MTD gets grant for hybrid buses
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:12:23 -0800

Officials at the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District got a nice surprise Tuesday: word that they were one of five bus systems in Illinois to win a Federal Transit Administration Clean Fuels grant through the Illinois Department of Transportation. ...

$1.6 million in Community Fund grants slated for next year
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:08:38 -0800

by Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Pitkin County will grant $1.6 million from its Healthy Community Fund to 71 local social services agencies and non-profits in 2012. It is the last round of community fund grants before an increase to the ...

Community Free Clinic receives grant
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:44:38 -0800

Petoskey's Community Free Clinic recently received a $15000 grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to support the health care needs of the under and uninsured residents of Emmet County. The Community Free Clinic provides health care to ...

Grant : Making Kill Keith was a hoot
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:30:00 -0800

Russell Grant has revealed working on new low-budget horror comedy Kill Keith brought out "the trooper" in him. The Strictly Come Dancing contestant - who plays himself in Keith Chegwin's satire about breakfast television - said he and his co-stars all ...

State Grant Helps Baltimore County University Expand
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:57:21 -0800

By Barbara Pash A $3 million grant from the state's Sellinger Grant Program enabled Stevenson University on Tuesdat to purchase a 28-acre tract of land to add to its Baltimore County campus. "The deal presented itself," Timothy Campbell, executive vice ...

NOAA Grant to Help Study Coastal Habitats
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:49:21 -0800

The lead institution in the consortium, Florida A&M University, was awarded the grant to meet NOAA's workforce needs in areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics that support the agency's mission. Other consortium members include ...

First Choice Power Grants Provide More Than $61000 to Support Energy ...
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:00:15 -0800

First Choice Power today announced that it will award more than $61000 in Reduce Your Use Grants to nonprofits, schools and medical centers to fund energy-efficient programs and upgrades. The recipients applied for grants in the fall grant cycle ...

Historical society gets grant to restore memorial
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:22:36 -0800

By Kevin Parks Clintonville Historical Society president Mary Rodgers announced last week that a grant application had met with success. The $1800 from the Scotts Miracle-Gro Community Gardens Fund at the Columbus Foundation represents only a small ...

The PIMCO Foundation Announces 2011 Grant Recipients
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:02:01 -0800

Newport beach, CA, Nov 16, 2011 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- The PIMCO Foundation, the charitable arm of the Newport Beach-based money management firm PIMCO, announced today that it has awarded nearly $1.1 million in 2011 grants to a variety of US ...

'Free grant ' scammers target Central Kentuckians
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:48:48 -0800

By Herald-Leader Staff Report Scam artists claiming to represent the US government are calling consumers in Kentucky and telling them they have been "selected" by the government to receive a "free grant ." The Better Business Bureau of Central and ...

USDOT: tiger iii grant requests 'far surpass' available funding
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:31:21 -0800

Yesterday, the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced that the demand for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery III (TIGER III) grants once again has surpassed available funding. The department received 828 applications from ...

Flint City Council investigative hearing to focus on grant spending
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:33:01 -0800

By Kristin Longley | Flint Journal FLINT, Michigan The Flint City Council will hold an investigative hearing on city grant spending next week after recently learning federal officials canceled a $1.1 million energy grant more than two weeks ago. ...

Groups offer grants to promote development around transit lines
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:41:49 -0800

Towns in the tristate region could get a boost planning for building multi-use stores, offices and retail buildings around train and bus stations from a grant program. The Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the nonprofit group One Region Funders are ...

Escambia County Receives Electronic Absentee Voting System Grant
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:24:55 -0800

Escambia County is among 13 Florida counties sharing a $1.6 million grant to enhance the absentee voting process for military and overseas citizens. The Electronic Absentee Systems for Elections grant was awarded by the Federal Voting Assistance ...

Frank J. Carasiti Awarded $5K Grant
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:44:27 -0800

grant , awarded by Optimum Lightpath, will be used to fund school's new educational 3D program. By Rich Arleo (Left to right) Dave Pistacchio (Optimum Lightpath), Susan Wilson (Rocky Point School District), Jennifer Meschi (Frank J. Carasiti Elementary ...

Pennsylvania puts $3 million grant for Second Mile on hold
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:43:02 -0800

Pennsylvania has put on hold a $3 million grant approved for The Second Mile, the nonprofit organization at the center of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, the Centre Daily Times reported Tuesday. The grant , approved by Gov. ...

Grant Chapel to hold 141st anniversary
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:11:41 -0800

Moultrie grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church will celebrate its 141st Church Anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3 pm The Rev. Johnnie Cook of St. Paul AME Church in Valdosta, Ga., will be the guest speaker. It began under a brush arbor ...

UTSA seeks to boost number of minority math, science teachers
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:58:35 -0800

The Academy for Teacher Excellence (ATE) within the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Education and Human Development has received a $4.2 million grant from the US Department of Education. The grant will be dispersed over the next five ...

Barona Band of Mission Indians Awards $5000 Grant to Pacific Beach Elementary ...
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:15:00 -0800

SAN DIEGO, CA, Nov 15, 2011 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Students and staff at Pacific Beach Elementary School were recently awarded a $5000 education grant by the Barona Band of Mission Indians on Monday, November 14. Assemblywoman Toni Atkins joined ...

Grant Hill Still Optimistic About NBA Season, Current Circumstances Suggest ...
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:42:28 -0800

by Nikil Selvam Nov 15, 2011 8:40 PM MST Phoenix Suns forward Grant Hill was on hand at Madison Square Garden for Tuesday's Duke-Michigan St. game. Hill came to cheer on Coach Mike Krzyzewski, his former coach from college, as he scored his ...