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Bethlehem Village Water Rates To Increase

The Village of Bethlehem has announced that water rates will increase for customers in the village starting April 6. In a release from the village, officials said a 38% increase from the City of Wheeling, which provides the village’s water, late last year led to village council to vote for an overall rate increase of 38%. “During the years spanning 1984 through the present time, the village has experienced numerous water rate increases from the City of Wheeling,” the release read. Several water rate increases imposed on the village by the City of Wheeling were able to be absorbed ...

Uber’s Women-Only Option Goes Nationwide in the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform. The new feature is being rolled out ...

Alexander Butterfield, Nixon Aide Who Disclosed Watergate Tapes, Dies at 99

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely recorded his conversations, has died. He was ...

New Poll: Young People Embrace Informal, Everyday Acts of Service

NEW YORK (AP) — Questions about younger generations’ community service habits abound for nonprofits, which are contending with an aging volunteer base whose participation levels are still rebounding from pandemic drop-offs. There are some signs, however, that young people are giving back ...