Monthly Archives: February 2011

Bodies reburied to make room for houses

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Bodies reburied to make room for houses 8:40am Thursday 3rd February 2011 Print Email Share Comments(0) THE remains of 22 bodies removed from a Bromyard graveyard have been reburied. Civic leaders and archaeologists held a reinterment ceremony at the town’s cemetery. Staff at Border Archaeology removed the bodies from land beside the disused congregational chapel on Sherford Street. Herefordshire Read more [...]

Geomium Partners With

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Geomium partners with Last.fm, adds 1.5 million event listings to its service Geomium, a location-based service with grand plans to become the next evolution in personal communication, has announced a new partnership with Last.fm which will see the music recommendation service’s 1.5 million events adding to its location platform. Geomium sees itself as going beyond currently popular geolocation services like Foursquare and Gowalla, offering Read more [...]

History takes shape

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History takes shape 9:50am Thursday 3rd February 2011 Print Email Share Comments(0) WORK has begun to re-thatch three historic cottages in Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea. Little Coopers, Blunts and Holly cottages, which date back to the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries respectively, are getting new thatched roofs which should last them 20 years. The cottages, in the park, off Pitsea Hall Lane, are a popular Read more [...]

Come fly with me

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1 2 3 4  (Enlarge) Kiawah Island, S.C., where you can still find romantic getaways in sunnier climes. "Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it" Cole Porter said in his 1928 song, and Feb. 14 is the time to fall in love, pronounce it, or celebrate it. Plenty of people and businesses are eager to help you observe this joyous feeling at Valentine's Day. They seem to ignore the statistics about people not bothering to marry these days and the figures about divorce. Read more [...]

Tatts February: average yearling sale 2525gns

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Park Paddocks is the venue for the Tattersalls February sale   PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)   Click here to read Nancy Sexton's live blog from the sale A Sakhee's Secret colt who was knocked down for26,000gns to John Walsh at the Tattersalls December Sale is the dearest yearling to pass through the ring, selling to Dermot Farrington for 9,500gns. Out of the unraced mare Fudge, he is a half-brother to five winners including theGroup 3-placed Gloved Hand. Eight of the 12 Read more [...]

Desirable Dorset properties for sale

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There are never enough fine houses to go around in Dorset, and this year the imbalance between supply and demand is likely to be greater than ever. So the launch onto the market, for the first time in 42 years, of a gently faded but much-loved architectural gem, Grade II*-listed The Court in the village of Chetnole, eight miles south of Sherborne, is bound to set buyers' pulses racing. Knight Frank's Michael de Pelet (01935 812236) quotes a guide price of £2.35 million for the classic Queen Read more [...]

HOUSE REAL BIG: Ray Allen’s Seattle Mansion (PHOTOS)

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Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen may have helped the team fight for its first championship title since 1986, but he still hasn't been able to get rid of his home in Seattle from his SuperSonics days. The b-ball player has now re-listed the five bedroom mansion in Carnation, Wash. for $3.7M. The houses boasts 10,000-square-feet on 4.5 acres and Allen called it home for four years until he was traded to the Celtics in 2007. The house comes Read more [...]

Southwest Georgia Ethanol, Townsends, Charlie Browns: Bankruptcy

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Southwest Georgia Ethanol LLC, the owner of a 100-million gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Mitchell County, Georgia, filed a Chapter 11 petition on Feb. 1 in Albany, Georgia. In its petition, the company listed assets of $164.7 million and debt of $134.1 million. Southwest Georgia Ethanol, or SGE, had revenue of $168.9 million for the fiscal year ended in September. The net loss for the year was $2.2 million. For three months ended in December, the Read more [...]