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Reduce Your Chances of a Robbery
As some of you know, my house was robbed in November. Today I read about another house that was almost robbed but the thief was scared away. Unfortunately, it seems like I am hearing more and more of this around Park City. What I have learned is that robberies happen here and the perpetrator will likely not be …
No Mention of Park City Film Studios?
Saturday’s Park Record includes an article about Governor Herbert vetoing a Film Subsidy bill. Effectively Utah won’t be increasing the amount of subsidies that can be paid to film makers shooting in Utah. Yet, that’s not really the interesting part. What I find interesting is that there wasn’t one mention of Park City Film Studios …
Press Release Highlight the Problems with Park City Film Studios
Park City Film Studios (PCFS) is nearing completion and it’s time to take another look at what they are planning. While I have been critical of the project, now that its opening, I hope it achieves enough success to be viable. Yet, reading a press release from March makes me question whether their strategy will work. …
Summit County Council’s Comments on Dogs are Becoming White Noise
In Wednesday’s Park Record, the Summit County Council wrote an editorial on dogs. The title, “Self Regulation By Dog Owners is Best Solution” got us excited. The contents of the editorial, not so much. The editorial basically says: Keep your dog on leash If you have a dog you know is safe off-leash, then use one …
Recordings of KPCW’s Local News Hour Are Now Available
If you are like us, you enjoy KPCW’s Local News Hour with Leslie Thatcher, Lynn Ware Peak, and Rick Brough. We think it’s the best source of news in town. Over the years we heard many complaints that the show wasn’t available on KCPW’s website. We had the same complaint, so we started recording it so …
Summit County Unemployment Rate Back Down to 3%
Summit County’s unemployment rate has been dropping since December 2009. During the height of the recession, our unemployment rate crested at 8.9% but has fallen to just 3%. This is the third lowest rate of any county in the state (Morgan and Cache are at 2.9%) and 2.5% lower than the national average of 5.5%. We still …
Park City Food and Wine Classic is Finalist for USA Today’s “Top 10 Travel Award”
We like the Park City Food and Wine Classic. There are always some interesting classes and events during the 5 day festival. Our only complaints have been that the classes don’t last long enough. If you’ve enjoyed it as well, you may want to vote in USA Today’s “10 Best Readers Choice travel awards competition.” …
Want Your Child to Opt Out of State Standardized Tests? Here’s how.
Last year we wrote about why some parents want their children to opt out of standardized tests. If you are interested, the high School has a web page on the subject. Opt Out Page
Why Wasn’t Treasure Mountain Listed as a Site to Remediate in 2007?
We’ve been searching the Park City School District website over the past few days to see if the EPA’s report on Treasure Mountain Junior High’s (TMJH) soil was posted. As you may know, the EPA sampled the soil late last year. The School District has said the results aren’t good; therefore, the soil has to be …
Has Anyone Seen the EPA Soil Report on Treasure Mountain?
We’ve been waiting to get our hands on the EPA’s soil report for Treasure Mountain. We emailed Dr Ember Conley a few days ago and asked whether we needed to GRAMA (government record request) request it. Her reply was: Hi, We will have an interview on KPCW on Tuesday, April 7th and a release of …
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