Jury finds Ridgfield violated disabled man's access rights

Ridgefield discriminated against a wheelchair-bound resident whose wife had to hoist him up two flights of stairs to a hearing on his bid to make his home more accessible, a federal jury found on Thursday.

Disabled can take to the road

Legislation allowing disabled people to ride motorized scooters on public roads has been signed into law by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. The measures were inspired by a 15-year-old with muscular dystrophy who was stopped by police while riding an electric scooter in 2005.

Disabled Can Now Ride Scooters On Roads
Legislation allowing disabled people to ride motorized scooters on public roads has been signed into law. The measures were inspired by a 15-year-old with muscular dystrophy who was stopped by police while riding an electric scooter in 2005.

Milwaukee City Police Reports
North | South NorthArson2700 block of N. 8th St. - A porch swing was doused with gasoline and ignited about 10:30 p.m. Jan. 11.

UA student arrested on marijuana drug charges

Fayetteville police arrested a University of Arkansas student Saturday after finding marijuana in his book bag. (Northwest Arkansas Times)

A boy and his scooter drive a new law
Legislation to allow disabled people to ride motorized scooters on public roads was signed into law yesterday by Gov. Jon Corzine. A pair of bills inspired by Matthew Tempe, 15, of Hamburg, who has a form of muscular dystrophy, were sponsored by Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose and Sen.

NJHerald.com
HAMBURG Matt Tempe is ready to go riding once again. More than a year after the handicapped teenager was told he could not ride his scooter outside his house, Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation Friday allowing disabled persons to ride motorized scooters in public places.

Disabled can take to the road
Legislation allowing disabled people to ride motorized scooters on public roads has been signed into law by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. The measures were inspired by a 15-year-old with muscular dystrophy who was stopped by police while riding an electric scooter in 2005.

UPDATED: Wheelchair-bound man killed in S. Side fire

Arson investigators are trying to determine what started a fire that killed a wheelchair-bound man on the South Side Wednesday night.

J.R. Simplot Released From Elks Rehab Today, Resting at Home
By Tim Woodward, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Feb. 6--J.R. Simplot returned home from the Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital today, beating the odds once again.

2 actors take cues from the past

A play set in World War II presents a challenge to those filling its roles today. It's no wonder that Erin Beute and Jay T. Becker don't remember World War II: Neither of them was even a gleam in their parents' eyes.

Anthony Kahn
In 1977, Anthony Kahn came to Humboldt County in the dead of winter with $350 in his pocket, a broken leg and a motorized scooter. I was living in a tent for about three months in a friends yard, saving money so I could buy carpenter tools.

Scooter law gives leeway to disabled

Legislation that allows disabled people to ride motorized scooters on public roads has been signed into law by Gov. Corzine. The measures were inspired by Matthew Tempe, a 15-year-old from Hamburg with muscular dystrophy who was stopped by police while riding an electric scooter in 2005.

Authorities trying to ID pajama-wearing victim in scooter crash
BEAUFORT, S.C. - Jasper County authorities are trying to figure out the identity of a man who was wearing pajamas under his clothes when his motorized scooter crashed into an oncoming car this past weekend.