Labor Day News

On a sunny, 100-degree day in June, dozens of Wichita-area dog owners found there really wasn't any better place to be than the dog wash.

The Hudson River Arts Festival, a fixture on the City of Poughkeepsie waterfront for more than a decade, will not be held this year.

HEAD FOR THE BEACH ON THE SUMMER BEACH BUS! City of Santa Clarita Transit Now Offering Rides to Santa Monica Shore City of Santa Clarita Transit is now offering rides to Santa Monica via the 2009 Summer Beach Bus .

TRINITY "60 Years A Timeless Tradition" has been chosen as the theme for the 60th Annual Trinity Community Fair and Livestock show to be held Sept.

Docked: East Ninth Street Pier, North Coast Harbor, near the Great Lakes Science Center and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

In this Sept. 5, 2005 file photo Monica Conyers sits with her husband, Democratic U.S. Rep.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Im pleased to note how consideration for others seems to be the guiding principle of manners as you promote them, but one rule of etiquette has puzzled me for a lifetime: the prohibition of wearing white or linen between Labor Day and Easter.

Last year's Slow Food Nation eat-in at Dolores Park is serving as a national model.

The UFT and New York City have reached a tentative agreement that will secure pension benefits and end the two days of work before Labor Day, while providing needed savings to the City.

During past summer seasons, Ortley Beach residents fed up with visitors parking illegally would take matters into their own hands by painting illegal 'No Parking' signs on the road.

Mullet Wrapper : "A Sunday morning beachside church service is being held through Labor Day weekend .

Mayor Jim Byard, Jr. announced Wednesday that beginning Monday, June 22, 2009, the City's Sanitation crews will begin garbage pick-up one hour earlier than usual.

Experts from the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro in Rome with works recovered from the Abruzzo National Museum in L'Aquila. Photo by Edoardo Loliva.

The last thing students are thinking about is starting school again in the fall.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I'm pleased to note how consideration for others seems to be the guiding principle of manners as you promote them, but one rule of etiquette has puzzled me for a lifetime: the prohibition of wearing white or linen between Labor Day and Easter.

With this year's relatively mild winter, some districts did not use all of the days they had set aside for snow closings, so they find themselves able to end the school year a day or two early and are finishing up on Monday -- the day after summer arrives.

Labor Day is dedicated to honoring the social and economic achievements of the American worker.

For a short time on Labor Day, drivers headed westbound on the S.R. 528 Mainline Toll Plaza will be able to pass for free, all courtesy of a new drama on TNT.

It seems like a simple request: Plant 1,000 U.S. flags along a stretch of Interstate 5 aboard Camp Pendleton during Labor Day weekend in September.

While the view from River Road suggests the expansion on Rutgers Stadium seems to be on schedule, the view from inside the stadium appears a bit less encouraging.