The City's Green Energy Incentive Program offers grants of up to $25,000 for eco-friendly upgrades.

The City of Santa Clarita will host an informational workshop this Thursday, March 18 to introduce local businesses to the City’s new Green Energy Incentive Program. The cost-sharing program offers grants of up to $25,000 to local businesses  that undertake projects [...]

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The Making Home Affordable Program (HAMP) , a joint effort by the Departments of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development to prevent foreclosures, is reporting that 168,708 homeowners have now graduated from the HAMP trial modification program and have active permanent modifications by the end of February. This works out to [...]

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The Making Home Affordable Program (HAMP) , a joint effort by the Departments of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development to prevent foreclosures, is reporting that 168,708 homeowners have now graduated from the HAMP trial modification program and have active permanent modifications by the end of February. This works out to [...]

The government’s Cash for Clunkers program resulted in a far bigger boost to car sales than was previously estimated, even by the government, according to a new analysis by Maritz Research, an automotive market research company.

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As consumers we all have choices when it comes to making purchases for products, service, food, etc. Many times we make those choices based on convenience, price and customer service. All are good reasons to pick a particular company to do business with, however there are a few other reasons that consumers should consider. It’s [...]

Cablevision customers in the New York area were able to start watching the Oscars about 15 minutes into the start of the program Sunday, when ABC restored its local affiliate’s signal after pulling it due to a fee dispute.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association proposed a forbearance program Wednesday aimed at helping the unemployed pay their mortgages for up to nine months.

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As the U.S. slowly gets its high-speed rail program going, China is moving full speed ahead with its much larger system. Although some critics see this as a technical and social failure, [...]

It’s Thanksgiving, and the Archives have some things to share that give us a lot to consider….
Are we saturated with sports in modern times? Has the meaning of the holiday been eclipsed by the power of games on TV? Why, yes it has — but as you see, that isn’t so new. Sic semper [...]

My colleague Marianne Babal is a VIP in the Public History world  (scroll down a little). A friend of hers teaches at The College of William & Mary  in Williamsburg, Virginia, and earlier this year his/her students found a treasure trove.
In an attic (totally by chance!), they found records  related to Maggie L. Walker.  [...]