Monthly Archives: February 2011

Glen Innes properties for sale after 179 years

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First they established their Beefmark artificial breeding business, converting the “Ardleigh” woolshed into an integrated embryo-transfer facility with space for up to 50 donor females.Two years later they established their Eaglehawk Angus stud, using foundation females from Te Mania and elsewhere and top-ranked North American genetics.The present-day Angus herd of around 700 to 800 breeders includes about 400 registered females, from which 80 to 100 bulls are sold each year to NSW and interstate Read more [...]

Lt-Col Ronald Dowden

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On and off, Prior Park has been a centre of Catholic education since the 1830s. In the 1920s it was taken over by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, but by 1980 pupil numbers had declined, the buildings needed attention, and the school faced closure. In 1981 Dowden was appointed a governor of Prior Park, and of its prep school at Cricklade, Wiltshire. A rescue plan was devised. The new board put the schools under lay management and teaching, and in 1982 Prior Park went Read more [...]

Business Calendar

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Tuesday, Feb. 22•The Employers Association of the NorthEast ( www.eane.org) will hold a workshop, “Communication Skills Conflict Management” from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at its training center, 67 Millbrook St., Worcester For more information, call (508) 767-3415 or visit the website •The Greater Milford Business Alliance will sponsor a discussion of a proposed Massachusetts casino in the Milford area from 7 to 9 a.m. in the Milford Public Library conference room. Scheduled speaker Read more [...]

British government approved sale of crowd control equipment to Libya

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The British government has approved the sale to Libya of a wide range of equipment for use against civilians, including teargas and "crowd control ammunition", official reports show.Export licences increased significantly and were valued at more than £200m over the first nine months of last year, according to the latest figures compiled by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for the Foreign Office.The FCO said on Sunday night it had since revoked eight licences for riot Read more [...]

Listed church in Berkshire gets repairs grant

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20 February 2011 Last updated at 07:31 ET A Berkshire parish church has been given more than £100,000 to fix structural problems with its belltower. St Mary's Church in Hampstead Norreys, near Thatcham, was rebuilt in the 12th Century and restored in 1880. The £122,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage will help rectify problems with the Grade I listed Read more [...]

The Richardson was one of area’s finer boarding houses

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BLOOMINGTON — Back in the 19th century, long before high-rise dormitories, condominiums, townhomes, assisted living communities and other such arrangements, boarding houses played an important role in providing room and board for young and old alike. Boarding houses, often run by older women out of their homes, typically offered a bedroom, a shared bath and “three squares” a day, served at a communal dinning table. One of the better-known was the Richardson Read more [...]

5 Things: Flea Market, Washington’s Birthday Party

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Old gas station at Lexington Mall up for sale

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A dormant site in front of the Lexington Mall property is now up for sale.Southland Christian Church's purchase of the mall property included the acreage on which the Applebee's and Perkins restaurants sit, but it did not include the site of a former BP service station.Owned by an out-of-state company, the 0.52-acre site is now listed for sale through Ken Silvestri, president of Silvestri-Craig Realtors. The list price is $750,000. The site's Read more [...]

‘Graduate list’ to determine migrant worker transfers

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Under the immigration shake-up, high-earning migrant workers will also escape the cap on migrant workers, the Home Office said. Bankers, lawyers and anyone else earning more than £150,000 will be allowed in over and above the monthly limit on skilled workers, according to Damian Green, the immigration minister. Scientists will also be moved towards the front of the queue in a system designed to favour scientific researchers, high earners and those with jobs where there is Read more [...]