Mar. 8--Just a short distance east of downtown Buffalo, a few blocks away from neighborhoods pocked with vacant lots and boarded-up buildings, you'll find Sycamore Village.

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Morning all. The greater political machinations reflected in this week's D.C. Council censure of Marion Barry are becoing increasingly obvious. Now that Chairman Vincent C. Gray has cleaned his own house, he and his colleagues are moving with confidence to take a peek inside Mayor Adrian M. Fenty 's.

Marco Island is embarking on the creation of a Community Redevelopment Authority for a 250-acre being called Town Center. The precise boundaries remain under review, but surrounds the shopping center by the same Town Center name.