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Sep302024 by adminNo Comments
Teams Complete Mile-Plus Pipepull Under Virginia’s James River

Teams Complete Mile-Plus Pipepull Under Virginia’s James River

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Teams set up the 5,700-ft-long area of pipeline under the Newport News shipping channel in the James River in an operation that lasted more than a day.Picture courtesy Garney Construction A group dealing with the Hampton Roads Sanitation District's Boat Harbor Treatment Plant Conversion and Transmission program reached a turning point in May when they finished the setup of more than 5,700 feet of big bore pipeline under the Newport News shipping channel in the James River in a constant pipepull operation that lasted more than 24 hours.The 42-in.-dia DR11 HDPE pipeline will become part of a wastewater force primary linking from a brand-new pumping station being constructed on the Newport News, Va., side of the river to the sanitation district (HRSD)'s Nansemond Treatment Plant in ...
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Apr152024 by adminNo Comments
Previous teacher at Virginia school where 6-year-old shot instructor had ‘stunning’ absence of action, grand jury discovers

Previous teacher at Virginia school where 6-year-old shot instructor had ‘stunning’ absence of action, grand jury discovers

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A previous assistant principal at a Virginia grade school must be held criminally accountable after her "absence of action" and "bad choices" permitted a trainee to deliberately shoot his first-grade instructor in 2015, according to an unique grand jury report launched Wednesday.Ebony Parker, who resigned in the wake of the shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News on Jan. 6, 2023, now deals with 8 counts of felony kid abuse and overlook, each bring as much as 5 years in jail, the case's court docket initially revealed Tuesday.The 31-page grand jury report declares that Parker stopped working to safeguard the 15 kids, ages 6 and 7, in instructor Abigail Zwerner's class. It states Zwerner was hurt by among her 6-year-old trainees in spite of numerous cautions from team member a...
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