Vega Verde Road Residents Protest 911 Name Change
Three residents from the Vega area near Del Rio object to renaming Vega Verde Road to Cienegas Road. They fear confusion as maps show the new name, while locals have long used Vega Verde Road and learned addresses via Rio Vista Drive origins.
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Rio Grande
del Rio
Cienegas Terrace
Duck Pond
Cienegas Road
David Rosser
Ken Wickliff
Tommy Vick
Vega
M. Forrest Anderson
MRGDC
Rio Vista Drive
Rosser
9-1-1
Ortiz
Second international bridge still far off
Del Rio's 2005 Economic Outlook Forum showcased cross border debate on a second international bridge and a third port of entry. Mexican engineers Sergio Cardenas Acunia, Sergio Botellas Cardenas, and Noe Garcia Riojas outlined plans for road and rail corridors, an airport, a railroad bridge near the airport site, and a ramp from the current bridge to ease truck traffic and congestion, with planning approved in 2003 and location chosen west of the existing span.
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del Rio
Rio Grande
del Rio Civic Center
Ciudad
Acusia
Piedras Negras
Monclova
Botellas
Acufa
Garcia
Coahuila
Maquila
Fiesta de Amistad Parade winds through South Main with color
The 2004 Fiesta de Amistad Parade captivated Ogden Street to Nicholson Street with more than 75 entries marching to Mexico to show amistad. Floats carried young beauty royalty while spectators cheered uniforms, bands, musicians and clowns along Main Street.
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Main Street
Ogden Street
Nicholson Street
Mexico
Dora Luevano
Emily
Alyn
Flu vaccine shortage shocks families at high risk
AP poll finds 42 percent of Americans have a family member at high risk from the flu and worry about vaccine shortages. Regulators cited contamination problems at one of two U.S. vaccine makers, cutting expected doses nearly in half and prompting health officials to scramble and politicians to blame.
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Washington
Associated Press
U.S
Ipsos Public Affairs
Oliver Guzman
Blue Island
Ill
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