What would the completion of the new Hilo High School gymnasium be without another delay?

On Saturday, Sept. 13, the school community was set to recognize the grand opening of the long-anticipated facility. But with five days to go, those plans were put on hold.

Principal Robert Dircks asked media representatives Tuesday, Sept. 9, to delay announcing the opening event after he learned of an unanticipated delay.

In an email sent Monday, Dircks explained the opening was delayed because of a scheduling conflict between contractors regarding the paving of the gyms driveway fronting Waianuenue Avenue. General contractor F&H Construction and subcontractor Yamada and Sons Inc. were delayed in completing the driveway because of malfunctioning equipment, he said.

The driveway work was completed Friday, Dircks added, but the dedication of the gymnasium will be rescheduled once the gymnasium is completed. This date has not yet been set, but we expect it to be no later than Nov. 26, he wrote.

It was unclear what specific work remains to be done on the property. In his email, Dircks said the state, contractor and the architect have begun a process to draw up a punchlist with final touches to be performed on the building.

When the punchlist is completed to the satisfaction of all involved, the building will be turned over to the school, he said.

The $11.2 million gymnasium has met with a number of delays since its earliest inception, and officials say much of the delay can be traced to a requirement that the building serve double duty.

The new gymnasium serves not only as an athletic facility but also as a Civil Defense shelter and staging area. As a result of the latter, the architectural design requirements were reviewed and subsequently adjusted to meet stringent criteria, Dircks said.

Meanwhile, he added, structural issues within the steelwork of the building further helped push back the completion date.

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The village renewed its contract for its compost site on Parker Road.

The village has had an agreement with Robert and Carol Breuninger Trust since 2008 to dump leaves collected from residents onto a 5-acre section of land fronting Parker Road. According to city documents, village staff say the relationship has been successful.

The village will pay $4,500 a year in two installments (April 1 and Oct. 1) each year for the use of the land for composting the leaves.

B2B trail work OK'd

The Village Council approved a contract with OHM to complete the design and bid documents for the Border to Border Trail from Central Street to the end of the path from Dexter Huron Metropark.

This work will also include paving the DPW driveway and the negotiated site improvements that were part of the sales agreement with Hafner Rentals LLC.

The improvements will include:

A 20-foot-wide asphalt driveway between Central Street and the existing asphalt driveway at the DPW gate

A 10-foot-wide asphalt pathway immediately south of the driveway

An asphalt parking lot for residents at 3616 Central St. Continued...

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The following building permits were issued in Lincolnshire between May 25 and May 31. Theyare presented as they appear in public records.

Address: 6 Pheasant Row, Issue date: May 27 Contractor: Kaplan Paving Permit covers: Sfr remove/replace driveway

Address: 10 Grenadier Ct, Issue date: May 27 Contractor: J & E Doyle Plumbing Permit covers: Sfremerg. sanitary sewer repair

Address: 27 Dukes Ln, Issue date: May 28 Contractor: Countryside Roofing Siding & Windows Permit covers: Sfr roof tearoff Construction cost: $9,112

Address: 8 Anglican Ln, Issue date: May 29 Contractor: None Provided Permit covers: Sfr rooftearoff Construction cost: $5,000

Address: 39 Plymouth Ct, Issue date: May 29 Contractor: American Asphalt Permit covers: Sfr driveway replcmnt.& mudjacking walk

Address: 20 Cedar Ln, Issue date: May 30 Contractor: Champion Roofing Inc. Permit covers: Sfr roof tearoff Construction cost: $11,800

Address: 555 Bond St, Issue date: May 30 Contractor: Principle Construction Corp. Permit covers: Office/warehse.intr. office altrns. Construction cost: $407,000

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UPDATE 9/12/14 @ 12:34 p.m. LINCOLN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- West Virginia State Police say the driver of a tanker truck, who crashed Friday morning, has passed away from the injuries he received in the crash.

The crash happened about 6 a.m. near the intersection of Roy Branch Road and Route 10 in Branchland.

West Virginia State Police say the driver was Laverne Gillette, 47, of Grayson, Kentucky.

The truck rolled over, spilling a small amount of petroleum asphalt on a driveway near the road.

The paving truck belonged to W.Va. Paving.

One lane is shut down while crews continue to clean up the debris.

No word on what caused the accident, or what time the road will reopen.

Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest on this story.

The rollover crash happened near the intersection of Roy Branch Road on Route 10. It happened just before 6 a.m.

Only a small amount of the 1600 gallons of the product spilled in the crash.

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HURON Work will get under way soon on a new concessions building for Kunhart Softball Complex after the City Commission on Monday approved a bid of $136,370.

Picek Construction of Huron won the contract. City workers will do some of the work to reduce the project cost and get closer to budget.

Construction will continue until bad weather sets in and its hoped the project can be completed in the spring prior to softball season.

Meanwhile, a request from Carroll and Arlene Tschetter, 636 Nicollet Ave. S.W., dealt with a small area of a new driveway apron of their neighbors that, with new curb, gutter and asphalt paving completed this summer, is now located on the Tschetters property.

The concrete in question is a two-by-four-foot, triangular section that encroaches on the Tschetter property.

Commissioner Doug Kludt said he sees no compelling reason for the city to remove that section, because a number of similar driveway approach flairs are located elsewhere in the city.

I do not think its something we should spend money on, he said.

Tschetter attorney Beverly Katz said the city created the problem by allowing that wing apron to be poured like that rather than squaring off the driveway approach. The Tschetters are also worried about title problems when they go to sell their property.

Its just not fair to the Tschetters to allow the neighbor to use their property, she said.

But the driveway apron is located within the public right of way, Mayor Paul Aylward said.

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As consumers seek to complete outdoor projects around their house while the weather is still pleasant, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine warns them to beware of driveway-paving scams and untrustworthy home-improvement contractors.

Since June, his office has received more than 60 complaints involving asphalt, concrete or paving about half of them involving door-to-door sales.

He advises homeowners to research contractors before giving them money or signing contracts, and to get estimates in writing and check references.

Under Ohios Home Solicitation Sales Act, consumers have three days to cancel most contracts signed at their home.

Consumers with complaints may contact DeWines office by telephone at 1-800-282-0515 or online at http://www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov.

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The parking lot at Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque received an $880,000 makeover this summer. The project was completed well before classes were scheduled to begin on Sept. 3.

Drivers visiting Lakeland Regional High School as classes begin again today are likely to glide through the front entrance uneventfully thanks to the extensive rehabilitation of the parking lot this summer.

Completion of the $880,000 project was announced by Business Administrator Kathryn Davenport at the Board of Education (BOE) meeting on Aug. 26. The striping of the surface took place during the weekend on Aug. 25 and 26, which left only one or two punch-list items to be considered. Davenport said that people would now be able to walk across the lot without fear of tripping over or falling into uneven surfaces of the asphalt.

"Its really in good shape now," she said. "The contractors did a phenomenal job."

Interim Superintendent Robert Mooney said that it had been suggested to the administration that they add "5 MPH" to the pavement in white paint near the driveway entrance from Conklintown Road. Otherwise, he felt that the project had been a complete success.

As summer jobs go," Mooney said, "it seems to be an A-plus."

The regrading and paving of the west lot, the school entrance, and an area adjacent to the athletic field near the concession stand represents the final portion of the second phase of the paving project. Phase one, which was finished in the summer of 2013, consisted primarily of renovations to the east parking lot off Chestnut Street.

When an architect first drew up plans for the two-phase paving project more than two years ago, the second phase was estimated to cost $560,000. After the lowest qualifying bid for construction of the second phase came in $320,000 higher, the BOE decided to take the additional funds required from capital reserves in order to complete the project.

Two reasons for the sharp spike in the cost were discussed during the boards June 3 meeting when the job was awarded to J.A. Alexander of Bloomfield. One was that the architectural plans and pricing had been drawn up more than two years ago; the other was that since then, the condition of the parking lot west of the school had steadily deteriorated due to age and two harsh winters.

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As South Colonie schools open this week, school buses will be driving through a heavy reconstruction project along Sand Creek Road.

Since April, the town has been working on a $2.6 million reconstruction project between Everett and Osborne roads.

At the moment, the road is heavily torn up from Norbrick Drive to Old Myers Drive.

If weather holds, paving should be done in the stretch from Old Myers Drive to Wilkins Avenue Tuesday, but the rest of the road will remain stripped down to the dirt as school opens Thursday. Rocky and with holes dug along its route for utilities, the road is also dotted with construction vehicles, piping and other infrastructure being removed from or inserted under the road surface. Work is slated to continue until Nov. 1, though the final weeks will be for road striping, said Bill Neeley, operations manager for the town's Public Works Department.

While the street will be closed to most cars, he said, school buses will be allowed to pick up passengers.

"School buses will be let through just like local traffic," he said.

Melissa France's daughter, an incoming first-grader at Shaker Road Elementary School, boards the bus by Sweet Willy's Pizzeria, next to Old Myers Drive.

"We've been dealing with this since April of last school year," she said. "Two days the construction people wouldn't let the bus through. They made the driver turn around in a driveway."

The bus driver had to radio other drivers to pick up some students on Sand Creek Road because she could not get to them, France said.

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