San Antonio church wants companies to pay millions for 2019 scaffolding collapse that damaged campus
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A construction crew worked to clean up collapsed scaffolding on Sept. 20, 2019, in the 300 block of East Martin Street in San Antonio. High winds from a storm caused the scaffolding to fall from the side of the AT&T building and land on St. Mark’s Episcopal Church property.Daniel Carde /Special Contributor
About 230 feet of scaffolding toppled onto St. Mark’s Episcopal Church’s downtown campus from a nearby building during a 2019 storm that brought 60 mph winds.
Piles of heavy metal scaffolding pierced the parish building’s roof in several places. The steel also crushed the chiller for the church’s heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system, causing a flood of water to pour down through four floors of the building. Offices, classrooms, rehearsal rooms and gathering space were all wrecked. Brickwork was damaged, as well.
Editorial: Big fraud, little penalty
Times Union Editorial Board
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Photo illustration by Jeff Boyer / Times Union
Remember “net neutrality”? Of course you do. It was one of the hot issues of 2017, when the Federal Communications Commission and Congress were flooded with more than 22 million emails and letters over the policy.
There was one hitch, though: Most of them were fake.
And for all that massive manipulation and corruption of an official government proceeding, no one appears likely to go to jail. At worst, a few companies will pay what amounts to petty cash for the broadband industry. And the big telecoms that benefited from this campaign won’t pay a penny of that themselves.
Downtown Toronto is getting a new T&T Supermarket and it s opening soon
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Downtown Toronto is finally getting its own T&T Supermarket, the Asian grocery chain with multiple locations in Markham and across the GTA.
Toronto customers were devastated after the brand s Cherry Street store was shuttered and then demolished early last year as part of the ongoing redevelopment of the Port Lands, and have since had to travel out of the city to gain access to T&T s extensive array of international products that are hard to find in one place elsewhere.
Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill
TALI ARBEL, AP Technology Writer
May 11, 2021
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1of3FILE - In this Friday June 5, 2020, file photo, fourth-grader Sammiayah Thompson, left, and her brother, third-grader Nehemiah Thompson, work outside in their yard on laptops provided by their school system for distant learning in Hartford, Conn. Americans can begin applying for $50 off their internet bill on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic.Jessica Hill/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020, file photo, volunteer Wendy Dutler hands out computers during a drive-thru giveaway event in Dallas. Americans can begin applying for $50 off their internet bill on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic.LM Otero/APShow MoreShow Less