5 Things: Early Dismissal, Elks Comedy Night

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Open Houses in the Neighborhood This Weekend

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Protests won’t stall preparations for weekend Winter Fest event

Demonstrators accomplished what balmy temperatures could not: Their presence in droves expected Saturday forced the cancellation of at least some of the events of the fifth annual Madison Winter Festival, which had been planned for Capitol Square this weekend. "There's not much we can do about it," festival president Yuriy Gusev said Thursday evening, just hours after he vowed that a week of high temperatures and melting snow would not daunt plans for a two-day event Read more [...]

Judicial sale already paying dividends – Scranton Times

Lackawanna County’s annual judicial sale will not take place until Wednesday, but it is already producing results. The owners of 54 of the 309 tax-delinquent properties originally listed for the sale had settled up by Thursday afternoon, paying a total of $281,528 in back taxes to get their properties off the auction block, Tax Claim Bureau Deputy Director Ron Koldjeski said. Both numbers are expected grow by Tuesday’s noon deadline for owners to avoid the sale by paying Read more [...]

Photonics short-listed for UK ‘Turing’ center

The UK’s optics and photonics community will find out in the next two months whether or not one of the country’s new “Turing” technology and innovation centers will include a specified photonics element. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report on the proposed Technology and Innovation Centres (TICs), which will receive total funding of £200 million over the next four years, said that the initiative has been broadly welcomed by all those queried by the committee. In Read more [...]

Sod cutting ceremony brings new homes to life

Work has started in Warwickshire on a £4 million scheme to transform a Grade two listed building and its grounds into affordable homes and apartments. Community regeneration specialist Frank Haslam Milan (FHM), part of the Keepmoat group, is building 37 new build houses and eight apartments at Shipston on Stour in partnership with developer Orbit Homes. Funding for the project has been provided by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). The sod cutting ceremony took place with Chris Jones, Read more [...]

FIFA loses fight to block free TV sports coverage

The General Court, the European Union's second highest court, also dismissed a similar challenge by European soccer's governing body, UEFA, against a decision by British authorities to permit free-to-air terrestrial stations to broadcast the European Championship finals. "A member state may, in certain circumstances, prohibit the exclusive broadcast of all World Cup and Euro football matches on pay television, in order to allow the general public to follow those events on free television," Read more [...]

San Carlos Home Report: What do you get for $950000?

There are currently only 7 properties for sale in San Carlos in the $900,000 range, 6 of which are single detached residences, and 1 is a townhome.  They range in price from $989,000 to $919,000 and have been for sale any where from 398 days to 5.  At the top of the price range 1311 Geneva, listed by Stephen Hicks of Gateway Properties for $989,000, has been on the market for less than a week.  The single story, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1500 square foot home features an updated kitchen, formal Read more [...]