Capitol Visitor Center Transforms East Side With Unsettling Pomposity
Over time, the U.S. Capitol has taken on two very different faces. What was once deemed the back side of the building -- facing the Mall -- became a grand, ceremonial front, with the addition of dramatic stairs, terraces and landscaping that emphasized its prominence on a hill. To the east, the o...

Update: Victim of Landscaping Fatal Accident Identified
UPDATE @ 4:55 p.m. Sunday: Police released the victim's name as Thomas Guy Rayle, 45, of Randleman. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) ? A landscaping worker was killed Saturday while on the job shortly before noon Saturday at 4125 North Patterson Avenue, according to police. Thomas Rayle, 45, of Randleman, reportedly fell into a commercial truck that grinds up and distributes mulch. The victim, ...

Quincy High evacuated after gas leak
By Globe Staff Classes have been canceled for the day at Quincy High School following the discovery of a natural gas leak this morning, a school official said. The leak occurred after a crew doing landscaping work outside the school...

Labor Pains: St. Louis landscapers worry they'll be short Mexican workers to mow lawns and bag leaves
For the past nine years, Lee Mueller, owner of Reliable Landscaping and Tree Care in south St. Louis County, has hired half a dozen laborers through the government's guest worker program. Mueller says some of his imported staff, whom he calls his "amigos," used to work as dentists in Mexico. Now, fo...

Homicide suspect was landscaper
Bensalem police said Monday that the Bensalem-based company Green Tree Landscaping employed the illegal immigrant who allegedly used a company pickup truck to strike and kill a bartender outside a Knights Road bar on Saturday night.

Safety precautions this holiday season
La Crosse, WI (WXOW)- Tom Zieja with Z's Lawn and Landscaping has been in the tree selling and landscaping business for close to 30 years.

City of Wichita approves arena area TIF after adding $10 million for parking
Wichita City Council members approved a massive plan this morning to add lighting and landscaping and repave streets in a 16-block area around Intrust Bank Arena. It will be paid for with tax increment financing, a controversial tool that uses new property tax payments to pay off the bonds that pay for construction. The plan was expected to pass since it is the product of a compromise between ...

Miniaturists display streets portraying Christmas scenes
Wee Small Folks Miniature Club recently displayed miniature houses and offered a workshop at the McAuley Center, setting up a street of miniatures, complete with landscaping and streetlights. The miniature Christmas tree workshop was an opportunity to create miniature Christmas trees which were decorated with tiny ornaments, tree skirt and wrapped presents with bows.

Select native plants
Native plant species make great landscaping and restoration plants. That might not sur prise some, but consider this: Besides the natural benefits, they require very little maintenance. Because they are indigenous to our area, they don't require watering once they are established, which typically takes about three years.

Landscaping Worker Killed in Job Site Accident
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) ? A landscaping worker was killed Saturday while on the job shortly before noon Saturday at 4125 North Patterson Avenue, according to police. The yet-to-be identified man reportedly fell into a commercial truck that grinds up and distributes mulch. The victim, according to police, became entangled and died.

Irrigation plans could be required for water service
New commercial developments within Nipomo Community Services District boundaries may soon be required to submit irrigation and landscaping plans for review before will-serve letters will be issued for water service.

Completing Eagle Scout trifecta
Braving blustery wind and bitter cold on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Oak Meadows Field in Rockaway Township, Peter Van Eck, members of his Boy Scout Troop 113 and other volunteers, finished his Eagle Scout project. His two older brothers are Eagle Scouts. The group was beautifying the entrance to the field with landscaping and a new sign, work that was spread over two weekends. His brother, Grant, 23, ...

Community Events
PUBLIC MEETING - Greer Park Improvements Public Meeting co-sponsored by the Midtown Residents Association and City of Palo Alto to review improvement plans for Greer Park - landscaping for last 1.5 acres and the children's play area.

Scotia reinforces waterfront
SCOTIA ? Big plans to restore a popular family spot along the village's waterfront to its past glory and reduce coastal erosion will soon begin in earnest. Village Mayor Kris Kastberg recently said the area around Jumpin' Jacks Drive-In, specifically from Western Gateway Bridge to the end of Schonowee Avenue, will get a major facelift, including landscaping improvements and enhanced ...

X-Court will close for work
Work on concrete, landscaping takes place this week.

Church groups are making children's home a reality
DUNNELLON - With new landscaping outside and fresh paint inside the first cottage at Covenant Children's Home, group members now are preparing for their annual holiday fundraiser, which will be part of the historic district's First Saturday Street Market this Saturday.

Donation brings more than 100 new trees to zoo
Last month, 60 sixth-graders from the Grand Rapids Public Zoo School took their study of trees out into the field, joining personnel from Rooks Landscaping and staff from the John Ball Zoo to plant over 100 trees. The trees were donated by longtime sponsor Bissell Inc.

Holiday spirit helps Bristol landscaper turn the off season back 'on'
BRISTOL ? Bringing in business can be tough in this economy, but an Elkhart County company has a creative way to turn their off season back on again.

FFA, Howmet and conservation district go green in the snow
Dustin Ellsworth, left, and Josh Pineda, right, get ready to plant a tree as they listen to Jeff Auch. Alcoa-Howmet?s native landscaping project got a boost from the Muskegon Conservation District and students in Montague?s FFA program.

Dog Beach baggie shed doesn't have permit, city says
Huntington Beach planning and community services departments are at odds over whether it should stay or go.