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Political Struggle Over Prevailing Wage


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A new state interpretation of Illinois’ prevailing wage law has the town of Mount Prospect in a tight financial bind. Municipalities will now be required to pay a higher wage for public works p   More
 
Monday, January 30, 2012

U.S. Lawns Grows to 250 Franchises


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In 2011, the year U.S. Lawns celebrated its 25th anniversary, it added 24 new franchises to its commercial landscape-management network. U.S. Lawns now has 250 franchises nationwide. The company    More
 
Monday, January 30, 2012

Stay Green Acquires Wurzel Landscape


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Stay Green Inc., a family-owned and operated landscape services company based in Santa Clarita, California, announced that it has acquired Wurzel Landscape, a Studio City, California-based commercia   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Landscape Worker Finds Military Explosive


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A landscape worker working on a hillside above a street in a residential area of Alison Viejo, California, noticed something odd amidst the trees and shrubs – a grenade-like device. Authorities   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Major City Lifts Drought Restrictions


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A recent massive rainstorm has led, at least temporarily, to the end of drought restrictions in Houston, Texas. The downpour was part of a wet weather pattern that has dropped 10 inches of rain at t   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Landscape Professional Gets TV Show


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The Massachusetts cable channel HGTV recently gave the green-light to a new reality show starring Chris Lambton, a landscape professional from Cape Cod. Lambton, the co-owner of a small lands   More
 
Monday, January 23, 2012

GPS Helps Catch Irrigation Equipment Thieves


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Two thieves in south central Idaho were arrested when a GPS device embedded in copper wire they had stolen led the police right to them. Since copper theft has been a consistent problem in Ca   More
 
Monday, January 23, 2012

Three Leadership Moves at ValleyCrest


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ValleyCrest Landscape Companies has announced the promotions of two senior-level executives, and the addition of another executive to its leadership team. Effective May 1, 2012, Richard A. Sperber    More
 
Monday, January 23, 2012

Criminals Stealing Backflow Preventers


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Thieves in South Bend, Indiana, have stolen brass backflow preventers from several local businesses. Authorities say that the brass valves can fetch $25 at a scrap recycling yard. Meanwhile, the own   More
 
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Boxwood Blight Continues to Spread


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Scientists have confirmed that the same noxious fungus that has struck boxwood trees in Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Oregon, and New York State has appeared in Connecticut.  In fact   More
 
Wednesday, January 18, 2012