There was something for everyone at the 152nd Paris Fair, from the ever-popular midway to the livestock shows to the Flying Fools divers to demolition derbies to a performance by Canadian country music superstar Doc Walker.[...]

Striking workers at Engineered Coating Products got the place of honour this year -the front of the pack -in the annual Brantford and District Labour Council Labour Day parade.[...]

Every Monday, the Patriot Ledger is featuring answers to pressing questions by the four Republican and two Democratic primary candidates running for U.S. Congress in Massachusetts’ 10th District. Today's question: Massachusetts secured $250 million in federal education funds, in part by adopting national teaching standards in English and Math. Did the state make the right move? More broadly ...

The Scottish Secretary of State is to meet a delegation from Moray to discuss the future of the area's two RAF bases.

Editors note: In last week's issue, we ran an op-ed piece by two hospital workers who are members of Service Employees International Union and want to change their affiliation to the new National Union of Healthcare Workers.

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective 5 p.m., September 24, 2010, Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, Inc. (Oaklawn) will be the designated Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) for St. Joseph County, assuming all the state-required duties and responsibilities previously provided by Madison Center (Madison). By mutual agreement, the managed care provider contract between Indiana Family and ...

The number of Morris County residents checking into the county's Office of Temporary Assistance topped 5,000 in August, according to Mary Jo Buchanan, the county's human services coordinator.

Candidates vying for the state representative seat for the 22 nd Middlesex District gathered for a televised forum, answering questions ranging from topics of casinos, healthcare, immigration, and pension and tax cuts.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has launched a Web portal to help job seekers match their current skills to new careers and find out what training is needed to transition from one job to another.