Voters at the Monday, Nov. 26, Special Town Meeting will be asked to decide on five warrant articles pertaining primarily to the expenditure of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds, mold remediation at the Town House, and a request to change the towns annual election date.

The special fall Town Meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Sippican School auditorium on Spring Street.

None of the warrant articles will ask for money per se, however three very specifically deal with the disbursement of funds.

Article 1 asks voters to appropriate $84,300 in Community Preservation Act funds to be used for open space, community housing and historic resources for fiscal year 2013. Passing Article 1 will allow the other two CPA-sponsored warrant articles to be funded, if voters approve.

Article 2 asks for specific amounts from specific accounts of the town Community Preservation Committee, which is the town body that decides which projects qualify and will be presented to Town Meeting for a vote. It seeks $10,000 from the CPCs open space account, $10,000 from the community housing account, and $10,000 from unrestricted estimated annual revenues for a total of $30,000 to be appropriated to the Buzzards Bay Area for Habitat for Humanity to build a home at 185 Wareham St.

Article 3 asks voters for permission to amend Article II, Section 1 of Marions General Bylaws, which pertains to the date of the annual town election, to strike the section entirely and replace it with this: The annual Town Meeting shall be held on the second Monday in May.

Marion Town Administrator Paul Dawson said the request to change the date of the annual town election was largely due to the fact that the election always abuts the Memorial Day holiday, causing a problem for people away from their voting precinct, as well as getting enough election workers because of the holiday.

By changing the date of annual Town Meeting to the second Monday in May we avoid the Memorial Day holiday, Dawson said.

If you like a cold beer in your hand while the waves lap at your ankles, your chances of doing that on a town beach in Marion will be absolute zero if Article 4 passes because Article 4 will make it illegal to bring your favorite alcoholic beverage to any of the town beaches. It asks to amend Article V, Section 4 of the town general bylaws by striking the section in its entirety and replace it with the following: It shall be unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic beverages on any beach owned by the Town of Marion without having first obtained a liquor license from the Board of Selectmen

The article came about after former Selectman Roger Blanchette broached the topic near the end of his last term at a regular selectmens meeting. Last winter, Blanchette noted that while one group was allowed to have a fundraiser involving alcohol at Silvershell Beach, another wasnt and he thought the rules should be the same for everyone.

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After receiving the latest air quality tests, the Scranton School Board unanimously voted at a special meeting to keep students at William Prescott Elementary School, although it could mean longer days and a shorter school year for students.

The board made the announcement after tests revealed no indication of active mold growth or airborne microbial concerns.

Parents clapped as the board announced students would not be moved to the former Nativity Elementary.

Various tests performed on rooms in the elementary school Oct. 8 indicated safe mold counts, which school board members attribute to the spot remediation and intensive cleaning the rooms had undergone.

"I'm pleased with everything that's been done by maintenance and your staff," Joe Guzek of Guzek Associates said as he addressed board members and parents at a special meeting regarding the mold issue Monday night at the school.

Guzek Associates is the district's environmental engineering firm.

School board President Bob Lesh, along with directors Sean O'Shea, Kathleen McGuigan and Bill Fox were not in attendance.

The board estimates the project to completely remove the mold could take three months and is considering shortening the school year by three months so it can be completed over summer break.

Superintendent Bill King met with parents and administrators last week to discuss a tentative plan for shortening the school year to May 17 and adding approximately 45 minutes to each school day starting Nov. 5 to meet state and federal education hour requirements, he said.

The extended summer vacation would allow Guzek Associates to property repair the moldy areas of the building completely so the 2013-2014 school year wouldn't be interrupted. School is currently slated to end June 10, according to the school district's website.

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MOUNT HOLLY The last five years have not been good at the municipal building on Washington Street.

The first floor experienced major flooding in 2007 and last August during Tropical Storm Irene. Irene's damages have cost the township about $600,000.

Now, mold has been discovered in ductwork on the second and third floors.

The Township Council on Monday declared a special emergency so the building can remain open as remediation is done. Budget money will need to be transferred to cover the costs.

About $16,000 has been paid since the mold was discovered Oct. 6, interim Township Manager Denise Rose said. That cost will increase because only the third floor has been remediated so far, Township Clerk Kathy Hoffman said. Work on the second floor is under way and is expected to take a few weeks to complete, she said.

The first floor will be inspected to make sure no mold is present, Hoffman said. Repairs to the first floor were completed in May.

Services in the building were moved around to minimize any future flood damage. The municipal court, previously on the second floor, is now on the ground floor. The first floor also has a lobby, restrooms, two holding cells, conference room, kitchenette and community room.

The Police Department, formerly at ground level, experienced significant damage in 2007 and last year. It's now on thesecond floor.

The mold was discovered during duct cleaning. Two local companies have been hired to do the remediation and replace ductwork, Hoffman said. Areas are being quarantined as the work is being done.

Air-quality levels did not require employees to be relocated, Rose said. Also, no asbestos remediation is required.

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A report said that woman suffered from congestion and nose bleeding to due mold infestation. DrMoldNetwork advised to the public the use of a non-toxic mold remediation product to prevent the same mold effect.

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Based on the report, the woman was identified as Jacqueline Hutton. She stated that soon after she moved into her new rental home, she experienced congestion and nose bleeding. And though she suspected mold infestation was the cause of her health problems, the landlord denied it, she added. Nevertheless, the report related that she personally hired a mold inspector and confirmed the presence of mold spores.

Just like what happened with Hutton, anyone can suffer from mold infestation. The spores can bring in allergies and other respiratory-related illnesses, especially those with weak immune system.

However, DrMoldNetwork said the invasion of mold can be prevented, and countered if in case it gets past a person's preventive steps. One thing a mold sufferer can do, it said, is to hire a mold contractor. However, it stated that will cost a person a huge budget. And so for those who look for a cheaper mold solution, it recommended personal mold treatment with the help of mold remediation products.

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With well-picked mold solutions, the site asserted that one can treat mold infestation effectively without spending too big. Nonetheless, it added that the products to use must be organic-based to also ensure the safety of the treatment.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- According to the Louisville.edu website, hundreds of University of Louisville students are being asked to move out of Miller Hall due to the presence of mold spores.

"To ensure the health and well-being of our students and staff, the university has decided to close Miller Hall for extensive cleaning, remediation and source identification. At this time, we do not know when the building will reopen and are preparing for the possibility that it may remain closed for the remainder of the fall 2012 semester," is the messaged posted on the website.

The mold spores, known as aspergillus and penicillium, are common types and do not pose a health risk. However, when levels become elevated they can cause problems for people with respiratory issues.

Students who currently live at Miller Hall are being rehoused at other "campus affiliated housing or placed in a hotel room." Students who choose to return home will receive a pro-rated refund.

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When a viewer called Fox59 to let us know she wasn't getting any help from her landlord in her mold-infested home, we took action to make sure her family has a healthy place to live.

It is in the wall, it is in the carpet, it is all behind my couch, the tenant said.

The concerned mom said she wanted to remain anonymous to protect her family, but felt contacting Fox59 was the only way to get help.

Mold a very big concern for me because I have a baby on a nebulizer. He was sick twice last week back to back in the hospital.

We brought in Brian Lester from Indiana Mold Remediation to check the apartment.

Thats a heavy, black, sooty mold growth and that's definitely something we don't want to allow to stay in the unit, Lester said about some of the mold.

Painting over the mold isn't enough, according to Lester. The apartment needs to stay dry.

Theres a problem; the tenant said every time it rains outside, her walls and carpet get wet, too.

It literally rains inside my apartment, she said.

The first thing you need to do is stop the source of moisture, Lester told Fox59. Then you remove porous building materials that are non-cleanable.

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Room For Rent: The county still rents the Annex for $4,641 per month. After undergoing further remediation for water and mold problems in 2008-09, its again occupied by a team from the DAs office.

Beverly Forests lawyer wasnt sure Forest would be able to endure the hours of questioning.

In a June 6 email, plaintiffs attorney Gordon Stemple warned defending attorneys that Forest would be arriving for a deposition in a wheelchair, with an oxygen tank and a nurse attendant, and would require frequent bathroom breaks.

Forest has cancer. Shes been in and out of hospitals for six months, weighs 100 pounds and is dying. Her lawyers worry she wont survive long enough to see the conclusion of a two-year-old lawsuit that claims a moldy office environment at the District Attorneys office exacerbated her condition.

Forest is one of nine plaintiffs who worked in the Monterey County District Attorneys Fraud Investigation Unit, a group that was assigned to a boxy stucco building on West Gabilan Street known as the Annex.

The only thing my clients have in common is going into this building and coming out sick, says Monterey-based attorney David Churchill, also representing the plaintiffs.

In an October 2010 complaint, those nine staffers allege mold in the building gave them symptoms such as shortness of breath, recurring headaches, itchy eyes and bloody noses over several years.

Insurance adjusters and attorneys spent all day Sept. 27 in mediation in San Jose, where they tried and failed to reach an agreement. Now the case is headed toward a jury trial, set to begin in Monterey County Oct. 29.

The plaintiffs attorneys would not make their clients available to for interviews, but court documents tell a complex story about liability. The questions focus on whether mold is responsible for the illnesses, and if so, whos responsible for the damages and how much.

Though visitors and workers long noted a musty, offensive, foul smell in the Annex, a series of tests for mold spores show differing accounts of how toxic the building really was.

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Due to mold, the opening date of two New Jersey schools was moved. As reported in phillyburbs.com, the start of their classes has been rescheduled to a week later than the original date. Meanwhile, to help school official safely solve the mold problem, Molderizer suggested the use of an organic mold remover.

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According to the report, those two schools with re-scheduled opening were Holly Hills Elementary School and Westampton Middle School. It detailed that classes in them will start on September 11 instead of September 04.

Actually, mold was discovered only in Holly Hills, the report said. In seven of its classrooms, mold was confirmed present. However, to ensure the safety of the students the school district decided to temporarily shut down both schools.

To address the mold problem, the school district solicited quotes for the remediation process. However, Molderizer said that for a safe, effective and yet inexpensive mold treatment, authorities should opt the use of a non-toxic mold spray. More specifically, it recommended to the school officials the application of Molderizer.

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Unlike most of the conventional mold sprays, a company representative said the Molderizer contains no harsh chemical ingredients. And so, the use of it leaves no harmful gases that could jeopardize a person's health, he explained. Because of that, it asserted that it's best to use in the said mold-infested classrooms as it spares the students from health risks. Among those health risks are poisoning and breathing difficulties.

Given that Molderizer prevents many health risks, the rep added that it also saves its users from unnecessary medical finances. And to anybody, that is a big help as the amount could be used in other important expenses.

However, despite the fact that Molderizer is confident that its non-toxic mold solution can deliver a truly effective, safe and inexpensive mold removal process, it understands that some consumers might still doubt the product. So to prove its claims, it decided to give out samples of the solutions.

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Brevard County, Fla.

Titusville's police chief is demanding the city fix the leaky roof on the three decade old police headquarters before more police personell get sick from toxic mold. More than a year after the first repairs were ordered and after spending half a million dollars on repairs and mold remediation the roof still leaks.

In an email obtained by Eyewitness News the chief blasted the city manager, writing:"the craziness continues, who are we fooling here? The very same problem exists as it did years before, we need a new roof now!"

Police staff noted 20 different areas within the building where there are still leaks... from the patrol room to the chief's office.

An internal memo indicates those leaks are already damaging repaired drywall and replaced ceiling tiles.

City manager mark ryan asked staff to look into how much it would cost to lease the old K-mart building, which has it's own code enforcement problems, or the Patch Communications building on US Highway one.

The chief though wrote back saying the city would end up spending millions more to remodel, move and get a new police building certified to meet law enforcement standards.

Chief Tony Bolinger wrote "if you are serious, really big mistake. We are going backwards on many levels"

City staff say the roof is under warranty and a contractor is supposed to return to fix the leaks this week... The same contractor who has yet to fix the problem.

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) July 27, 2012

Hiring a mold remediation contractor can balloon anybody's mold removal cost. But given that mold can make a place unsightly and a person sickly, mold sufferers are often left with no choice but to spend big for the sponges' removal process. However, with the presence of mold remediation products as that of Molderizer and MoldStat in the market and the cut down of their prices, anybody can now easily decrease his or her cleaning expenses.

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Nonetheless, Molderizer commented that a solution can minimize a person's mold removal spending only if the right product is picked. Otherwise, one can suffer more problems in terms of money and health. And so, it advised the public to examine carefully the mold remediation product before purchasing it.

The wrong choice of solution can basically add more money troubles as it can deliver an ineffective removal process. That will trigger the repeat of the cleaning task for up to several times. And needless to say that increases the money spent and even the time to finish the process.

In addition, the wrong choice of product can also bring someone several health problems. If the product picked contains harsh chemical ingredients, it could cause breathing difficulties, allergies and headaches to anybody exposed to it. That brings in medical expenses which in return add more financial problems.

Hence more than the money one can save, the choice for a mold removal product must also be based from the safety that a solution can give.

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Among the mold removal companies offering big savings at the present, MoldStat and Molderizer are two of those that add safety to their advantages. With their price cuts, they promise a more affordable mold removal process and with their formulation, they also offer a safer mold remediation. However, they are in no way a copy of the other.

While MoldStat cuts its products' prices up to 20 percent, Molderizer offers its own with up to 10 percent discount and a free shipping. Apart from that difference, their safety claims also set one apart from the other. MoldStat declares its mold killer as a non-bleach formula. On the other hand, Molderizer asserts its mold removal products are made with natural ingredients and are signed off by an OCI chemist.

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