East Palo Alto police chief to host first community meeting of 2009
East Palo Alto's police chief will host a community meeting next week to discuss his department's efforts to fill open positions and work with outside agencies to curb crime in the city of about 30,000. Chief Ronald Davis has held the meetings, which are open to the public, about four times a year since 2005.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Community events in Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, New Kent, Chesterfield, Powhatan and Tri-Cities.

Waubonsee seeks community input on accreditation process
SUGAR GROVE ? Waubonsee Community College will undergo a comprehensive evaluation next month and is seeking comments from the community as part of the accreditation process. 

New interim Community Action Agency CEO announced
The Racine/Kenosha Community Action Agency announced Jan. 7 that Robert Beezat of Mount Pleasant will serve as its interim chief executive officer, according to a news release.

Ex-UFC Champ Given Community Service For Car Chase
Former mixed martial arts light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been ordered to complete community service and attend therapy for leading Costa Mesa police on a chase in which he rammed three cars.

Slow but steady community effort
It was time to check back with Melinda Little.She is one of the organizers of Saranac Lake Community Store Inc., an effort by residents in that Adirondacks community to create a Main Street retailer to sell needed but hard-to-find items like yarn, crochet hooks, underwear and shoelaces. They launched a public offering in July 2007 to raise $500,000 for the store, filing a prospectus with the ...

Local residents work to set priorities for community improvement
About a half-dozen residents of the Buck Island and Simmonsville roads area set priorities Thursday night to help Bluffton staff complete the community's official neighborhood plan.

Community Calendar
The Parks and Recreation Commission will hold two hearings this month on naming or renaming two parks. The commission will meet at 6 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Beaver Brook Community Building on renaming Winslow Park. Its naming subcommittee will meet at 6 p.m. Jan. 22 in Meeting Room A, 50 Skyline Drive, on naming Rockwood Field.

Community Mourns Death Of 18-Year DPD Veteran
There were memories and tears by candlelight in Dallas at a service for a Dallas officer killed two nights ago in the line of duty. Nearly 300 people showed up at Dallas Police Headquarters to honor Senior Corporal Norm Smith. The 18-year veteran was shot and killed Tuesday while serving an arrest warrant in Oak Cliff. While members of the community were obviously grieving, they were also ...

Community Teams Up To Reopen Grocery Store
People in the town of Stratford work together to reopen a community grocery store, two years after the Stratford Food Center shut down.

Community Care will shutter its menthal illness facility in Charlotte
DeWITT, Iowa ? Community Care Inc. announced Thursday it will close its 47-bed residential unit in Charlotte for people with mental illness, citing a lack of funding sources and ?the challenge of working with this particular population.?

Community mentor murdered
Wilmington's first murder victim of 2009 is a man who was known as a mentor in his community.

Kid Rock challenges judge's community service ruling
Kid Rock issued a challenge this morning on TMZ.com to a judge who sentenced him to 80 hours of community service following a 2007 Waffle House scuffle, but later ruled concerts for the troops in Iraq didn't count toward that service obligation.

Community helps fallen soldier's children go to Disney
One community is doing all they can to make sure a fallen soldiers wishes come true by sending his children to Disney World, something he planned but died before he could do.

Shooters Hill youths say lack of political allegiance keeping development out of community
The youths of Shooters Hill, a gritty inner-city community in Bull Bay, St Andrew, believe their community has been neglected because of their refusal to identify with any one political party.

Community of opportunity, challenges
A fascinating portrait of Ancaster that may surprise many community residents has come to light in a recent study by the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes has announced that funding will be available to area artists through the "QuickARTS: Community Arts Money in a Jiffy!" program.

Participate in community service
The Center for Academic Engagement received a grant to conduct service-learning projects on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. On Jan. 19, students, community members, and USD faculty and staff will gather to complete community service projects.

Northampton Community College wants to hire four teachers, five other employees
Express-Times Photo | JIM MIDDLEKAUFFNorthampton Community College students walk across the school's Bethlehem Township campus last November. Northampton Community College is looking to hire nine new employees to handle the school's fast-growing student population. Four of the employees would be...

Elizabeth Community Master Plan public hearing rescheduled
Special to the News The Town of Elizabeth Planning Commission has rescheduled the public hearing regarding the Community Master Plan to 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Elizabeth Middle School, 34427 County Road 13, to receive comment regarding the town?s Community Master Plan.