Patch. Click here for a tutorial on how to create an account.
2. Click on "Events" on the top of the page.
3. At the bottom of the Events page, click "Add an Event."
4. Give your event a title.
5. Choose a date, starting time and end time. If your event repeats, check the box that says "This event happens more than once or is an ongoing event."
6. Under "Where," type in an address or the name of a location. If adding an address, include the city so the site knows where to place the event. Once you have a location, click on that location to save it.
7. Fill out a description for your event. Tell us why we should be there and what to expect at the event.
8. If you'd like to add photos, videos or a flier, click "Choose files to upload."
9. Choose a category and fill out any other information, such as who the event is best for, the price, a contact number or e-mail address, Web site, etc.
10. Click "Post My Event."
Tell all your friends how easy it was!
If you have trouble posting an event or have questions, e-mail Bob Pepalis, editor of Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch. Reported by Patch 21 hours ago.
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Rare pear tree chopped down by contractor
This is Cornwall --A contractor chopped down 19 protected trees including a rare Plymouth Pear, a court heard.
Plymouth magistrates were told that Christopher Seymour felled the Plymouth Pear tree – one of only around 20 growing wild in the city.
The 47-year-old was fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £2,765 for what his solicitor called a "very unfortunate error".
The court heard Plymouth Pears only grow in the city and around Truro and have unique legal protection.
Helen Morris, prosecuting for Plymouth City Council, said the first specimen was identified in the city and it was "emblematic" of it.
Seymour, of Southway, Plymouth, admitted six offences of contravening tree preservation orders by cutting down trees and asked for 13 similar offences to be taken into consideration.
Together with the Plymouth Pear, he felled an oak, an ash and several holly trees.
Mrs Morris said Seymour, trading as Plant Tech, chopped down 19 trees at the Cannon Mill industrial estate in Estover Road on April 4 or 5 last year.
She said members of the public called the council and the tree officer contacted Seymour and stopped him chopping down any more trees – but half the group were gone.
Mrs Morris added the trees, some 40ft high and up to a 100 years old, were given protection orders in 1990.
She said the rare pear tree was found in Plymouth by local naturalist Archer Briggs in 1870.
The court heard it is the only tree species given special protection under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which was designed to protect especially rare species in England and Wales.
Mrs Morris said Seymour told the council he had been told by landowners London and Westcountry Estates to tidy up the site for a prospective tenant. But he was not specifically told to fell the protected trees.
Patrick Somerville, defending, said: "This a very unfortunate error for which he is deeply remorseful.
"The area was not very well maintained, overgrown and a bit of a mess and frankly he never would have known in a million years that the trees were protected."
He said Seymour had offered to replant the felled trees at a cost of about £1,300.
Magistrates fined him £1,000 for felling the Plymouth pear and £250 for each of the five trees named in the charges. He must also pay costs of £500 and a victim surcharge of £15. Reported by This is 15 hours ago.
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Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival 2013: The last laugh as 20th festival ends
This is Leicestershire --
The laughter may have faded but Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival 2013 will live long in the memory.
Founder and director Geoff Rowe said he couldn't be more pleased with how this year's festival had gone, which he expects to break "all box office records" on its 20th birthday.
The festival drew to a close at the weekend, and the past 17 days have seen more than 520 events held at more than 50 venues across the city and county – up by more than 100 on 2012.
Sold out shows have included Paul Chowdhry, Joel Dommett, Daniel Simonsen, Holly Walsh, Milton Jones, Alan Davies, Tony Law and John Shuttleworth, just to name a few.
"Given the size and scale of our 20th birthday, we are incredibly pleased with how things have gone," said Geoff.
"Attendance across the 17 days has been really strong and it looks like this year's event has been by far the most successful to date.
"We are still adding up all the ticket sales but it looks like we'll have broken all box office records across the festival."
Organisers responded to the constant challenge of building on the festival's success and keeping things fresh by introducing a series of new events.
"We worked hard this year to increase the impact of the festival across Leicester and Leicestershire," said Geoff.
They included a Festival of Photography at Leicester train station; Comedy Blind Date on Valentines Day, pop-up shows across the city with the Comedy Tourist and Chuckles in the Chapel.
There was also Old Folks Telling Jokes and the De Montfort University Square Mile Smiles Showcase, with additional events held across the county with Leicestershire Stands Up.
Worth about £2 million to the city's economy, venues have been equally pleased at the impact of this year's festival.
Russell Hunt, manager of The Criterion pub, in Millstone Lane, said: "We've had plenty of returners (comedians) this year, including Matt Rudge, George Ryegold and Joe Bor. It's a compliment to us they choose to come back here.
"It's also refreshing to have new faces in during the festival. People experiment by buying a £5 ticket here and there.
"It's great to have a change of clientele, and hopefully they come back to us throughout the year."
John Helps, manager of near-by Firebug, said: "It has been our best year ever. We've had mostly sold-out shows to the point where we couldn't fit anyone else in the room. The standard of comedy has been amazing. It has flown by."
"Chris Stokes was wicked and Tony Law played two sold-out nights which were amazing.
"January's quiet for most places, but February is always packed and busy because of the festival."
Anthony Hopkins, owner of The Crumblin' Cookie, in High Street, said: "We've had nine sold out shows this year."
He said there had been so many good shows.
"John Kearns' show was stunning, really great, and we've enjoyed Josh Widdicombe – he always come back to our venue.
"Daniel Simonsen's 'Work in Progress' won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer so it's been great to have him here."
Geoff Rowe said the growing national profile of the festival had helped, including the sponsorship of TV channel Dave, reviews in national papers and coverage on TV shows such as BBC Breakfast and Loose Women.
But he pointed out that none of it would have be possible without the "support received from people across the city and county.
"It's been an amazing 20th birthday!" he said. "We're now looking forward to a rest before continuing to plan for our 21st birthday in February 2014." Reported by This is 14 hours ago.
The laughter may have faded but Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival 2013 will live long in the memory.
Founder and director Geoff Rowe said he couldn't be more pleased with how this year's festival had gone, which he expects to break "all box office records" on its 20th birthday.
The festival drew to a close at the weekend, and the past 17 days have seen more than 520 events held at more than 50 venues across the city and county – up by more than 100 on 2012.
Sold out shows have included Paul Chowdhry, Joel Dommett, Daniel Simonsen, Holly Walsh, Milton Jones, Alan Davies, Tony Law and John Shuttleworth, just to name a few.
"Given the size and scale of our 20th birthday, we are incredibly pleased with how things have gone," said Geoff.
"Attendance across the 17 days has been really strong and it looks like this year's event has been by far the most successful to date.
"We are still adding up all the ticket sales but it looks like we'll have broken all box office records across the festival."
Organisers responded to the constant challenge of building on the festival's success and keeping things fresh by introducing a series of new events.
"We worked hard this year to increase the impact of the festival across Leicester and Leicestershire," said Geoff.
They included a Festival of Photography at Leicester train station; Comedy Blind Date on Valentines Day, pop-up shows across the city with the Comedy Tourist and Chuckles in the Chapel.
There was also Old Folks Telling Jokes and the De Montfort University Square Mile Smiles Showcase, with additional events held across the county with Leicestershire Stands Up.
Worth about £2 million to the city's economy, venues have been equally pleased at the impact of this year's festival.
Russell Hunt, manager of The Criterion pub, in Millstone Lane, said: "We've had plenty of returners (comedians) this year, including Matt Rudge, George Ryegold and Joe Bor. It's a compliment to us they choose to come back here.
"It's also refreshing to have new faces in during the festival. People experiment by buying a £5 ticket here and there.
"It's great to have a change of clientele, and hopefully they come back to us throughout the year."
John Helps, manager of near-by Firebug, said: "It has been our best year ever. We've had mostly sold-out shows to the point where we couldn't fit anyone else in the room. The standard of comedy has been amazing. It has flown by."
"Chris Stokes was wicked and Tony Law played two sold-out nights which were amazing.
"January's quiet for most places, but February is always packed and busy because of the festival."
Anthony Hopkins, owner of The Crumblin' Cookie, in High Street, said: "We've had nine sold out shows this year."
He said there had been so many good shows.
"John Kearns' show was stunning, really great, and we've enjoyed Josh Widdicombe – he always come back to our venue.
"Daniel Simonsen's 'Work in Progress' won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer so it's been great to have him here."
Geoff Rowe said the growing national profile of the festival had helped, including the sponsorship of TV channel Dave, reviews in national papers and coverage on TV shows such as BBC Breakfast and Loose Women.
But he pointed out that none of it would have be possible without the "support received from people across the city and county.
"It's been an amazing 20th birthday!" he said. "We're now looking forward to a rest before continuing to plan for our 21st birthday in February 2014." Reported by This is 14 hours ago.
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Rare pear tree chopped down by contractor in Plymouth
This is Cornwall --A contractor chopped down 19 protected trees including a rare Plymouth Pear, a court heard.
Plymouth magistrates were told that Christopher Seymour felled the Plymouth Pear tree – one of only around 20 growing wild in the city.
The 47-year-old was fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £2,765 for what his solicitor called a "very unfortunate error".
The court heard Plymouth Pears only grow in the city and around Truro and have unique legal protection.
Helen Morris, prosecuting for Plymouth City Council, said the first specimen was identified in the city and it was "emblematic" of it.
Seymour, of Southway, Plymouth, admitted six offences of contravening tree preservation orders by cutting down trees and asked for 13 similar offences to be taken into consideration.
Together with the Plymouth Pear, he felled an oak, an ash and several holly trees.
Mrs Morris said Seymour, trading as Plant Tech, chopped down 19 trees at the Cannon Mill industrial estate in Estover Road on April 4 or 5 last year.
She said members of the public called the council and the tree officer contacted Seymour and stopped him chopping down any more trees – but half the group were gone.
Mrs Morris added the trees, some 40ft high and up to a 100 years old, were given protection orders in 1990.
She said the rare pear tree was found in Plymouth by local naturalist Archer Briggs in 1870.
The court heard it is the only tree species given special protection under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which was designed to protect especially rare species in England and Wales.
Mrs Morris said Seymour told the council he had been told by landowners London and Westcountry Estates to tidy up the site for a prospective tenant. But he was not specifically told to fell the protected trees.
Patrick Somerville, defending, said: "This a very unfortunate error for which he is deeply remorseful.
"The area was not very well maintained, overgrown and a bit of a mess and frankly he never would have known in a million years that the trees were protected."
He said Seymour had offered to replant the felled trees at a cost of about £1,300.
Magistrates fined him £1,000 for felling the Plymouth pear and £250 for each of the five trees named in the charges. He must also pay costs of £500 and a victim surcharge of £15. Reported by This is 13 hours ago.
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Check Your Real Time Commute Before Heading To Work or School
Patch Holly Springs-Hickory Flat, GA --Want to check the traffic scene before you start your commute to school or work? Now you can, thanks to our partners from Mapquest.
Our mission at Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch is to report on the community – and that means traffic, too.
This traffic map is customized for Holly Springs, Hickory Flat and surrounding areas.
If you click on the "larger map" feature at the bottom you'll see a larger map version for you to get directions, etc.
Before you leave to head home, find out where the traffic tie-ups are and avoid sitting in traffic any longer than you already do.
Use the map to:
· Avoid a traffic accident.
· Find out where road construction may be slowing traffic.
· Locate bottle necks due to heavy traffic.
If you see an icon such as an orange triangle that appears on the map, mouse over a icon for information on just what's holding up the traffic in that spot.
The roads that show up in *green* are free flowing, the *yellow* means expect slow traffic on this portion of the road and if you see *red*, there are major traffic delays.
The map is updated every five minutes. We'll keep it handy on our homepage so you can locate it easily.
If you find this new feature handy, let us know. Just use our comment box on the homepage to tell us what you think!
*Keep up with Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch news by **subscribing to our newsletters** and following us on **Twitter** and **Facebook**! * Reported by Patch 5 hours ago.
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Did You Know Atlanta Has A Women's Pro Football Team?
Patch Peachtree Corners, GA --The debut of the women's Legends Football League in Gwinnett is less than two months away. Already, the Atlanta Steam is practicing -- and chafing under the prediction of an 0-4 season in 2013.
According to an article in lfl360.com, linebacker Adrian Purnell of the Jacksonville Breeze talked some smack on Commissioner’s Corner, “…everyone thinks we are looking forward to the Atlanta game this year because everyone is talking a big game about them. (They) are the least of my worries right now.” Literally days later, “The List” guaranteed Atlanta to go 0-4.
Atlanta wide receiver Krista Cross’ response was “{forget} the world. They got it backwards, 4-0.”
Wide receiver Holly Oakes stated, “While 0-4 is totally not going to happen, it definitely made some people mad. I was upset too, but now we are already looking past that. It just fired us up even more.”
The LFL, of course, is the renamed Lingerie Football League. Atlanta is a new team in 2013, and already is practicing for its Gwinnett debut on April 13 vs. Omaha at the Gwinnett Arena. The Steam also will play in Gwinnett in May.
The Steam includes a Snellville player, Alexandria Stone.
In the LFL, football is seven-on-seven, with no kickoffs, punting or field goals.
For practice footage and interviews, see the attached video.
*-- How do you think the Atlanta Steam will do this year? Do you plan to attend any games? Share your opinions in the comments below.*
*See also:*
· Two Gwinnett Players on Atlanta Pro Football Team
*Keep up with Peachtree Corners news - sign up for the free Peachtree Corners Patch newsletter and have local news, events and more delivered right to your inbox every morning.* Reported by Patch 11 hours ago.
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Weekly Crime Report: Man Assaulted on Mount Vernon Highway
Patch Huntington-Belle Haven, VA --On the above map, the addresses are block numbers, not specific home or business addresses.
The following items are from recent police updates through Feb. 20 from the Mount Vernon Police District of the Fairfax County Police Department.
*Assault* (red on map), 7 p.m., Feb. 15, 8500 block of Mount Vernon Highway, A 17-year-old reported he was walking on the sidewalk when a man assaulted him. The suspect fled and the boy was not seriously injured.
In separate and unrelated incidents:
*Assault* (red on map), 11 p.m., Feb. 14, 6600 block of Wakefield Drive, A 60-year-old woman was approached by a known individual. They exchanged words, and he assaulted her. An investigation continues.
*Burglary* (blue on map), 6:50 p.m., Feb. 14, 3500 block of Holly Hill Road, A resident reported someone entered the home and stole several items. There no signs of forced entry.
*Burglary* (blue on map), 10:15 a.m., Feb. 15, 2600 block of Arlington Drive, A resident reported someone entered the home and stole cash. There were no signs of forced entry.
*Robbery* (green on map), 9:45 a.m., Feb. 15, 7100 block of Groveton Gardens Road, A 19-year-old man was walking on a sidewalk when two men attacked him. They struck him and attempted to take his bag. He fought them. They fled with nothing, and the victim received minor injuries.
*Burglary* (blue on map), 2:35 p.m., Feb. 17, 6300 block of South Kings Highway, An employee reported someone entered the business and stole several items to include alcohol. Forced entry was made through a front door.
*Burglary* (blue on map), 2:50 p.m., Feb. 19, 6000 block of Park Place, A resident reported someone entered the home and stole cash. Entry was made through an unsecured window.
*Graffiti* (purple on map), 3:10 a.m., Feb. 19, 2700 block of Beacon Hill Road, Spray painted letters were found on the side of the building. The owners have been notified to remove the graffiti.
*Burglary* (blue on map), 4 p.m., Feb. 20, 7900 block of Stork Road, A resident reported someone entered the home and stole a gaming system. Forced entry was made through a window.
*Larcenies* (yellow on map):
· 7900 block of Audubon Avenue, diamond ring from residence
· 8100 block of Keeler Street, driver’s license and credit cards from residence
· 5800 block of North Kings Highway, cell phone from vehicle
· 2500 block of Parkers Lane, wallet from business
· 6800 block of Richmond Highway, laptop computer from business
· 8200 block of Richmond Highway, tires from business
· 7600 block of Richmond Highway, wallet from business
· 8600 block of Richmond Highway, beer from business
· 8200 block of Russell Road, drinks from business
· 6500 block of Virginia Hills Avenue, power tools from vehicle
*Vehicle Thefts* (pink on map):
· 5700 block of Village Green Drive, 2002 Toyota Camry Reported by Patch 11 hours ago.
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McLean Crime Blotter: Larcenies, Vehicle Thefts in McLean Area
Patch McLean, VA --The following incident information was obtained from the Activity Report provided by Fairfax County Police Department’s Public Information Office. The incidents included are at the discretion of the PIO and are not to be considered all-inclusive.
Fairfax County Police logged the following incidents in the McLean Police District, which includes Merrifield, Dunn Loring, Falls Church, McLean, Tysons Corner and Great Falls.
Addresses listed indicate block numbers, not necessarily a specific address.
*LARCENIES*
1400 block of Ball Hill Road, electronic device from business
2900 block of District Avenue, wallet from business
2800 block of Elsmore Street, license plate from vehicle
8200 block of Greensboro Drive, wallet, cash, credit cards and driver’s license from vehicle
8400 block of Holly Leaf Drive, mailbox from residence
8600 block of Lee Highway, license plate from vehicle
7500 block of Leesburg Pike, jacket and soccer jersey from business
8100 block of Leesburg Pike, cell phone from business
8300 block of Leesburg Pike, purse from business
1700 block of Olney Road, wallet from business
8100 block of Strawberry Lane, wallet from business
7800 block of Tysons Corner Center, clothing from business
7900 block of Tysons Corner Center, navigation system from vehicle
8100 block of Tysons Corner Center, handbags from business
*VEHICLE THEFTS *
2800 block of Gallows Road, 2001 Ford Econoline
7600 block of Matera Street, 2004 Honda Civic
More crime news is always available in our McLean Patch police and fire news section here. Reported by Patch 10 hours ago.
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Heavy Rain Returns To Holly Springs on Monday
Patch Holly Springs-Hickory Flat, GA --Don't get too comfortable with Sunday's sunshine and mild temperatures.
Heavy rain is expected to return to Holly Springs and Hickory Flat on Monday and last through Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
The rain is expected to arrive in Holly Springs on Monday, as a strong storm system will arrive in the area, bringing showers starting mostly after 4 p.m, according to Holly Springs and Hickory Flat's seven day forecast.
Monday's high temperature will hover around 46 degrees, with lows dipping to 41 degrees. New rainfall totals could possibly bring between a quarter and a half of an inch of precipitation.
Showers and possible thunderstorms will continue Monday night, with wind speeds varying between 5 and 15 miles per hour. Gusts could reach 30 miles per hour.
Showers and a thunderstorm is possible before 8 a.m. on Tuesday and highs will reach 57 degrees.
A chance of showers will continue throughout the day and winds will start out from the east and will shift to the southwest, and speeds will range between 5 and 15 miles per hour. Wind gusts could reach 30 miles per hour.
A 30 percent chance of showers will be around, mostly before 8 p.m.
The remainder of the night will be mostly cloudy, and temperatures will be around 37 degrees.
Wednesday will be partly sunny, with a high around 54 degrees and low temperatures dipping to 35 degrees.
Mostly cloudy conditions will return on Thursday, with a high around 47 and lows around 32 degrees.
Friday's forecast is expected to be partly sunny, with a high around 47 and lows around 30 degrees.
Saturday will also be partly cloudy with a high around 45 degrees.
*Keep up with Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch news by **subscribing to our newsletters** and following us on **Twitter** and **Facebook**! * Reported by Patch 5 hours ago.
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Lightning strikes twice for Gloucestershire's England Women Under-20s girls against France
This is Gloucestershire -- England Women Under-20s 5 France Womens Under-20s 17 IT WAS a day to forget for Gloucestershire's England Women Under-20s contingent after they lost to their French counterparts at Esher. After Drybrook's Ceri Large could not stop France inflicting the senior squad's first defeat at Twickenham on Saturday, six county youngsters did not fare much better. Wings Mary-Ann Gittings and Holly Molesworth, fly-half Megan Goddard, hooker Lucy Aylesbury, lock Courtney Gill, and blindside Lucie Wood all flew the Gloucestershire flag but could not prevent lightning striking twice. In their first international of the season France proved too much of a handful for a young England side that were fielding ten uncapped players at this level in the match day squad. England held France to a 7-5 lead at half-time but in the end the French pulled away with replacement Léna Auriol touching down for France's third and final try. England U20s Head Coach Amanda Bennett said: "This was a much improved performance to the defeats we suffered against France a year ago and to be honest the game was much closer than the score-line suggests. "We were very much in the game at half-time and overall I was very impressed with our work rate and our physicality – we were pinning the French down and getting back in defence. "This certainly was a competitive game but we weren't able to create the breaks and take the points. There is a lot to work on and we will do that over the next three weeks." France kicked off the match with some good momentum and England were soon put on the backfoot. They paid the price when the visitors made the most of the opportunities that were there with fly-half Camille Imart executing an accurate chip and chase from the breakdown. The number eight picked up and then offloaded to scrum-half and skipper Marie Menanteau who touched down under the posts on six minutes. Vice-captain Camille Cabalou added the conversion. England battled hard to get back into the game but struggled to get past the midfield. France too had to work hard and couldn't make any further impression on the score board with the likes of Wood, Kayleigh Callaway Bawden and Abbie Scott influential in the backrow. In the end Scott's moment came when some good continuity and pressure by England saw Scott cut a nice line and break through some defensive tackles to crash over the try-line to score. Skipper Goddard could not make the conversion leaving England 7-5 adrift at the break. After the restart England and France were once again neck and neck and it wasn't until the 50th minute that France pulled away from England with a try from a line-out, catch and drive and then a driving maul. Flanker Chloé Placines got on the end of it and took the spoils but Cabalou could not convert this time. And that was where the scoring ended until the 80th minute of the game. England and France both defended staunchly but the battle was played in the middle of the field despite some nice breaks from the likes of Rochelle Smith and Goddard. France, however, were more clinical and when their chance came they took it. As the seconds counted down the visitors executed a well worked line-out, catch and drive and the ball was recycled out and replacement Auriol went over in the corner. Cabalou could not add the conversion but it did not matter as France took the victory. England Women U20s will now play France on March 15 in Dijon. England U20s: Georgia Peedle; Mary-Ann Gittings, Rochelle Smith, Rachel Roberts, Holly Molesworth; Megan Goddard, Leanne Riley; Amy Needham, Lucy Aylesbury, Eleanor Prescott; Courtney Gill, Francesca Hall; Lucie Wood, Kayleigh Callaway-Bawden, Abbie Scott . Replacements: Clara Nielson, Mica Evans, Scarlett Cooper-Wall, Ellen Gattlin, Carys Williams, Bianca Blackburn, Florence Williams, Rosie Kells. France U20s: Aissetou Diallo; Meryl Dubertrand, Camille Boudaud, Camille Cabalou, Cyrielle Banet; Camille Imart Marie Menanteau, Jennifer Mengue Ndong, Wendy Divoux, Marjorie Vaz; Pia Clave Chastang, Chloé Placines; Roxane Bilon, Marina Kerembellec, Marion Garnier. Replacements: 16 Céline Espit, Léna Auriol, Laura Menetrier, Charline Corro, Gladys Bertrand, Anaïs Marcon, Kimberley Laugaudin, Aurélie Guillee.
Reported by This is 11 hours ago.
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Glenbard South Announces First Semester Honor Roll
Patch Glen Ellyn, IL --From Glenbard District 87
Congratulations to the following Glenbard South High School students named to the first-semester honor roll:
** *HIGH HONOR ROLL* **
**Freshmen: **
Hajira Ashfaq, ReAnne Baniqued, Marlena Benner, Kelly Burdick, Sylvia Carlson, Amanda Carroll, Joseph Chung, Kaitlin Clark, Hannah Delgado, Amar Dhebar, Hans Eismann, Christopher Erb, Logan Fenhouse, Samantha Gallagher, Johann Gan, Augustus Geiger, Alaina Gillespie, Allyson Glahe, Rebecca Han, Samantha Hasiewicz, Michael Hsu, Stephanie Jaster, Robyn Jedlicka, Amy Kaczor, Mia Kaczor, Martin Kalski, Brianna Kay, Michael King, Daniel Kozich, John Laponte, Katelyn Longo, Stephanie Maurer, Allyson McConville, Kenneth Mendoza, Stephanie Mondragon, Erica Mote, Mark Murdoch, Anna Nelson, Esther Niedert, Justin O’Keefe, Rohit Padmarao, Sahil Pathan, Andrew Pen, John Plate, Mitchell Pohlman, Anthony Raff, Julia Rausch, Kyle Riebock, Stacey Robin, Grace Rose, Alicia Rowland, Meghan Rumel, Brian Saboriendo, Nicholas Sabri, McKenna Sanders, Kiran Sandiford, Reganne Schihl, Nicole Schmieder, Cynthia Segura, Sidrah Shariff, Michael Strohl, Michael Thompson, Benjamin VanPelt, Sydney Veach, Stephanie Warner, Ryan Willis, Patrick Wood and Rachel Woods.
** *HONOR ROLL* **
**Freshmen:**
Isaac Adams, Muhammad Ahmed, Brianna Alfonzo, Asjad Ali, Kyla Aloff, Courtney Andexler, Aisha Baggia, William Bair, Hedaya Bataineh, Kevin Berenschot, Michael Bertone, Donikah Black, Madalyn Bradley, Kyle Carli, Payton Carli, Benjamin Cheng, Joseph Cimaglia, Kara Clesle, Therese Clucas, Ashley Cohen, Ariana ColettaConcha, Alexandra Coonrod, Laurette Cornwell, Kristina Craig, Cullen Cuchetto, Katherine Deitch, Jordan Drake, Hannah Drugas, Christopher Dufort, Vanessa Eichele, Kevin Ellerby, Morenike Fatuga, Jennifer Fisher, Reilee Flanagan, Hector Flores, Jacob Gary, Terra Glab, Cassandra Gomez, Sean Gray, Ian Grigsby, Alison Groppi, GiDeanLeigh Helck, Jose Hernandez, Ozair Hosain, Paige Hughes, Ted Hume, Anne Kaufman, Anas Khan, Sana Khan, Adam Kladiva, Su Klain, Aleksandar Kolev, Sean Kozlowski, Julia Krzyzak, Jack Lambert, Alyssa LaMontagna, Christian Landreth, Sebastian Lilly, Blake Link, Diane Lipa, Neil Livingston, Matthew Maiman, Melanie Malczewski, Ryan Marco, Joseph Marcuccilli, Timothy Marks, Anna Marr, Russell Matos, Steven Mazarelo, Marshaun McClinton, Riva Mehmood, Rizwan Mir, Alexa Mittenthal, Holly Moberg, Chase Moloney, Matthew Nelson, Avinash Panjwani, Bryce Paxson, Rick Pina, Gabriel Pocevich, Bridget Pyle, Sara Quick, Alexis Ramirez, Taylor Ray, Victoria Reese, Sarah Rice, Aaron Ruggiero, Jared Schwarz, Jacob Seaver, Princi Shah, Abubakr Sharif, Tyler Shaw, Braden Sim, Jeran Simpson, Arjun Singh, Alexis Skordilis, Madison Slezak, Natalie Sweet, Peter Theodore, Cole Toren, Dillon Valdez, Fiona Van Teylingen, Steve Velasco, Gabriel Villanueva, MacKenzie Watterson, Alex Wetle, Megan Wong and Sydney Yangas
** *HIGH HONOR ROLL* **
**Sophomores:**
Milka Antoriano, Abigail Banas, Christopher Bean, Michele Boveri, Dylan Brambora, Jenna Brambora, Mary Bridgman, Taylor Carli, Robert Ciechowski, Brendan Colgan, Alexandria Cross, Alexander Del Valle, Ugne Dinsmonaite, Katherine Dixon, Sanaya Dukandar, Christopher Enright, Jennifer Erl, Rebecca Everhart, Owen Ferris, Jessica Fortes, Cooper Galuza, Jonathan Gutierrez, Matthew Harrington, Marko Ivancevic, Hannah Jenkins, Margo Jurkowski, Jennifer Larson, Michael Leppert, Alexander Little, Michelle Loconte, Declan Loftus, Sabrina MacKerell, Numaan Mahmood, Ivana Markovic, Monique Martinez, Megan Matker, Nathan Mazarelo, Alexander McGimpsey, Hera Miao, Andrew Moore, Hannah Ohlmann, Pearl Opem, Vanessa Pescatore, Phattharaphon Phothavijit, Jahnavi Puranik, Kevin Rahtjen, Kate Rumel, Diego Saavedra, Emily Schmidt, Zakaria Sharif, Matthew Skarha, Ashley Stahulak, Kevin Uvodich, Anastasia Vasko, Claire Weesner, Jacquelyn Wescott, Matthew Wu and Tyler Yam.
** *HONOR ROLL* **
**Sophomores:**
Sufyan Akhoon, Elsa Alarcon, Alia Ansari, Caroline Arlasky, Irene Armas, Brian Atchley, Joseph Atkinson, Jessica Avila, Arsh Badriyah, Brendan Baehl, Andres Ballesteros, Isabella Boesso, Kathryn Brainerd, Daniel Brooks, Gina Cacciato, Alexander Crouch, Jack Curtis, Jonah Delgado, Nhat Do, Ariana Dolce, Lauren Eber, Lauren Faragoi, Dominic Fazzari, Nina Fox, Gunnar Frigo, Chloe Fry, Alexander Gallo, Madelyn Hasiewicz, Vanessa Hruza, Tabish Imam, Nicole Inches, Joseph Jennings, Abigail Johnson, Olga Kallapodi, Daniel Kalski, Mir Kamal, Brian Kats, Hannah Keating, Tea Keci, Khadijah Khan, Osama Khazi, Alyssa Kinzel, Emilija Kiskis, Harley Kleinschmidt, Michael Koenig, Elizabeth Kohout, Ashley Kolton, Rachel Kralicek, Polikseni Kresto, Melissa Lachcik, David Langkamp, Samuel Lee, David Maines, Zeeshan Malik, Erin Manthei, Brianna Mazarelo, Riley McGee, Eric McGovern, Charis McIntyre, Kathleen McMillion, Nathan McWilliams, Colin Meade, Benjamin MinCungLian, Mikaela Miraglia, Jacob Monchunski, Arianna Mora, Tyler Morrow, Riley Mullins, Madison Myers, Hannah Nelson, Amy Obendorf, Natalie O’Dowd, Carly Perkins, Danielle Poirier, Allison Portugal, Kristine Punzalan, Rachel Rettger, Alexis Rico, Mohammed Saad, Lydia Schlaefke, Dana Scholtens, Charmi Shah, Taha Sharif, Kyle Shiring, Rebecca Sippel, Musfarah Siraj, Megan Smith, Samantha Springfloat, Andre Steiger, Haley Szweb, Kallie Tatara, Emma Taylor, Holly Taylor, Keaton Tenhouse, Tyler Turkovich, Alexander Typpi, Patricia Weigand, Michael Wittenberg, Dana Woods, Andrew Wrona, Jessica Wujek and Sarah Ziegler
** *HIGH HONOR ROLL* **
**Juniors:**
Aqsa Ahmad, Jonathan Andersen, Madison Askren, Dylan Bihun, Katherine Black, Michelle Blecha, Eugene Boguslavsky, Emma Chapman, Nisha Choksi, James Compere, William Cornwell, Colleen Fearn, Alexis Floback, Karsten Frigo, Natalie Galbreath, Cheng Gan, Erin Gibson, Joseph Gjata, Nicole Hass, Hailey Hawkins, Marisa Helf, Ashley Helmi, Brian Hettinger, Ricardo Hilliard, Ryan Hoffman, Alexander Illes, Paige Jacobson, Alexander Jeske, Abbey Johnson, Stephen Jordan, Akvile Kiskis, Kyle Kocinski, Harsh Malhotra, John Marks, Urcelay Martin, Jack McGovern, Kayla McLaughlin, Nicholas Meyer, Michaela Miglio, Brendan Milnamow, Mohammed Mohsin, Mark Murbach, Sumana Naqvi, Katerina Newman, Elizabeth Niedert, Edin Nukic, Amanda Nuno, Priyanka Panjwani, Matthew Patterson, Alice Pen, Francesco Pescatore, Ryne Recchia, Bailey Reese, Stephen Robinson, Taylor Roman, Ryan Sadkowski, Tarika Sandiford, David Seremek, Rahim Shareef, Alveena Siddiqi, Joseph Singleton, Anna Szczesniewski, Neven Telalovic, Joseph Trimarco, Ganesh Uppalapu, Daniela Vidal, Susan Walborn, Alexandra Wallenberg, William Ward, Jill Whitman and Gabe Williams
** *HONOR ROLL* **
**Juniors:**
Amina Ahmetovic, Sydney Allen, Luke Anderson, RukayaAqsa Attia, Jenna Baaske, Bisma Baggia, Taylor Baird, Tomei Ball, Meghan Beese, Haylee Belvedere, Rebecca Berkshire, Brandon Blankenship, Matea Boyter, Stephanie Brennan, Benjamin Bui, Miles Carlson, Marco Chavez, Jacob Coats, William Collins, Savanna Cozzi, Brenna Curtis, Shannon Davis, Douglas Davison, Ravi Dhebar, Joseph Dixon, John Duffy, Mollie Early, Angelica Eichele, Kayla Ellingwood, Litany Esguerra, Muhammad Fazal, Rachel Finnerty, Giselle Flores, Jamie Francis, Danielle Gaimari, Clark Gary, Kristen Gibson, Jen Gilbreath, Clarissa Guzman, Molly Hentges, Katelyn Hill, Eric Hosek, Margaret James, Darby Janss, Ryan Janusz, Adam Joy, Christopher Kataura, Justin Kelly, Andrew Kladiva, Terese Klausen, David Kozich, Katharine Kryger, Jessica Lang, Rebecca Lasek, Jennifer Lipa, Tamia Little, Jennifer Locke, Stephen Marco, Blake Maroney, Robert Marr, William Marsch, Anne Marsden, Joseph Meade, Anna Messmore, Sandra Meza, Melanie Mitcheff, Sean Mitchell, Sophia Mstowski, Clara Neurauter, Christopher Newman, Alexander Nigl, Gergana Petrova, Robert Prioletti, Catherine Rasmussen, Katherine Rexroad, Liam Sampson, Timothy Scalf Jr., Michael Scholl, Erik Schuchardt, Caterina Scordato, Sumaiya Shariff, Muhamed Shubbak, Jenna Strohbusch, Scott Swanson, Caitlyn Temesvary, Cole Tenhouse, Robin Uvodich, Tarah Valdez, Betty Vo, Emily Waghorne, Carrie Wagner, Kiersten Wallerstedt, William Weiss, Sean Westfall, Teanna Williams, Connor Willis, Nicholas Yangas, Bjor Zagorcani, Joshua Zanoni and Callie Zimmerman
** *HIGH HONOR ROLL* **
**Seniors:**
Nicolette Abruzino, Charles Asselmeier, Rushil Bakhshi, Andrew Bean, Hayley Bingen, Taryn Bogda, William Bridgman, Abigail Carter, Sean Cates, Shaeker Chandran, Dylan Chapman, Jasmine Curry, Bret Curtis, Andrea Davidson, Elizabeth Davidson, Jared Dollinger, Lauren Duffy, Kate Enright, Kevin Erl, Erik Espeland, Rehan Farooqui, Lisa Filip, Andrew Fleming, Ethan Gasbarro, Allison Gibson, Robert Glahe, Gunnar Glocker, Jacqueline Gonzalez, Erik Greenwell, Sarah Griffin, Arushi Gupta, Rachel Gutierrez, Hamza Haider, Huzaifa Haider, Marie Hayashi, Caelie Hogan, Nader Issa, Ishaan Jakhar, Kathleen James, Gordon Jensen, Adam Joesten, Sarah Johnson, Justin Joseph, Dana Jourdan, Zoe Kammer, Madison Kaufman, Garrett Kee, Aaron Kelly, Jessica Keuth, Charles Kinsman, Ella Kinsman, Zasu Klug, Megan Knowles, Sydney Komro, Nicholas Little, Brenda Liu, Katie Majcen, Jennifer Manson, Cedric Martinez, Kathleen McGimpsey, JoashGed Mencias, Ryan Mitacek, Farheen Moinuddin, Madelyn Nelson, Joseph Nielsen, Katie Obendorf, Parker Ohlmann, Elizabeth Oprins, Abigail O’Rourke, Johanna Papanikolla, Lauren Payne, Danielle Pitaro, Trenton Pohlman, Aljazul Qadir, Laura Quinlivan, Luke Rahtjen, Theresa Scheet, Sarah Schlaefke, Stephanie Schmieder, Scott Schneider, Nicole Schutte, Georgina Selenica, Amar Shah, Malvika Singh, Julianne Skarha, Kiril Spasovski, Christopher Spiers, Alexandria Spontak, Caroline Srbeny, Paul Steger, Thomas Stoffels, Michelle Stomberski, Breanna Struss, Steven Tacchi, Hannah Taylor, Michelle Volk, Elizabeth Walton, Anna Watterson, Emily Woods and Tara Zagone
** *HONOR ROLL* **
**Seniors:**
Tina Atchley, Michael Atkinson, Stephen Banas, Emily Behrel, Rebecca Benner, Theodore Bihun, Claire Birns, Monica Byrne, Alexandra Cimino, Mark Cizek, Nicholas Collazo, Colleen Cooney, Krista Cortino, James Cosgrove Jr, Lakin Cuchetto, Emma Czamanske, Courtney Davis, Alexander DelMonaco, Mariam Dhaher, Amalia Domiano, Tyler Foster, Krystian Gebis, Justin Gjerazi, Wesley Glab, Hunter Glocker, Katherine Gniatczyk, Benjamin Goldberg, Maricielo Guzman, Rebecca Haas, David Hentges, Samantha Howard, Jerry Jackson, Rebecca Jacobson, Marina Jawad, Anisha John, Alexander Johnson, Michal Junik, Jacob Kelly, Lisa Kernaghan, Shaan Khan, Patrick Kolp, Joseph Krajcir, Scott Kunesh, Errin Lane, Zachary Lilly, Henry Lo, Morgan Madderom, Adam Mansour, Timothy Marshall, Nicholas Maruyama, Elsa Mathai, Cherice Mazza, Brennen McKim, Kimberly Mendoza, Felix Millan, Mary Miller, Christopher Minter, Brittany Molenda, Jonathan Mondragon, Anniken Mossefin, Jack Opiela, Arialys Palacios, Rochelle Peeples, Kelsey Petrey, Matthew Portugal, Karolina Puchalski, Dawid Pytka, Katarzyna Pytka, Elijah Qahhaar, Madison Rankin, Stefanie Robertson, Colton Rowe, Blake Ryan, Ayelen Saavedra, Annamarie Salera, Carl Sanders III, Lauren Schaaf, Margaret Schmalandt, Thomas Shanahan Jr, Rafaye Sheikh, Brandon Smith, Abigail Starus, Danielle Sturm, Anthony Tenuta, Marissa Theodore, Jane Trzaska, Kenneth Udell Jr, Marina Unkovic, Herchel Walker, Shawnice Walker, Victoria Wallenberg, Kathryn Washam, Sara Watts, Jennifer Weber, Brian Weihmuller, Brandon West, Morgan Wilson, Samantha Woldman, Sezay Youssein and Zoe Zapel Reported by Patch 11 hours ago.
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Obituary - Patti Ann Kothmann
Patch Plum-Oakmont, PA --Patti Ann Kothmann died on February 23, 2013 at the age of 73, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Patti was born in Uniontown, PA to Edward Wilmont Connor and Louise Shelby Connor. In 1960, she graduated from Presbyterian University School of Nursing, and worked as a private-duty registered nurse until 1964. She married Richard Edward Kothmann at the United Presbyterian Church in Uniontown on May 5, 1962. Patti was a loving mother to their 3 children, and was delighted by time spent with their 6 grandchildren.
Patti was a talented singer who performed with the Monroeville Chorus from 1971 to 2002. For more than a decade, she was part of the "PitterPats" singing trio, performing classic hits for seniors and a variety of charitable organizations.
Patti loved Pittsburgh, her dogs, baking, scenic travel, and homegrown strawberries.
Patti was predeceased by her son Daniel in 2008. She is survived by her loving husband, R.E. Kothmann, of Pittsburgh, PA; her sisters Connie Buchko of Dunnellon, FL and Mary Jo Connor of Elkins, WV; her daughter-in-law, Linda Marie Long, of Chesapeake, VA; her son and daughter-in-law, Bruce David Kothmann and Andrea Kahn-Kothmann, of Wynnewood, PA; her daughter and son-in-law Holly Jill Kothmann Cockrell and Charles Edward Cockrell, Jr., of Carrollton, VA; and her six grandchildren, Julia, Matthew, John, Sara, Lewis and Megan.
A private memorial service will be held later this spring. In lieu of flowers, charitable contributions may be made to: Alzheimer's Association, 1100 Liberty Ave., Suite E-201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222; or Operation Smile, 6435 Tidewater Dr., Norfolk, VA, 23509.
Arrangements entrusted to the English Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. Reported by Patch 9 hours ago.
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Birth Announcements: Jan. 28 to Feb. 10, 2013
Patch Stonington-Mystic, CT --
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital reports the following births:
*Feb. 10, 2013*
· Adam R. Collins and Corrie (Rollinson) Collins, daughter, Canterbury.
*Feb. 9, 2013*
· Julio A. Esteves Jr. and Erica Brown, daughter, Noank.
*Feb. 8, 2013*
· Joshua R. Cardoza and Alison Kambeitz-Cardoza, daughter, Waterford.
· William K. Kimball and Jeanine Kimball, daughter, New London.* *
*Feb. 7, 2013*
· Dwayne Berry Jr. and Kathryn Pellowski, daughter, Ledyard.
· Owen W. Miller and Twila Thibeault, daughter, Ledyard.
*Feb. 6, 2013*
· Justin T. Montgomery and Holly Doran, daughter, New London.
· Brandon L. Lindbeck and Emma (Mosher) Lindbeck, daughter, Gales Ferry.
· Heather Lindell, son, Preston.
· Maurilio Garcia and Martha Lopez, son, New London.
*Feb. 5, 2013*
· Joseph A. Calash Sr. and Michelle Calash, daughter, Oakdale.
· Brenton L. Ewing and Hesti (Sianawati) Ewing, daughter, New London.
· Eduardo Guilbert III and Olivia Romanofski, daughter, Ledyard.
· Brian M. Umland and Tami (Thomas) Umland, daughter, New London.
*Feb. 4, 2013*
· Steven J. Ampania and Danielle (Owens) Ampania, son, Norwich.
*Feb. 2, 2013*
· Adam D. Strelczuk and Tracey (Niedbala) Strelczuk, son, Mystic.
*Feb. 1, 2013*
· Angelo Burgos and Allicia (Green) Burgos, daughter, Groton.
· Chad M. Meckley and Nicole (Morris) Meckley, daughter, Mystic.
*Jan. 31, 2013*
· Alexis Bendezu and Marcia Cierto, daughter, New London.
*Jan. 30, 2013*
· Steven J. Reardon and Nina (Deppen) Reardon, daughter, Groton.* *
*Jan. 29, 2013*
· Jaime O. Mateo Sr. and Jessica Goody, son, Uncasville.
· Randy P. Harris and Heather (Dubrule) Harris, son, Noank.
· Robert A. Piscitello III and Amy Hogberg, daughter, Taftville.
*Jan. 28, 2013*
· Scott E. Daimler and Morgan (Henninger) Daimler, son, Gales Ferry.
· Anthony T. Johnson Sr. and Verasavinia (Jarvis) Johnson, son, Groton. Reported by Patch 8 hours ago.
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital reports the following births:
*Feb. 10, 2013*
· Adam R. Collins and Corrie (Rollinson) Collins, daughter, Canterbury.
*Feb. 9, 2013*
· Julio A. Esteves Jr. and Erica Brown, daughter, Noank.
*Feb. 8, 2013*
· Joshua R. Cardoza and Alison Kambeitz-Cardoza, daughter, Waterford.
· William K. Kimball and Jeanine Kimball, daughter, New London.* *
*Feb. 7, 2013*
· Dwayne Berry Jr. and Kathryn Pellowski, daughter, Ledyard.
· Owen W. Miller and Twila Thibeault, daughter, Ledyard.
*Feb. 6, 2013*
· Justin T. Montgomery and Holly Doran, daughter, New London.
· Brandon L. Lindbeck and Emma (Mosher) Lindbeck, daughter, Gales Ferry.
· Heather Lindell, son, Preston.
· Maurilio Garcia and Martha Lopez, son, New London.
*Feb. 5, 2013*
· Joseph A. Calash Sr. and Michelle Calash, daughter, Oakdale.
· Brenton L. Ewing and Hesti (Sianawati) Ewing, daughter, New London.
· Eduardo Guilbert III and Olivia Romanofski, daughter, Ledyard.
· Brian M. Umland and Tami (Thomas) Umland, daughter, New London.
*Feb. 4, 2013*
· Steven J. Ampania and Danielle (Owens) Ampania, son, Norwich.
*Feb. 2, 2013*
· Adam D. Strelczuk and Tracey (Niedbala) Strelczuk, son, Mystic.
*Feb. 1, 2013*
· Angelo Burgos and Allicia (Green) Burgos, daughter, Groton.
· Chad M. Meckley and Nicole (Morris) Meckley, daughter, Mystic.
*Jan. 31, 2013*
· Alexis Bendezu and Marcia Cierto, daughter, New London.
*Jan. 30, 2013*
· Steven J. Reardon and Nina (Deppen) Reardon, daughter, Groton.* *
*Jan. 29, 2013*
· Jaime O. Mateo Sr. and Jessica Goody, son, Uncasville.
· Randy P. Harris and Heather (Dubrule) Harris, son, Noank.
· Robert A. Piscitello III and Amy Hogberg, daughter, Taftville.
*Jan. 28, 2013*
· Scott E. Daimler and Morgan (Henninger) Daimler, son, Gales Ferry.
· Anthony T. Johnson Sr. and Verasavinia (Jarvis) Johnson, son, Groton. Reported by Patch 8 hours ago.
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NuHealth VP Receives Administrator Award
Patch East Meadow, NY --Larry Slatky, NuHealth’s executive vice president of operations has been selected to receive the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) Distinguished Nursing Home Administrator Award.
NUHealth is a public benefit corporation that manages the operations of *Nassau University Medical Center *in East Meadow.
Slatky, a ACHCA Certified Fellow, was one of six long term care administrators that have achieved the designation nationally.
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For close to 10 years, Slatky was the administrator of the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility in Uniondale and currently oversees the operations of the nursing home.
Arthur A. Gianelli,, president of NuHealth, congratulated Slatky for his recognition.
“We are delighted that you are being honored for your professionalism and commitment to the ACHCA and for your dedication to offering superior resident care in the nursing home environment," he said. "It is a well deserved award.”
“I am truly honored to have been selected to receive the prestigious ACHCA Distinguished Nursing Home Administrator Award," Slatky said. "This award is a testament to the organization’s focus of promoting excellence among long term administrators and I look forward to continuing my work with the ACHCA team on state and national levels.” Reported by Patch 2 hours ago.
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Holly Bleasdale aiming to cut the cake of success at European indoors | Donald McRae
Even shopping for the perfect wedding dress cannot distract British pole vaulter from zeroing in on European indoor gold
Disappointment rarely lingers for Holly Bleasdale. As a young pole vaulter intent on winning her first major championship medal, having only begun training in this event just over four years ago, Bleasdale seems able to soar above fleeting dejection. Her relative failure at the London Olympics, where she finished sixth, was followed an hour later by a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Paul Bradshaw.
The tears shed in the Olympic Stadium by a 20-year-old, who had been tipped as a likely medal winner, were replaced by a tweet and a smiley face as Bleasdale celebrated on Twitter: "6th in the Olympics and @bradshaaaw proposes to me :) epic day!!!"
On Monday, Bleasdale, who is now 21, followed the mild frustration she suffered last Thursday during a low-key competition in Stockholm, by shopping for her wedding dress. It is, she quips, one way to relax before the start on Friday of the European indoor championships in Gothenburg – where Bleasdale is Britain's likeliest contender for a gold medal.
She does not just rely on romantic interludes to divert her from disillusion. After Bleasdale performed poorly in the 2011 world championships in Daegu she responded strongly in the following year's indoor season – including a 4.87m vault which put her third on the best-ever list behind the eventual London 2012 champion Jenn Suhr and Yelena Isinbayeva, the Russian winner of multiple world and Olympic titles.
Bleasdale's reaction to her letdown in the Olympic final has been even more impressive. She has reeled off a string of victories in 2013. Three weeks ago, in Sheffield, she cleared 4.77m, which was then the best in the world this year, and went on to beat the current Olympic silver medallist, Yarisley Silva of Cuba, at the Birmingham grand prix.
It suggests that steely resolve resides beneath the surface of the otherwise uncomplicated and cheery Bleasdale. "I've came back much stronger from what happened in Daegu and London," she says. "You've got to have these bad times to get stronger and so I'm glad I'm getting these out of the way when I'm young. Further down the line I won't make the same mistakes."
Bleasdale believes that real success can emerge this weekend. "I've got so much confidence," she stresses. "I'm in shape to jump 4.80 and 4.90 at the Europeans as long as I keep composed. If I don't think of anyone else I'm in with a great chance. The early stages will be important because if I can have a clean card and not have many failures leading up to 4.70 that'll have me up in the medals. That will be satisfying because medals weren't part of my plan this year. I just wanted to enjoy it because I've changed coaches. But it's gone so well that, now, I'd like to go to Gothenburg, get a medal and have a good battle with [Russia's] Anastasia Savchenko for gold. I think I've got a good shot at it."
The reasons for Bleasdale's sustained improvement are technical as much as psychological. She has made significant adjustments to her run-up and begun using longer poles. After tough training camps in Arizona with her new coach Dan Pfaff, supplemented by work at her Cardiff base with Scott Simpson, the results have been convincing. "I went out to America and Dan changed quite a lot in my head, and in terms of technique. He changed how I structured my run-up and other technical aspects in my vault. He also changed my mindset as I run.
"Dan and Scott liaise a lot so it's good to have a great coaching network around me because I've gained so much confidence. One of the things that really messed me up last year was my run-up. It had no structure. I'd just set off running and if it was windy I wouldn't have any control over the pole – which is why in the Olympics I couldn't vault. Scott and Dan have been working on me having a quick but controlled run-up. I had a couple of sessions in the States where it was really windy but it didn't affect me at all."
Last August, Bleasdale struggled in gusty conditions during the Olympic final. She resorted to staring at her former coach, Julien Raffalli-Ebezant, so that he might best gauge the moment when the wind dropped enough for her to begin her run-up. Bleasdale also showed her youth and inexperience in a momentous setting.
"I was really excited to compete in front of a home crowd of 80,000 people," she says, "but as soon as I got out there and everyone started cheering it was really daunting. Even when I executed my warm-up jump people cheered as if I'd cleared the bar. It was nerve-racking. I did well in qualifying but, in the final, my nerves took hold. The conditions also weren't in my favour. I felt down because I got it into my head that the wind was so much stronger. Looking back, I can see that I relied on Julien too much. That wouldn't happen now because I'm much more confident in my run-up and control of the pole. But, at the time, I was very upset because I only managed to clear 4.45m. At the UK trails I'd made 4.71 comfortably. It was all a big letdown."
She sounds briefly dejected, before brightening again. "Still, I wouldn't change anything. I've gained so much from everything I learnt. And top six in my first Olympics looks OK now."
Bleasdale also had the small matter of a surprise proposal from Bradshaw, a fellow athlete, to console her. "It was a big shock," she says, "but it made me so happy. To come out of the stadium after my first Olympic final and be proposed to 40 minutes later was amazing. There's a canal running through the Olympic Park. We were walking alongside it and that's where he asked me. It was a quiet area so he even went down on one knee. If it had been busier I don't think he'd have done that!"
Her professional life has changed, too, with a new coaching team. "If it wasn't for Julien's work circumstances I'd probably still be with him. It's just unfortunate he had to go back into full-time work and so he would only have been able to coach me a couple of times a week. But it's turned out to be the perfect time to move on."
Pfaff, a close associate of the former GB head coach Charles van Commenee, helped Greg Rutherford win Olympic gold in the long jump. But, as Bleasdale admits, it has taken her time to adjust. "Dan gives you a lot of space so you can become an independent athlete. It's been hard and strange sometimes with Dan because I like lots of feedback. But I now feel able to take my own decisions and that helps in competition. Dan and Scott also offer a good balance with their different approaches – and Dan knows such a lot technically."
Bleasdale is now using her longer "money poles", as she dubs them, in a further development. "I think they're the key to my future success. I've outgrown the 4.45m ones and moved on to the longer 4.60m poles. I'll definitely use them in Gothenburg because I need to be gripping higher and I can't do that on the shorter poles. So they're giving me more confidence."
She's still a novice at world level, especially in comparison to Russia's haughty and experienced Isinbayeva, and her unlikely route into the sport bears repeating. "At the time of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 I was playing football. I was a striker for Euxton Girls, which is just a small village team near Blackburn, but we were in the top division against Manchester United and Man City in the under-17 league. I scored lots of goals because I was really quick.
"At the same time I was a member, like Paul, of Blackburn Harriers. I liked doing sprinting and hurdling and hanging around with the athletes as I had lots of friends. I'd gone to the English Schools championships as a hurdler but I'd never got out of the heats. So, at 17, I was just thinking about going to uni so I could become a PE teacher. I'd never done any pole vaulting but the club needed to find someone because they were missing out on points in Northern League meetings."
Bleasdale, who then worked as a part-time waitress at a local Italian restaurant, Punchinello's in Chorley, showed an immediate aptitude for "flinging myself across a bar on a stick". Her dramatic rise ended her waitressing career. "I had to give up at Punchinello's but my sister still works there."
Her main objective this summer will be to follow planned success in Gothenburg with a tilt at the world championship title outdoors in Russia. "Isinbayeva said she'd retire after those worlds. But after her disappointment in London [where she finished third] she's now saying she'll go on until 2016. It'll be good to have her competing because it will make me hungrier and want to train even harder to keep up with her. She'll spur me on."
This seems rather different to the quoted assertion from Bleasdale last year that she disliked Isinbayeva's pouting prima donna tendency to enter a competition at a very late stage after huddling under her hoodie like "a tramp in a doorway". Bleasdale now insists that, "I actually never said that. That's been retracted by the American company who printed it. I would never say anything like that because I've always admired her."
Isinbayeva will be missing in Gothenburg and Bleasdale's main rival appears to be the Russian No2 – Savchenko. Last week, in Stockholm, Bleasdale was fourth after an unsatisfactory best vault of 4.45m. Savchenko cleared 4.71, and finished second to Silva, as the Cuban overcame her own disappointment in losing to Bleasdale in Birmingham.
"Savchenko has had a few 4.70s this year, so it's not going to be easy. In Stockholm I felt really good warming up and I'm moving the best I've ever done. But the runway there is probably the quickest in the world so it affected my run-up. I was frustrated with how I jumped but we've gone through the videos. I can see now that if I'd been half-a-metre further back I'd probably have jumped a PB."
Her wedding dress diversion in Cardiff on Monday was "a good way to take my mind off the Europeans. The wedding is only on 25 October 2014 so I've got lots of time. Shopping now is a good excuse to go out with my friends, try on a few dresses and see what style I like. I've got time to find the perfect dress".
Bleasdale is intent on winning medals both before and after she wears her wedding dress next year. "I'll only be peaking as a pole vaulter in my late 20s so I'm all set for at least two more Olympics – at Rio and then in 2020. I'm going to Gothenburg this week in the best possible shape and, from there, I'm convinced I'll get better and better." Reported by guardian.co.uk 7 hours ago.
Disappointment rarely lingers for Holly Bleasdale. As a young pole vaulter intent on winning her first major championship medal, having only begun training in this event just over four years ago, Bleasdale seems able to soar above fleeting dejection. Her relative failure at the London Olympics, where she finished sixth, was followed an hour later by a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Paul Bradshaw.
The tears shed in the Olympic Stadium by a 20-year-old, who had been tipped as a likely medal winner, were replaced by a tweet and a smiley face as Bleasdale celebrated on Twitter: "6th in the Olympics and @bradshaaaw proposes to me :) epic day!!!"
On Monday, Bleasdale, who is now 21, followed the mild frustration she suffered last Thursday during a low-key competition in Stockholm, by shopping for her wedding dress. It is, she quips, one way to relax before the start on Friday of the European indoor championships in Gothenburg – where Bleasdale is Britain's likeliest contender for a gold medal.
She does not just rely on romantic interludes to divert her from disillusion. After Bleasdale performed poorly in the 2011 world championships in Daegu she responded strongly in the following year's indoor season – including a 4.87m vault which put her third on the best-ever list behind the eventual London 2012 champion Jenn Suhr and Yelena Isinbayeva, the Russian winner of multiple world and Olympic titles.
Bleasdale's reaction to her letdown in the Olympic final has been even more impressive. She has reeled off a string of victories in 2013. Three weeks ago, in Sheffield, she cleared 4.77m, which was then the best in the world this year, and went on to beat the current Olympic silver medallist, Yarisley Silva of Cuba, at the Birmingham grand prix.
It suggests that steely resolve resides beneath the surface of the otherwise uncomplicated and cheery Bleasdale. "I've came back much stronger from what happened in Daegu and London," she says. "You've got to have these bad times to get stronger and so I'm glad I'm getting these out of the way when I'm young. Further down the line I won't make the same mistakes."
Bleasdale believes that real success can emerge this weekend. "I've got so much confidence," she stresses. "I'm in shape to jump 4.80 and 4.90 at the Europeans as long as I keep composed. If I don't think of anyone else I'm in with a great chance. The early stages will be important because if I can have a clean card and not have many failures leading up to 4.70 that'll have me up in the medals. That will be satisfying because medals weren't part of my plan this year. I just wanted to enjoy it because I've changed coaches. But it's gone so well that, now, I'd like to go to Gothenburg, get a medal and have a good battle with [Russia's] Anastasia Savchenko for gold. I think I've got a good shot at it."
The reasons for Bleasdale's sustained improvement are technical as much as psychological. She has made significant adjustments to her run-up and begun using longer poles. After tough training camps in Arizona with her new coach Dan Pfaff, supplemented by work at her Cardiff base with Scott Simpson, the results have been convincing. "I went out to America and Dan changed quite a lot in my head, and in terms of technique. He changed how I structured my run-up and other technical aspects in my vault. He also changed my mindset as I run.
"Dan and Scott liaise a lot so it's good to have a great coaching network around me because I've gained so much confidence. One of the things that really messed me up last year was my run-up. It had no structure. I'd just set off running and if it was windy I wouldn't have any control over the pole – which is why in the Olympics I couldn't vault. Scott and Dan have been working on me having a quick but controlled run-up. I had a couple of sessions in the States where it was really windy but it didn't affect me at all."
Last August, Bleasdale struggled in gusty conditions during the Olympic final. She resorted to staring at her former coach, Julien Raffalli-Ebezant, so that he might best gauge the moment when the wind dropped enough for her to begin her run-up. Bleasdale also showed her youth and inexperience in a momentous setting.
"I was really excited to compete in front of a home crowd of 80,000 people," she says, "but as soon as I got out there and everyone started cheering it was really daunting. Even when I executed my warm-up jump people cheered as if I'd cleared the bar. It was nerve-racking. I did well in qualifying but, in the final, my nerves took hold. The conditions also weren't in my favour. I felt down because I got it into my head that the wind was so much stronger. Looking back, I can see that I relied on Julien too much. That wouldn't happen now because I'm much more confident in my run-up and control of the pole. But, at the time, I was very upset because I only managed to clear 4.45m. At the UK trails I'd made 4.71 comfortably. It was all a big letdown."
She sounds briefly dejected, before brightening again. "Still, I wouldn't change anything. I've gained so much from everything I learnt. And top six in my first Olympics looks OK now."
Bleasdale also had the small matter of a surprise proposal from Bradshaw, a fellow athlete, to console her. "It was a big shock," she says, "but it made me so happy. To come out of the stadium after my first Olympic final and be proposed to 40 minutes later was amazing. There's a canal running through the Olympic Park. We were walking alongside it and that's where he asked me. It was a quiet area so he even went down on one knee. If it had been busier I don't think he'd have done that!"
Her professional life has changed, too, with a new coaching team. "If it wasn't for Julien's work circumstances I'd probably still be with him. It's just unfortunate he had to go back into full-time work and so he would only have been able to coach me a couple of times a week. But it's turned out to be the perfect time to move on."
Pfaff, a close associate of the former GB head coach Charles van Commenee, helped Greg Rutherford win Olympic gold in the long jump. But, as Bleasdale admits, it has taken her time to adjust. "Dan gives you a lot of space so you can become an independent athlete. It's been hard and strange sometimes with Dan because I like lots of feedback. But I now feel able to take my own decisions and that helps in competition. Dan and Scott also offer a good balance with their different approaches – and Dan knows such a lot technically."
Bleasdale is now using her longer "money poles", as she dubs them, in a further development. "I think they're the key to my future success. I've outgrown the 4.45m ones and moved on to the longer 4.60m poles. I'll definitely use them in Gothenburg because I need to be gripping higher and I can't do that on the shorter poles. So they're giving me more confidence."
She's still a novice at world level, especially in comparison to Russia's haughty and experienced Isinbayeva, and her unlikely route into the sport bears repeating. "At the time of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 I was playing football. I was a striker for Euxton Girls, which is just a small village team near Blackburn, but we were in the top division against Manchester United and Man City in the under-17 league. I scored lots of goals because I was really quick.
"At the same time I was a member, like Paul, of Blackburn Harriers. I liked doing sprinting and hurdling and hanging around with the athletes as I had lots of friends. I'd gone to the English Schools championships as a hurdler but I'd never got out of the heats. So, at 17, I was just thinking about going to uni so I could become a PE teacher. I'd never done any pole vaulting but the club needed to find someone because they were missing out on points in Northern League meetings."
Bleasdale, who then worked as a part-time waitress at a local Italian restaurant, Punchinello's in Chorley, showed an immediate aptitude for "flinging myself across a bar on a stick". Her dramatic rise ended her waitressing career. "I had to give up at Punchinello's but my sister still works there."
Her main objective this summer will be to follow planned success in Gothenburg with a tilt at the world championship title outdoors in Russia. "Isinbayeva said she'd retire after those worlds. But after her disappointment in London [where she finished third] she's now saying she'll go on until 2016. It'll be good to have her competing because it will make me hungrier and want to train even harder to keep up with her. She'll spur me on."
This seems rather different to the quoted assertion from Bleasdale last year that she disliked Isinbayeva's pouting prima donna tendency to enter a competition at a very late stage after huddling under her hoodie like "a tramp in a doorway". Bleasdale now insists that, "I actually never said that. That's been retracted by the American company who printed it. I would never say anything like that because I've always admired her."
Isinbayeva will be missing in Gothenburg and Bleasdale's main rival appears to be the Russian No2 – Savchenko. Last week, in Stockholm, Bleasdale was fourth after an unsatisfactory best vault of 4.45m. Savchenko cleared 4.71, and finished second to Silva, as the Cuban overcame her own disappointment in losing to Bleasdale in Birmingham.
"Savchenko has had a few 4.70s this year, so it's not going to be easy. In Stockholm I felt really good warming up and I'm moving the best I've ever done. But the runway there is probably the quickest in the world so it affected my run-up. I was frustrated with how I jumped but we've gone through the videos. I can see now that if I'd been half-a-metre further back I'd probably have jumped a PB."
Her wedding dress diversion in Cardiff on Monday was "a good way to take my mind off the Europeans. The wedding is only on 25 October 2014 so I've got lots of time. Shopping now is a good excuse to go out with my friends, try on a few dresses and see what style I like. I've got time to find the perfect dress".
Bleasdale is intent on winning medals both before and after she wears her wedding dress next year. "I'll only be peaking as a pole vaulter in my late 20s so I'm all set for at least two more Olympics – at Rio and then in 2020. I'm going to Gothenburg this week in the best possible shape and, from there, I'm convinced I'll get better and better." Reported by guardian.co.uk 7 hours ago.
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Question of the Week: Should Marijuana be Legalized?
Patch Holly Springs-Hickory Flat, GA --Marijuana has been decriminalized in Colorado and Washington state. Should Georgia follow suit?
Georgia Campaign for Access, Reform & Education (Georgia CARE), a project of the Georgia Taxpayers Alliance, Inc., seeks to change the state's laws on marijuana, eventually leading to a complete legalization of the drug.
The group claims this would unburden our criminal justice system, which is laden with marijuana-related crimes and arrests.
Georgia CARE has published a "Blueprint to Reform" (attached to this article) that outlines how it perceives marijuana reform and eventual legalization can happen in Georgia.
For example, CARE advocates making marijuana a Schedule II drug and allowing medical prescription of cannabis. Following this, the state should remove jail time for those caught with less than four ounces of the drug, and release and pardon people currently incarcerated or on parole or probation for a similar offense.
Finally, the group believes Georgia voters would be open to passing a referendum to legalize marijuana and have it taxed federally, similar to the laws now in force in Washington state and Colorado.
**What do you think? Should Georgia move to legalize marijuana? Tell us in the comments!** Reported by Patch 5 hours ago.
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Charge Your Electric Car Near South Pasadena
Patch South Pasadena, CA --There's no doubt Californians love their cars. The Golden State accounts for almost 10 percent of all car sales in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported recently.
If you're in the market for an electric vehicle, you'll certainly have your pick. With its laws incentivizing car manufacturers to go green, California has driven the push for eco-friendly transportation.
Electric vehicles can provide up to three times the power conversion compared to their gas-powered counterparts and boast an engine that operates more quietly and requires less maintenance, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. To top it off, buying an eco-friendly car can net you a federal tax credit of up to $7,500.
Though electric cars are more energy-efficient, you can still travel up to three times as far in some internal-combustion vehicles. Another thing to consider is electric car batteries are expensive to replace and can take up to eight hours to charge.
Several car manufacturers offer eco-friendly vehicles, including Chrysler, General Motors, Honda, Ford, Nissan, Tesla and Toyota.
Some manufacturers are establishing their own charging stations hoping to lure potential customers. Tesla has built a network of six solar-powered charging stations from L.A. to San Francisco, according to Car and Driver.
Whether you're looking to buy an electric car or you already own one, Los Angeles County is full of service stations—including several in South Pasadena—that will keep you charged for your emissions-free commute.
Sure, you can charge your car at home, but why do so at your own expense?
Here is a list of local charging stations, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy. Stations offer Level 1 (120 volts) and Level 2 (240 volts) charging.
· City of Pasadena - Schoolhouse Garage
33 E. Green St.
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: 626-744-7665
Electric charging types: Level 1, Level 2
· Caltech Building 124 - Wilson Parking Structure
405 S. Wilson Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91106
Phone: 888-758-4389 626-395-5989
Electric charging types: Level 2
· City of Pasadena - De Lacey Garage
45 De Lacey Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: 626-744-7665
Electric charging types: Level 2
· City of Pasadena - Los Robles Garage
400 E. Green St.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: 626-744-7665
Electric charging types: Level 2
· City of Pasadena - Holly Street Garage
150 E. Holly St.
Pasadena, CA 91103
Phone: 626-744-7665
Electric charging types: Level 2
· Alhambra Nissan
726 E. Main St.
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626-289-6161
Electric charging types: Level 2
· Caltech Building 66 - Holliston Parking Structure
370 S Holliston Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: 888-758-4389 626-395-5989
Electric charging types: Level 2
· City of Pasadena - Plaza Las Fuentes
135 N. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: 626-744-7665
Electric charging types: Level 2
· City of Pasadena - El Molino Lot
100 N. El Molino Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: 626-744-7665
Electric charging types: Level 2
· Calstart
48 S. Chester Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91106
Phone: 888-998-2546
Electric charging types: Level 2 Reported by Patch 34 minutes ago.
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