Mark Ashby | Guest columnist | Executive director, LEAD Impairment Training Heroin, or diacetylmorphine, has been around for a long time. It was first discovered by C.R. Alder Wright in 1874 by working with the chemical structure of morphine.1 As … Continue reading →
Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc. (MTE) announces the approval of a Ford Ranger Ship Thru program for MTE’s Flint, Michigan facility (Order code: 31M D9L). The Ship Thru code allows Ford dealers, nationwide, to order Ford Rangers direct into MTE’s … Continue reading →
STEVENSVILLE, MD April 25, 2019 – Heavy duty bus lift and truck lift leader Stertil-Koni today announced that seven distributor companies in its North American network have earned its coveted Aspire Program Award, based on their accelerated pace of sales growth. The Aspire Program salutes … Continue reading →
By Tom Polera, Emergency Manager and Chief Fire Marshal, Falls Church, Va. The city of Falls Church, Va., Office of Fire Prevention and Emergency Preparedness, has developed a program called “The First 12 Minutes.” This is an innovative community active … Continue reading →
Boydton, Va., waited almost two centuries to get a city seal. It came as a pen and ink sketch by octogenarian Ruth Crowder, a dedicated town denizen who had earlier drawn up the seal for Mecklenburg County, for which the … Continue reading →
Equipment operators in a rural Alabama county are using a new wheeled excavator to turn difficult road work into a cakewalk, and residents are actually thanking them with sweet treats. Looking at a map, you can find Covington County, Ala., … Continue reading →
Mitigation efforts, such as building code adoption and enforcement, are the strongest strategies jurisdictions can take to protect a community against the effects of natural disasters. Learn how building codes can save billions of dollars when faced with natural disasters
Continue reading →The central features of the city seal of Aiken, S.C., represent prominent facets of its history and community life. They include a building with traditional antebellum pillars, a golfer, a horse head and a molecule. Strangely, one symbol not included … Continue reading →
Nanaimo, BC, February 19, 2019 – VMAC, the leader in compressed air innovation, invites media, VMAC dealers, truck body builders and upfitters to their booth for a special company announcement and to receive exclusive details on the latest innovations in … Continue reading →
Drawing on its vast experience in the industry, Calhoun Super Structure designs, engineers, and manufactures fabric structures for any industry and application up to 250 feet wide and for any length. Deanna Hope, Marketing Manager, talks us through the firm … Continue reading →
The city seal of Lewiston, Maine, is packed with imagery reflecting the “working spirit” of the state’s second largest municipality. The round seal features a beehive, railway and one of the town’s original riverside mills. Along the right side of … Continue reading →
