The Crossville City Council has some key decisions to make as it moves forward with a planned indoor recreation center project.  Key among those will be how to manage the construction process for the estimated $53 million facility and what type of pools to build and plan for. Kim Chamberlin […]

(PHOTO: The Jay Heritage Center was recognized for excellence in historic preservation by New York State Parks on Thursday, December 8, 2022. Left to right: NY State Assemblyman Steve Otis, Jay Heritage Center (JHC) Executive Director Kevin Periano, JHC President Suzanne Clary, Dr. Eugene Boesch, archaeologist for the JHC garden […]

The South Oxnard Aquatics Center moved closer to its planned summer 2025 completion after a vote of the City Council Tuesday. The council approved a conceptual design in a 6-1 vote for the nearly $60 million aquatics center that includes a 50-meter competition swimming pool, instructional and recreational swimming pools, a lazy […]

Council member Gabby Basua (Photo by Chris Frost) Oxnard– The City Council, Tuesday, September 6, approved the Alternate B conceptual design of the proposed South Oxnard Aquatic Center. Council Member Gabby Basua made the motion and said after considerable debate about the pool’s size, that it would come down to […]

Growing in Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center’s vegetable garden—a living canvas of leafy greens and vibrant heirloom tomatoes—a slender, fingerlike purple pepper caught Jalen Cunningham’s artistic eye. “What’s that one?” Cunningham asked Horticulture Center Director Jessica Chambers ’93. Jalen Cunningham’s vegetable garden design. “It’s a buena mulata pepper,” Chambers said […]