Edinburgh again without town manager


by The Republic

The Republic— EDINBURGH — Edinburgh’s town manager announced he is retiring and the town is once again without a manager. Continue reading at The Republic News.

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com—Edinburgh crime: Man arrested after 'disturbance' outside Old Town nightclub. A man was arrested after police raced to a ‘disturbance’ outside a nightclub in Edinburgh’s Old Town last night. Officers swooped on Blair Street just after 11pm as Friday night revellers queued to enter city venues. It is understood the incident happened outside popular nightspot Cabaret Voltaire. Police said the man in question would be handed a recorded warning. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers were called to a report of a disturbance on Blair Street in Edinburgh around 11.15pm...

Phys.org—Without proper management, Brazil's Cerrado becomes disfigured and less resilient to climate change. A study conducted over a period of 14 years in the Brazilian savanna-like biome shows its typical vegetation rapidly becoming "cerradão"—a biodiversity-poor forest formation—while resistance to drought and wildfires weakens.

WBRZ—Residents of Killian still without clean water; town hall providing cases of bottle water. KILLIAN - It's been several days since the water failure at Killian occurred and residents are still just now finding out days later.Alderwomen Kimberly Gill says the board and mayor have known about these problems for years. They deal with underground pipes bursting and having to be repaired. A boil advisory is issues on a monthly basis, but no permanent resolution has been discovered.Since this has been an issue for years, Gill's main concern is the lack of preparedness for situations such as...