Published: 12 Mar 2015 11:30

A NEW grass pitch at a 1.5m football complex in Greenock is diseased and flooded before a ball has even been kicked, says a local councillor.

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Inverclyde Councils redevelopment of Rankin Park has been marred by delays but now there are claims the project is in disarray due to drainage and turfing problems.

Local authority SNP group leader Chris McEleny says he has received a number of reports from people that the 1.5m complex is a disaster and he has pressed officials for an explanation at a meeting of the education and communities committee on Wednesday.

Construction work is still to be completed on site and council officers have admitted there are a number of issues, but they say it should be ready for amateur teams for the next football season.

Despite assurances that turfing the pitch would create a better end product instead of seeding it, Cllr McEleny says he has been told that large areas of the park are dying from disease already and that the park is badly flooded with newly installed drainage at fault.

He said: Ive had reports that the drainage just isnt working and the turfing of the new pitch has been a disaster.

I have requested a site visit with council officials so that we can ascertain if reactive measures are indeed required as feared.

To be perfectly blunt I think people are getting fed up of public money being spent on facilities only to see more money required to fix problems that shouldnt have been there in the first place.

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Can love bloom on a baseball/soccer field? Early signs point to no: the Yankees have already started complaining about sharing their precious, precious grass with NYCFC.

The Yankees planted the narrative at spring training yesterday, with Mark Teixeira telling the Wall Street Journal that the ground-share will definitely cause an issue, but its nothing that we can control, so we cant worry about it. Its terrible for a field. Infielder Brendan Ryan detailed how he'd have to change his fielding style to avoid "trying to read some hop thats unpredictable" - and he loves soccer!

Back in the Bronx, as NYCFC held their first ever media day, coach Jason Kreis tried to uproot the concerns:

But some nefarious sports reporter dared to look behind the strategically placed curtains at Yankee Stadium. And then the NYDN sent a damn helicopter (sports journalism: SERIOUS BUSINESS) over Yankee Stadium, showing the field is an incomplete mess.

Of course, the field is a mess. Perhaps it's lost on some that we only just stopped being Siberia a few days ago. We're less worried about the Yankees dealing with unpredictable hops and more about David Villa's ankles. Is whatever sod they slap down going to set properly in time for Sunday's Historic Home Opener, especially with rain forecast for Friday and Saturday?

If you'd like to engage in some wild horticultural observationor just watch some soccertickets are still available for the NYCFC home opener, as the club opened all of Yankee Stadium for the match.

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JUNEAU | Apparently overcome by recent warmer temperatures, the Juneau Police Department announced Tuesday the annual, winter moratorium that prohibits overnight street parking in Juneau has been lifted.

Addressing the Juneau City Council, Police Chief Dave Beal stated the citys winter moratorium, which usually prohibits overnight vehicle parking on city streets from Nov. 15 through April 15, to facilitate snow plowing, was lifted and would not be reinstated until next Novvember.

We usually wait until April 15, but judging from the warm weather and from the forecast, we lifted the parking moratorium today, Beal said.

The council unanimously approved remodeling the lobby of the Juneau Community Center. The council awarded a $7,450 contract to Fehrman & Sons Construction, Juneau, to make the improvements.

According to the proposal submitted by Fehrman, the project includes installation of vinyl stone and pillars near the community center entrance, drywall for all walls except those in the coat room, installation of a new ceiling grid and tiles and performance of electrical work.

Funding for the remodeling will come from a contingency fund held by the city. Juneau Clerk/Treasurer Gladys McKay said the contingency fund, which contains $10,115, was established and increased through donations and fund-raising.

According to Wegener, the community center was built in 1975 and although carpet has been replaced since then, other renovations have not been undertaken in the lobby.

The council also unanimously approved replacement of the floor and shelves in the Juneau Emergency Medical Services 2002-model ambulance. Cost of the work, which was included in the citys 2015 capital budget, is not to exceed $3,000, according to the replacement resolution.

In other EMS business, the council unanimously approved hiring Paige Montgomery as an emergency medical technician.

The council accepted the resignation of Juneau Utility Commissioner Dave Muenchow, effectively immediately. Upon recommendation by Wegener, former City Council member Robert Affeld unanimously was appointed to replace Muenchow.

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Howard County police have arrested a father and son in connection with a driveway paving scam that happened in Laurel in February.

Police have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect and are asking for the publics help to find him.

Authorities said Paul Frank, 48, and his son, Spanky Frank, 19, were charged with four counts of selling home improvements without a license and acting as a contractor without a license.

They were arrested Wednesday in Prince Georges County without incident. An arrest warrant has been issued for a third suspect, Ace Frank, 22, on the same charges. It is unknown if he is related to the other two suspects.

While all three Franks have permanent residences out of state, police believe they have been staying at a home in the 8600 block of Contee Road in Laurel.

In recent years, police and consumer affairs representatives have investigated scams for driveway paving services in which criminals complete substandard work or dont finish the job, charge higher prices than agreed upon or steal from the victims homes.

In February, homeowners at four homes in Laurel -- three in the 9600 block of Baltimore Avenue, one in the 8600 block of Tower Drive -- were solicited by men later identified as Paul Frank, Spanky Frank and Ace Frank, for driveway re-sealing services, police said.

In each case, the men charged higher than the agreed upon prices, the work was completed poorly and no receipt was provided.

Investigators said the trio bought what appeared to be black paint at paint stores and then poured some gasoline into the black paint and used the mixture to reseal their customers' driveways.

Detectives also learned that none of the Franks possessed contractor licenses as required by the State of Maryland.

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Howard County police arrested a father and son, and are searching for a third suspect, in a driveway paving scam in Laurel last month, officials said.

Paul Frank, 48, and Spanky Frank, 19, painted driveways they were paid to re-seal with a mixture of black paint and gasoline, then charged higher than the agreed-upon prices and gave no receipts, police said.

The two, and a relative, Ace Frank, 22, were charged with selling home improvements and acting as a contractor without a license after four homeowners complained to police and consumer affairs, police said.

The homeowners, three in the 9600 block of Baltimore Ave. and one in the 8600 block of Tower Drive, said they were solicited by the men, two of whom were subsequently arrested on Wednesday in Prince George's County. An arrest warrant has been issued for Ace Frank, who is wanted on the same charges. All three have permanent out-of-state residences but had been staying in the 8600 block of Contee Road, police said.

Spanky Frank was released from the Howard County Detention Center on $2,600 bond. Paul Frank was released on $10,000 bond. Neither had a lawyer listed in online court records, and no one answered at a phone number listed for the Contee Road home.

Police asked residents to be wary of such scams and report them to law enforcement if they believe they have been victimized.

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NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP >> About 1.8 miles of township-owned roads and streets will be getting a make-over this year with the board of supervisors sending the 2015 road improvement plan out for public bids.

In a 4-0 vote at its March 11 meeting, Chairman Ryan Gallagher and Vice Chairman Mike Gallagher, along with supervisors Kyle Davis and Phil Calabro authorized the township to advertise the projects.

Supervisor Jen Dix did not attend the meeting.

According to township engineer Michele Fountain, the estimated cost of repaving, as well as replacing curbs, sidewalks and gutters, is $677,541.

Of that amount, roughly $506,000 will come from the states allocation of Liquid Fuel Funds, and the remaining $170,000 will be paid from the townships general and parks and recreation funds.

In all, there are 71.3 miles of township roads in Newtown, according to Fountain.

She said that along with her own input, the roads were chosen with recommendations from the township manager and public works director.

We whittled down the estimate to fit into the budget constraints, Fountain noted.

Burgundy Lane from Hartford Lane to Yorkshire Drive and then from Yorkshire to Yorkshire will have gutter curbs replaced and sidewalks repaired.

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