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Pascack Valley Mayors seek meeting with United WaterTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:01PMThe Pascack Valley Mayor's Association (PVMA) has called for a meeting with United Water to review the utility company's standard operating procedures for operating the Woodcliff Lake dam, which feeds the Pascack Brook.

Family Of 4 Killed After Heavy Rain Washes Out HighwayTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:59PMA family of four was killed early Tuesday when they drove into a washed out road and were swept away by floodwaters.

Hearing wraps on water rates at Sunbird mobile home park near ThermalTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:59PMA sign and water faucet attached to the manager's office at Sunbird mobile home park offers residents the choice to use this water from the pilot study treatment unit over the water in their homes.

Cooling centers opening in West MichiganTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:57PMWEST MICHIGAN (Newschannel 3) - There are cooling stations opening across the area to help people beat the heat. The Community House will be available as a cooling center on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon till 6:00pm. If your health may be in danger take advantage of this opportunity.

Body recovered from Maumee RiverTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:56PMToledo Fire and Rescue pulled the body of a man from the Maumee River near Cullen Park in Point Place just before Noon Tuesday.

Energy ministers to seek new oil marketsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:54PMCanada's energy ministers end two days of annual talks Tuesday in the Kananaskis resort in the Alberta Rockies announcing they have agreed to work together on opening up new markets to Canadian crude oil.

Burr Ridge Park District abandons Harvester splash padTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:52PMThe Burr Ridge Park District has doused its plan to build a splash pad at Harvester Park, but Director Jim Pacanowski said improvements are in store for the playground there. “That area needs to be renovated,” Pacanowski said, but that renovation won’t include a splash pad. Pacanowski said operating and maintenance costs were the deciding factor in abandoning the splash pad plan. “We were ...

Eco Camp gives teens opportunity to put ecology lessons to useTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:48PMBeginning Aug. 1, local teenagers will have an opportunity to spend a fun-filled week learning about the environment and how to enhance, use and protect it for future generations, all for free.

Blistering hot temperatures to bake Chicago area all weekTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:43PMA gentle breeze blew across the Humboldt Park lagoon Monday — hot and dry, just like an oven vent.Arnaldo and Leonor Reyes took refuge from the heat beneath one of the park’s leafy locust trees, but it felt like a waste of time.“Even in the shade it’s hot,” said Arnaldo Reyes, 50, a West Sider.That was an all too familiar complaint Monday as the city began day two of the Big Bake — a heat wave ...