Altoona should not ignore any potential resource in the fight against blight. That’s why the city should revive the Vacant Property Review Board, which has been dormant since about 2008.

Mayor Mims said his “heart smiles” when he sees blight removed in local neighborhoods. He said demolishing eyesores beautifies neighborhoods and improves safety and quality of life for residents.

How do I recognise box blight? The most obvious symptom is browning leaves which then die and fall, leaving sparse patches. Twigs and branches may be killed though whole plants rarely die. It can be ...

Peacefully on Monday, February 3, 2025, Doreen “Doddy” Blight passed away with family by her side at Douglas Campbell Lodge at the age of 93. She was predeceased by her husband of 69 years, Don Blight ...

He said the Blight Act is not beneficial to anyone and that zoning regulations are redundant, as enforcement is already being carried out by the Saipan Mayor’s Office, the Department of Public Works, ...

How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too. By Alice Newell-Hanson and Blaine Davis From a tiny French ...

For the first time in more than two decades, a vacant lot and an incomplete apartment building on Winchester Avenue are no longer controlled by NFL cornerback-turned-housing developer Kenny Hill. Last ...

A new exhibition in London traces the evolution of tarot from Renaissance Italy to the present day, with the card designs shifting to reflect the times. Looking for something to do in New York?

Call her a starry-eyed young optimist, but Caroline Tanbee Smith believes this could be the century of civic engagement — and the New Haven Green the heart of an activated civic infrastructure that ...