The Smithtown Town Board plans to hold two public hearings Feb. 25 to consider changes to zoning and building ordinances, including allowing development on more steeply sloped land. Town board members ...

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A bill that aims to make more land available for housing in Monroe County by allowing development on steeper slopes passed the Indiana House on Tuesday. A bill that aims to make more land available ...

Inaction by a government creates winners and losers just as much as its actions do. Right now, bump-stocks are legal. This means that a law-abiding gun enthusiast can, from time to time, pick up a ...

Eye level changes how the world appears—explaining why hills look steeper to children than adults, even on the same slope. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Shaffer believes that educating people about these ...

Slopes change a gardener's perspective. No flat lawns and meandering paths, but inclines and declines on which it can be difficult to stand, dig or weed and where plant choices seem more precarious.