Planning practices islandwide are being reviewed and upgraded through far-reaching provisions being formulated for a new Town and Country Act to be enacted to replace the current Town and Country Planning Act.
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STILLWATER, Okla. (CBS Local) – A 107-year-old from Oklahoma is being remembered after having one final birthday wish fulfilled. Myda Lewis passed away on July 16, just weeks after a very special celebration was held in the city of Stillwater. Lewis, who was born in 1911, said her only wish was to ride in a convertible in a parade. Word spread of Westhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation’s plan to make Lewis’ wish come true quickly. By the time the senior’s 107th birthday arrived on June 21, a full-fledged parade complete with a police escort and thousands of spectators filled downtown Stillwater. Myda Lewis’ birthday wish was to ride a convertible in a parade. Shortly after word got out, the community joined in and thousands came out to celebrate her 107 years! Happy Birthday Myda, thank you for helping us remember the power of expressing our dreams! pic.twitter.com/FGzplwmPz8 — Reliant Rehab (@ReliantRehab) June 28, 2018 “She took our town by storm and we want anyone whose life was touched by her to have a chance to be a part of this,” local committee member Lin Bockhahn-Feazle told the Stillwater News Press . Bockhahn-Feazle added that the 107-year-old was already planning to jump out of a plane if she made it to 108. Lewis first came to Stillwater in a covered wagon at age seven. She lived through two World Wars, The Great Depression, The Civil Rights Movement, and saw man land on the moon. Lewis was still driving up until the age of 102 and was still living independently with her 87-year-old daughter until last year. “She was an amazing woman,” nurse Laura Royce said. “I loved every minute that I spent with her.”
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police were looking for a person of interest, already wanted in connection to a separate homicide, after a 45-year-old woman was stabbed to death inside a security company’s office the Bronx Wednesday afternoon. Police said 45-year-old Wanda Rios’ body was discovered around 1:50 p.m. inside the MNI Security Specialist Inc. near East 233 rd Street and Bronxwood Avenue in the Edenwald section. Sources told CBS2 when officers arrived, Rios was unconscious and unresponsive suffering from stab wounds to her neck with a screw driver was next to her body, Rios was rushed to Montefiore North Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. The owner of a food store next door said a woman in her 40s who works for the security company usually orders a breakfast sandwich from him around 10 a.m. each day, but she did not Wednesday. “She orders like bacon, egg and cheese, or sometimes she orders bagel with cream cheese, those things,” Abu Serajuddia told Gainer. “Her boss ask, ‘You hear anything?’ Then I ask my deli guy too, ‘You saw the lady come?’ He said, ‘no.’” The NYPD identified 45-year-old Idris Abdul-Muhaymin as a person of interest in connection to the deadly stabbing. He’s approximately six feet tall and 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. WANTED: Idris Abdul-Muhaymin, 45, 6’00”, 180lbs., in connection to the stabbing death of a 73-year-old man in an apartment at 352 Beekman Ave #Bronx . Help us find him, share info, #800577TIPS pic.twitter.com/u5Wo8OnZey — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) June 29, 2018 Abdul-Muhaymin was last seen wearing glasses and a red cap. Police say he’s also wanted in connection to the June stabbing death of 73-year-old Owen Dillard inside his Beekman Avenue apartment. Relatives told CBS2 Dillard had won $50,000 in the lottery several months before he was killed. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74682). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Cops: Person Of Interest In Deadly Stabbing Of Bronx Woman Wanted For Separate Murder
