2010

MONTICELLO — Some of Sullivan County’s green initiatives are now a “go” — with some green from the state heading the county’s way.

Broadway is about to get the roof blown off by the political anthems of Green Day’s “American Idiot,” and front man Billie Joe Armstrong has no qualms about it.

Susan BarrKern Valley Sun The Family Life Center in Wofford Heights was a hive of activity Saturday as locals and visitors alike took in the Living Green Expo and various Green Workshops.

Pre-engineering students at Washington County Technical High School have designed an energy-independent portable classroom that, among other green features, would have a wall of grass.

The crowds have flocked to the Lawton Homebuilders Association annual Home and Garden Show. It’s been going on since Friday and organizers said everyone’s asking about two things this year–how can I go green and how much will it cost me? Energy Star experts said for every one person that asked about energy efficiency last year, five are asking for it in 2010.

WEST MILTON — Kim Dohrman jokes that she and her family are on the “freak level” when it comes to recycling and being good stewards of the environment.Not only do the Dohrmans recycle aluminum cans, paper and cardboard at their Williams Drive home, they reuse the wax paper bags in cereal boxes to cover food dishes in the microwave. They’ve also constructed a 300-gallon rain harvesting system for …

As firefighters sent streams of water onto the smoldering ashes of the Pink Lady cluster of businesses on Fort Campbell Boulevard about 7 a.m. Friday, a bright green substance began to wash out of the Army Supply building.

By MERISSA GREEN THE LEDGER WINTER HAVEN | City officials have an agreement with the federal government that will pay $1.06 million to rent a building to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the next 10 years.

NORTH PLAINFIELD — A borough home is in danger of toppling into the Green Brook after a central portion of its concrete foundation collapsed during last weekend’s storms, while cleanup efforts continue less than a half-mile away where work crews recently performed an emergency demolition on a historic building in Plainfield.

FLORENCE, AL (WAFF) – Lauderdale County and the city of Florence are trying to save a little green by going green. The Florence Lauderdale County government building is being renovated and switching its lighting, heating and cooling systems.