Monthly Archives: January 2011

Seattle's historic industrial buildings serve and support

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BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS that have architectural significance are easy to recognize. It's tougher to look into the grit and muscle of a region's infrastructure and appreciate the landmarks that do the everyday work of building and supporting our way of life. To put these in the spotlight, as program director of Historic Seattle, in 2006 I started offering opportunities to explore some of these industrial and engineering Read more [...]

Giffords Shooting Shocks Lawmakers, Staff

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WASHINGTON - Lawmakers and other workers on Capitol Hill are dismayed after a shooting rampage in Arizona Saturday morning that killed at least six people and wounded more than a dozen others, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.   Soon after the news broke, someone dropped off a small bouquet of yellow flowers outside Giffords’ Congressional office in the Longworth House Office Building.  U.S. Capitol Police officers were posted outside the door and staffers from other offices dropped Read more [...]

Dolphin #19 buys in Southwest Ranches

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Brandon Marshall, wide receiver and No. 19 for the Miami Dolphins, has purchased a home in Southwest Ranches in Broward County. The 11,877-square-foot home sold for $4.15 million, or $349 per square foot. The estate has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and one half bathroom. The Mediterranean home includes a porte cochere, a four-car garage, library, home theater, a gym and a game room. Built on 2.42 acres, the estate features beach entry, a fire pit and a free form pool Read more [...]

Catamount sales pick up in Steamboat

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Advertisement Steamboat Homefinder Visit SteamboatHomefinder.com for more real estate news. Courtesy photo The covered outdoor dining area of the Brady Trail home looks south from the 5.74-acre building site to the base of Rabbit Ears Pass. Courtesy photo The living room features a floor-to-ceiling dry-stacked moss rock fireplace. It is a bank-owned property. Steamboat Springs — Perceptions of the Steamboat Springs real estate market Read more [...]

Social Network Leads BAFTA Potential Nominee List, Scores National Society of …

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The British Academy released the long list of potential nominees for their 2011 awards, and Black Swan and The Social Network racked up fifteen and thirteen potential nominations, respectively. The King's Speech also scored fifteen potential nods. Black Swan and The Social Network were listed as potential nominees for Best Picture, alongside 127 Hours, Another Year, The Fighter, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, Read more [...]

Sunday Open Houses

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All Piedmont open houses will be held from 2-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9. 100 Ramona Ave, $689,000  NEW LISTING2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom MLS#: 40503287 150 Dale Ave, $728,000 REDUCED PRICE2 bedrooms, 1+ bathrooms MLS#: 40498427 68 Huntleigh Rd, $1,150,000 NEW LISTING4 bedrooms, 2+ bathrooms MLS#: 40503343 101 Pacific Ave, $1,400,0003 bedrooms, 2+ bathroomsMLS#: 40497880 __ Realtors and real estate agencies wanting their Sunday open houses in Piedmont listed should e-mail the details for Read more [...]

Scouting for Trees

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Nolan Milliren, David Hoth and Nick Lunzman from Seaside Scout Troop 642 load recycled Christmas trees during the Scout's Christmas tree recycling project on Jan. 8 at the Seaside Outlet Mall. Community members contributed between 55 and 60 trees during the two recycling campaigns on Jan. 2 and 8. This year's project raised more than $300. The annual recycling program is a fundraising project for summer camp. This year, members will be attending Camp Baldwin, a Boy Scout horse camp near Dufer. Read more [...]

Historic downtown Ypsilanti church listed for sale as congregation gets smaller

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Posted: Jan 10, 2010 at 5:59 AM [Jan 10, 2010] First Congregational United Church of Christ in Ypsilanti is up for sale.Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com One of Ypsilanti’s oldest churches is on the market. The 13,600-square-foot Ypsilanti First Congregational United Church of Christ at 218 N. Adams St. has been listed with a sale price of $650,000, including its annex. The listing speaks to both a shrinking congregation and the difficulty many churches encountering in selling Read more [...]

Robbery suspect listed ‘critical’ in NH hospital

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A Hanover man who allegedly held up a Hanson gas-station attendant at gunpoint then fled to a New Hampshire cabin and later overdosed on prescription medications was in critical condition Friday at a New Hampshire hospital. Jeremy Q. Curtis, 40, the suspect in Wednesday’s armed robbery of Ferry’s Sunoco gas station on Route 58 in Hanson, was listed in critical but stable condition, according to Chris Strong, spokesperson for Huggins Hospital in Wolfboro, N.H. New Hampshire State Police Read more [...]