Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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F CUSOn Holiday Time Recycling Ahhh…..the holidays. It’s time for good cheer…… and shopping, tree trimming, gift wrapping and parties. All this activity creates a good deal of extra trash around your home or business. Here are some suggestions to reduce clutter: First, try to reduce the amount of trash you accumulate. Take reusable bags when you go shopping in order to reduce the number of plastic and other bags you bring home. Plastic bags cannot be recycled through the City’s sure to put your reusable bags back in your car to be ready for your next trip. can be washed and reused, or recycled. Styrofoam products cannot be recycled and do not decompose in Look for gift wrap that is made from recycled paper products. Reuse the wrapping or make decorations and gift tags from used wrap. Wrapping paper can be recycled, but not the foil or mylar types. Tissue paper, ribbon and bows cannot be recycled, but they can be reused for other gifts. Please do not put strings of lights in the recycling cart. Cardboard boxes can be recycled, including food packaging such as cereal boxes. Break them down so close the lid to secure them. Please don’t use them as additional containers for recyclables or trash. Styrofoam packing materials and bubble wrap cannot be recycled. Some mailing services may be willing to continued next page Breakffast with Santa! (910) 829-9171 www.fascinate-u.com 8:30-9:30 Saturday, December 18 6 UCW DECEMBER 1-7, 2010 1 16 Green Street in Historic Downtown Fayetteville Admission Prices: Visit Our Website For More Details www.bmdryhydrotherapy.com 988 Millstream Rd. Fayetteville, NC WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM New Buses Arrive in December The Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) is shown, in December. These buses should be placed into third phase of FAST’s vehicle replacement program. Approximately $3.1 million received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 paid for the buses. Three more buses are expected to be ordered in the future, upon approval of a grant. FAST extended evening hours on four routes and added another route. For more information about FAST, log onto www.ridefast.net. Television Time Watch Kaleidoscope on channel 7 every Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. To view Kaleidoscope online, visit http://www.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/videos/. Each month, you can also make a connection with PWC, Fayetteville’s Hometown Utility, through Your PWC Connections. Your PWC Connections airs Tuesday at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Carolina 60 and the second and fourth Tuesday at 8 p.m. on Time Warner Cable Channel 7. Green Street Gets a Facelift Efforts are being made by the City of Fayetteville to revitalize Green Street in the downtown area. The scope of the project includes decorative brick sidewalks with concrete bands, tree wells and ad ditional parking spaces. Browe Construction Company, Inc. was awarded the streetscape project and began construction Nov. 8. and landscaped beds. The Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) will install bus shelters at the existing bus stop locations. The project is scheduled to be completed around the beginning of April. Work on Green Street has been in progress for quite awhile. relocating all overhead utilities underground and replacing light poles with new decorative poles. The City’s Engineering & Infrastructure Department completed the design work.