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Board of Adjustment approves property variances for future east Fort Worth hospital
The Fort Worth Board of Adjustment approved three property variances at its Sept. 16 meeting for the future Baylor Scott & White Health neighborhood hospital in east Fort Worth. The facility, located just off U.S. Highway 287 at 2511 Mitchell Blvd., is one of four emergency hospitals being built across the region, including one in Alliance that broke ground earlier this year. The three approved variances are a dumpster enclosure, an ambulance canopy and ambulance drive.
Human Relations Commission focuses on Fort Worth ADA transition plan
A new ADA transition plan, focused on identifying physical obstacles that make participating in programs inaccessible to residents with disabilities, was presented at the Fort Worth Human Relations Commission’s Sept. 14 meeting. Documenters empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in reporting on Tarrant County public meetings. Find out how you can join here. Erin Eurek of Kimley-Horn presented information about the proposal on Sept. 14.
Landowner asks city to annex 111 acres in Chisholm Trail corridor for mixed-use, hospital development
Fort Worth is moving toward annexing 111 acres at FM 1187 and the Chisholm Trail Parkway at the property owner’s request, because Texas Health Resources has inquired about securing 10 acres of the site to build a hospital. Fort Worth City Council members are expected to consider the annexation in September, after the City Plan Commission voted 10-1 July 9 to recommend that the city annex the property at the northwest corner of FM 1187 and the Chisholm Trail.
Fort Worth commission orders repairs, demolitions at unsafe properties
A Fort Worth property owner who says the city sold her contaminated property in 2004 has been given 30 days to repair or demolish two unsafe buildings at 2726 Chesser Boyer Road. The Building Standards Commission unanimously voted June 22 to declare the front and rear buildings substandard and hazardous, ordering owner Rosa Alfaro to repair or demolish them within 30 days. If Alfaro does not comply, the city may demolish the buildings and place a lien on the property to recover the costs.
NSW mayors from tourism hotspots eye Victoria's Airbnb, short-stay accommodation levy
A mayor from a holiday hotspot in New South Wales says the "balancing act" between tourism and housing supply should be carefully considered before a short-term rental levy is introduced for platforms like Airbnb and Stayz.
Missing spear fisherman found after spending night on remote island on NSW far south coast Original
A man has been rescued after spending the night on a remote island off the NSW far south coast, after going out spear fishing and failing to return to shore.
NSW Oyster farmers devastated as Easter sales are washed away by floods
Floodwaters have devastated the New South Wales oyster industry just days before the usually lucrative Easter break. Key points: Floods have battered the New South Wales coast leaving oyster leases damaged by debris The industry has been left reeling after successive setbacks including 2020 bushfires Now a lot of mature stock has been lost just days before the busy Easter period Oyster leases in waterways along the coast have been damaged during the deluge.
'We had nowhere to go': Family forced to rent $5,000-a-month city apartment during leukaemia treatment
Posted October 21, 2019 09:27:13 Graycen and Dan Gannon knew instinctively something was wrong with their son — despite doctors telling them his symptoms were just a normal part of growing up. He was covered in bruises, slept all the time, had dark rings around his eyes and had welts on his ankles. More than 18 months after they first sought help, three-year-old Chayse's cancer was diagnosed — it had reached 96 per cent of his bones.
Skier plummets to ground in Thredbo chairlift incident
Posted July 23, 2019 13:19:25 A man has survived a significant fall while on a chairlift at a ski resort in the NSW Snowy Mountains — plunging metres onto the snow below.
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