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Line painting and other finishing touches continued Tuesday at the new Fern Hollow Bridge in the city’s East End, with a dedication ceremony planned Wednesday and completion of bridge reconstruction work anticipated Thursday, officials said. A date for reopening the bridge to traffic has not been set, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesman Steve Cowan, but it was anticipated it would be within a week. The busy, 500-foot Forbes Avenue bridge, which connected Squirrel Hill to Point Breeze and Park Place, collapsed onto a popular hiking trail about 100 feet below the road in Frick Park in January. Ten...

First lady Melania Trump cut the ribbon Thursday as the Washington Monument reopened to the public for the first time in three years. The 555-foot stone obelisk closed in September 2016 in order to replace the aging elevator and upgrade security systems. Accompanied by a group of local fourth graders, Trump took the new high-speed elevator to the observation floor near the top, which offers a commanding 360-degree view of the entire District of Columbia. The monument has been closed off and on for most of the past eight years. An August 2011 earthquake left cracks in the stones near...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 January 26, 2004Release Number: 04-01-64 101ST REFURBISHES TEACHING FACILITY MOSUL, Iraq - The leaders of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Corps Support Group were among the invited guests at a ribbon cutting ceremony today in the city of Mosul for a teachers’ training facility that they helped refurbish. The teachers’ training facility is a place where teachers will be trained in their respective fields and taught the most up-to-date techniques in teaching children. “Training sessions will not be American...

The $72,000 cost to rebuild Meanshakh High School was worth a million dollars – if the looks of excitement and gratitude on students' faces factored in. That's how members of the Coalition Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force and the Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team attending the reopening ceremony of the rebuilt Meanshakh High School here Jan. 14 saw it. "It is a great honor and pleasure to witness the opening of this much-needed school," said Army Col. Mackey Hancock, task force commander and a ceremony guest speaker. "The completion of this facility improves the educational capabilities of not only this community,...

  Equal Opportunity Management Institute Opens New Campus By Army Master Sgt. Christopher CalkinsSpecial to American Forces Press Service PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Jan. 14, 2004 -- The new home of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute officially opened here today. Davis S. Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, cut the ribbon to open the two-story, 92,000-square-foot facility. David S. Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, cuts the ribbon to open the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute's new two-story, 92,000-square-foot campus at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 14. Photo by Master Sgt. Christopher...

Soldiers' City Building Efforts Culminate in City Hall Openingreleased by CJTF-7 Public AffairsMOSUL, Iraq – A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Monday in the town of Tal Kayf, honoring the opening of its new city hall. Soldiers from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), attended the ceremony, along with the 502nd Infantry Regiment, including the 2nd Brigade commander, Col. Joe Anderson. The ceremony marked the culmination of effort the soldiers of Bravo Company put into building the town up and helping it grow, said Capt. Kevin Williams, the company commander. Since arriving in...

<p>PORTLAND, Maine (AP) First lady Laura Bush has accepted an invitation to attend the reopening of the restored McLellan House and L.D.M. Sweat Memorial Galleries at the Portland Museum of Art on Saturday.</p> <p>''She will cut a ribbon and make a few remarks. A few other people will speak, as well, but her remarks will be the centerpiece,'' said Daniel O'Leary, the museum's director.</p>