Fall Flower and Garden Show at URI Gardens
The University of Rhode Island hosts its Fall Flower and Garden Show on Sunday September 11 from 1 00 am to 6 pm at University Gardens Kingston. The Dahlia Show returns with expanded space and new displays including lantana petunia begon ia baskets and an expanded ornamental plant garden with holly cotoneaster heather and more. The rose and herb gardens are revised while the home fruit garden features netted blueberries. A Potato Bowl football game idea is mentioned with matchups between Idaho and North Dakota slated for September 24.
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University of Idaho
University of North Dakota At
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University of Maine
McGrath Administration Faces Costly Public Works Fallout
The record recalls state funding shifts during McGrath era, notably covering 70 percent of costs for small town Republican supporters and later absorbing all costs. The unfinished Masonic Temple became the Veterans Memorial Building, bailed out for over $750 by investors. The project remains largely unused decades later, with discussion of demolition as the governor won reelection by 62 852 votes amid bond approval. The piece credits political skill for public-interest gains despite notable missteps.
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