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Fall Back Tonight: Daylight Saving Time Ends November 1, with 2 AM Becoming 1 AM
Set clocks back one hour this weekend: daylight saving time ends Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 2 a.m. local time…
Weston keeps Regis senior-housing rezoning off November warrant
A 4-0 Select Board vote keeps a proposed 215-unit senior-living project off Weston’s Nov. 23 Town Meeting warrant, but does…
Burbank authorizes $6.22 million downtown sidewalk grant
A 5-0 vote authorizes a Metro grant agreement for three San Fernando Boulevard blocks; the project remains in design, with…
Albany was awarded $75,000 for nearly 100 Second Avenue trees
Albany was awarded a $75,000 state forestry grant for nearly 100 planned trees on Second Avenue. The city’s Department of…
D.C. Circuit revives faith groups’ bid to limit worship-site enforcement
A 2-1 appeals court ruling sends 27 religious organizations’ request for preliminary protections back to district court. It does not…
EPA’s Sawyer Street draft sets a 1-ppm PCB cleanup level
EPA’s nonfinal plan proposes targeted soil removal, land-use controls and an estimated $9.25 million cleanup at the city-owned site.
Lower Merion draft would limit data centers to Bala Cynwyd district
Lower Merion’s unadopted draft would let data centers seek special-exception approval in a Bala Cynwyd light-industrial district and set proposed…
Quincy chair plans hearing on broader surveillance rules
A proposed Quincy ordinance would require public review and council approval for several types of surveillance technology. The committee chair…
Haiti food insecurity forecast reaches 6.35 million by June 2027
The IPC projects 6.35 million people in Haiti will face Crisis-level food insecurity or worse from March through June 2027…
Italy sweeps De Leon in UIL volleyball playoffs
Italy High School’s Gladiators won all three sets against De Leon, with their winning margin narrowing from seven points to…
Hillcrest names first two retail tenants in Sandy Springs
Salted Melon and Chastain Creamery are planned for the Sandy Springs project, with summer 2027 reported as the businesses’ opening…
Appeals court upholds conditional approval for Accord granary project
A New York appellate court rejected two nearby property owners’ challenge, leaving the Town of Rochester Planning Board’s conditional approval…
Carmel board votes to demolish flood-damaged Orchard Park school
The board approved demolition of the former school; the property is to remain in educational use, but its specific future…
Somalia’s U.N. mission is due to close Oct. 31 amid term dispute
UNTMIS is scheduled to end its two-year transition as Somali leaders dispute whether new five-year terms apply to current officeholders.