local high schools dominate film fest
25 May 2012, 2:50 pm
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- They may not be ready for Hollywood quite yet, but local high school filmmakers are getting a feel for what goes on behind the camera and proving that their video skills ar…

local government must get better at weighing up risk
25 May 2012, 12:45 pm
Growing costs and falling revenue are driving some US cities to bankruptcy. How can UK councils adapt to these challenging fiscal times? The economic downturn, central government funding cuts and increasing public need have necessitated some tough financial decision-making from local government as it strives to continue delivering essential services.   Measures such as the reform of local ...

Managing biodiversity data from local government
25 May 2012, 9:18 am
( Global Biodiversity Information Facility ) local governments around the world have a new tool to help share and use vast amounts of biodiversity knowledge collected in the course of their work. A best practice guide published by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and ICLEI - local Governments for Sustainability, details the simple steps needed to preserve data and make them ...

local newspapers' crisis: my hyperlocal site was fine, but it didn't pay
25 May 2012, 9:10 am
Today's extract from What do we mean by local? * is by Richard Jones , a freelance journalist who lectures at Leeds university. He spent six years at Sky News before becoming a stay-at-home father and setting up a hyperlocal website, Saddleworth News , in February 2010. His is a salutary lesson to those who believe they can make a hyperlocal website work... I set up Saddleworth News for two main ...

Mobile local Monetization: How & Where is it Happening?
25 May 2012, 6:43 am
How will mobile local monetization materialize? That’s the big question. This outline offers a few foundational elements for mobile monetization which many players ¬- including Yelp, Foursquare, and Facebook - could (as some already have) build on.

WDIV-TV local 4 News Wins In May Ratings
24 May 2012, 5:51 pm
DETROIT, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WDIV-TV local 4 News finished #1 at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. in the May 2012 Nielsen ratings period in the Detroit television market.local 4 News at 5 p.m. ...

local agencies to take over welfare services
24 May 2012, 1:40 pm
SIX local welfare agencies have won the right to run services previously provided by Community Connections.

local businesses make hay by supporting each other
24 May 2012, 9:42 am
Ask anyone to define “local agriculture” and they’re likely to suggest row crops or orchards and consider the question answered. While both responses are correct, they only partly define our local agriculture.

local Corporation Granted U.S. Patent Number 8,176,082 for a Geographical Web Search System
24 May 2012, 6:30 am
local Corporation , a leading online local media company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company patent number 8,176,082, w

local Government Minister to visit Redland council
24 May 2012, 6:07 am
local Government Minister David Crisafulli will visit Redland City Council on June 4 to meet new mayor Karen Williams and her team of 10 councillors.