Freda would kill rezoning bid.
Byline: Matthew Bruun LEOMINSTER - After an overwhelming display of opposition to their bid to rezone an acre of residential property on Central Street for commercial use, a family is asking the City Council to let them withdraw their petition. But Councilor Claire M. Freda...

City panel endorses new taxes for roads.
Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard To raise money for street repairs, the city may levy taxes on Eugene homes and businesses based on everything from their property value to the amount of garbage they generate and the number of parking spaces they have. A council...

Candidate wants tax rate set earlier; Bergman calls for action before election.
Byline: Thomas Caywood WORCESTER - City councilor-at-large candidate Morris A. Bergman yesterday challenged the city's position that property tax rates can't be set by the City Council before the Nov. 6 election. "It's unfair to the taxpayers of the city of Worcester to be kept...

Arlie backs away from EWEB bid; Bettman comments blamed.
Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard Last week, John Musumeci wanted to take off the gloves. This week, he wants to throw in the towel. Musumeci, vice president of Eugene development firm Arlie & Co., announced Monday he would withdraw Arlie's bid for the Eugene Water...

Space administration: rereading the material history of Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto.
A DOMINANT FEATURE of contemporary theatre work in Toronto is that a significant portion of it has been undertaken in performance spaces that are former industrial buildings. The company that most explicitly draws attention to this industrial-spatial history is Factory Theatre, which first produced plays in a former candle...

A needed review; Commission will study single tax rate for Worcester.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Seldom has a proposal to study an issue provoked a stronger reaction than the proposal last week to form a study commission to consider returning Worcester to the single-tier property tax it abandoned when it adopted the current two-tier "classification" system a quarter-century...

The houses that eminent domain and housing tax credits built: imagining a better New Orleans.
Throughout its history, New Orleans has been largely immune to brilliant and innovative ideas. Indeed, this is one of its principal charms. If you are not a native New Orleanian, ask yourself why you decided to live here and chances are it has something, to do with what Ignatius...

Property tax rate is lower as result of school windfall.
Byline: J.P. Ellery WEST BROOKFIELD - The town is on a roll in coming up with lower tax rates. For the fourth year in a row, the Board of Assessors has been able to announce a reduced rate. The state Department of Revenue has certified...

A comparative study of the behavioral, personality, and fire history characteristics of residential and outpatient adolescents (ages 12-17) with firesetting behaviors.
INTRODUCTION Juvenile firesetting has become a major problem in the United States. Once viewed by many as a crime perpetrated primarily by adults, arson committed by children under the age of 18 are responsible for over 50% of all arson arrests (Snyder, 1988). The impact of the...

'Nodes' coming to city near you.
Byline: JOE MOSLEY The Register-Guard The concept goes by many names, some cumbersome and some evocative: nodal development, urban - or suburban - village, neo-traditional neighborhoods, new urbanism. And they're all the rage in land use planning circles, around the country and throughout Oregon. Several...