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COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK (The Mesquite News)
DeSoto assistant city manager Lynda Humble has emerged as the top candidate to become the next city manager in Rowlett. Rowlett Mayor John E. Harper announced Tuesday at the end of the city council meeting that Humble is Rowlett's "sole finalist" for the job. Wake Up Call (BrandWeek)
In the days after the Category 2 storm made landfall near Galveston, some 150 Starbucks stores in the Houston area reopened, providing a refuge for area residents to commiserate over cappuccinos and send e-mails to loved ones courtesy of the chain's complimentary Wi-Fi. Theaters need to seek the upside of downturn (Denver Post)
John Moore's column: We won't know the full impact of the economic meltdown on area theaters for a year, but most will face reactionary declines in everything from corporate and individual donations to season subscriptions to program advertisements. Centenarian recalls tough times, triumphs (Billings Gazette)
Sharon Culbertson jokes that she plans to double her mother's salary next year because she works so hard at the family's kitchen-accessory store. That will be easy to do because Vivian Larson works for free two to three days a week at the Copper Colan ... IN THE PIPELINE (Oct. 19-25) Gotham Begins to Rise In NY (CoStar Group)
In this week's edition, Tishman Speyer's long-planned Gotham Center megaproject in Long Island City, Queens gets under way. On the West Coast, an $850 million project on a former landfill site in Los Angeles County by LNR Property Corp. and Hopkins Real...
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