Cash fears for garden suburb

Published on Sun Apr 24 13:41:29 BST 2011 CONCERNS have been raised over a lack of financial help to maintain and enhance a special conservation area, writes Caren McPate. Westerton Garden Suburb is one of several conservation and Townscape Protection Areas being reviewed by East Dunbartonshire Read more [...]

Golden Beach home brings $2.5 million

Wendy Grey and husband Robert A. Smoley, a Miami-Dade lawyer and former mayor of North Bay Village have sold their home in Golden Beach for $2.5 million. Built in 2004, the estate is 4,494 square feet, selling for $556 per square foot. It has five bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms. The new modern home has impact glass doors and windows, limestone floors and a studio apartment. It also includes a koi pond, two-car garage, pool, patio and community tennis courts. Read more [...]

Elmira’s Jones Court owner seeks HUD loan

The owner of the Jones Court apartment building on Baldwin Street in Elmira is repurchasing the property from Chemung County's foreclosure list and still plans to move ahead with plans to rehabilitate 84-unit apartment complex.The county took over the five-unit apartment building in early March. The property stretches between East Fifth Street and East Clinton Street and hasn't been used as public housing since 1999. Its unpaid taxes reached almost $86,000.Jones Court was on the verge of being Read more [...]

Flag raising Monday to initiate local Civil War commemorate events

slideshow Charleston and Bradley County played an important role in the history of the Civil War, just as many other cities and counties in the South and North. At noon Monday, the official Bradley County kickoff of the Civil War Sesquicentennial will begin with a commemorate raising of a liberty pole and an American flag bearing 33 stars in the Courthouse Plaza.“This will be the start of a terrific slate of events for our community,” Read more [...]

‘Spragga Benz’ listed as major person of interest

News 2011-04-23 18:02:06 | (0 Comments) <!--Related Stories Police nab 'Fox' Jamaica police seek persons of interest Jamaican police seek Micah Allen Jamaican police seek Garnett Reid Police nab persons of interest Computer Generated. --> Police detectives from the Kingston Eastern Police Division have listed Carlton Grant also known as ‘Spragga Benz’ as a major person Read more [...]

Open Houses in and Around Arlington This Weekend

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Why did Amazon charge $23698655.93 for a textbook?

A textbook on Amazon was recently listed at more than $23 million. As it turns out, an algorithm was to blame.College students have long complained that text books cost too much. But woe is the poor sap who has to pick up a copy of genetics textbook, The Making of a Fly, by Peter Lawrence, which was recently listed at the ridiculous price of $23,698,655.93 on Amazon.com.The absurd price of this out-of-print book, first published in 1992, was discovered by UC Berkley evolutionary biologist Michael Read more [...]

Inxile strikes again for Nicholls

(UKPA) – 2 hours ago Inxile put up a game front-running performance to land a second Listed victory in the space of a week in Ireland.Following a comfortable win at Naas last Saturday, Dandy Nicholls' busy six-year-old made it a quick double in the Cork Stakes, the feature race at the Mallow track.Smartly away in the hands of Nicholls' son Adrian, the 10-11 favourite grabbed the near-side rail and when it looked as though he might face a stiff challenge, he kept on finding a bit more and scored Read more [...]