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State money to help fund Makefield Elementary energy project

The opening of Makefield Elementary School may have been delayed, but the good news is that some state money will be given to the Pennsbury School District to help foot the bill for the energy-saving portion of the school’s renovation.

Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron Receive Ohio Third Frontier Grant for Biomedical Sensor Technology Development

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) has received a more than $2.6 million research and commercialization grant for biomedical sensor technology from The Wright Center for Sensor Systems Engineering (WCSSE) through the Ohio Third Frontier initiative. The ABIA project is one of six grants recently announced, totaling more than $17 million, focused on the development and ...

Green Collars--Where are the Jobs?

What about a recently laid-off woman who now pushes a reel mower yard to yard to make money? Would lawn lady's be a green job created, a general job lost, or would the two cancel one another for a net job gain of zero?

Ocean institute looks for way forward after founder's death

Nearly a month after the untimely death of Matthew Simmons, board members and advocates of the Ocean Energy Institute are trying to figure out how to carry forward its founder's bold ambitions.

Report card on South Hampton Roads legislators

U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Newport News Represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes parts of Norfolk and Portsmouth and stretches up to Richmond. First elected in 1992. Committees: Judiciary, Budget, Education and Labor. Voted with the Democratic Party majority 98 percent of the time.*