Whole year laced with local road runs, walks – The Register

Go the distance this summer and throughout the year. Local agencies and running groups are hosting a pack of road races, country rambles, family fun runs, and track and field events from Eugene to Veneta, Springfield to Florence. Pick one or more of the events listed here, and be sure to visit the listed websites well before race day to check for registration information, updated times and location changes. CASA/RE/MAX Integrity Champions for Children, May 14: 8:30 Read more [...]

Townwide Garage Sale This Weekend

Treasure hunters will be scouring the streets of Wyckoff in search of a cache of goods during the   Wyckoff PTO Economy Shop Townwide Garage Sale this Saturday from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.    This annual event and fundraiser will feature thirty-four homes.  Participants paid $10 to have their address and brief description of items for sale listed on a map which is available at the Wyckoff PTO Economy Shop or can be downloaded from  www.wyckoffps.org.  Click on the Coordinating Council tab Read more [...]

Listed building is damaged by lorry

Listed building is damaged by lorry 11:12am Thursday 12th May 2011 Print Email Share Comments(0) CHIPPING Campden town councillors are calling for prosecutions after a lorry crashed into a shop in Sheep Street, causing ‘horrendous’ damage. The Robert Welch Design shop felt the force of a Spanish juggernaut as it tried to skirt round the street, leaving owners of the listed building furious and calling Read more [...]

Jude Law at odds with conservationists over basement gym plans

“It’s going to have a major cumulative effect on the way water drains to the Heath. It may also affect neighbours’ gardens and even their foundations. There’s also the general noise and disruption of that kind of building work.” He added: “Why build a gym when you can just go and run around Hampstead Heath?” There is already a basement at Mr Law’s property but this will be extended by excavating under the back garden terrace for the entire width of the house to Read more [...]

Conservation SA seeks say on mine sale

CONSERVATION SA yesterday appealed to Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu for a chance to comment on diamond producer De Beers’ planned sale of its Namaqualand Mines to JSE-listed Trans Hex. If Ms Shabangu allowed Conservation SA to comment at this stage it would set a precedent as the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act did not allow for it, said Sarah Frazee, its CEO and MD. Conservation SA says Read more [...]

Two Transfer Listed, Seven Released

Hereford United are releasing seven players and putting two more on the transfer list as they start team building plans for next season.Centre-half Janos Kovaks and striker Sean Canham are the two players to be listed while Sam Gwynne, Sam Malsom, Adrian Patulea, Richard Rose, Daniel Stratford, Aidan Thomas and Ryan Valentine are all being released."All the players have given the club all they can this season and have played a part. There have been some very hard decisions but they've had to be made Read more [...]

Riding out the storm: local housing still sluggish

Posted: 1:19 pm Wed, May 11, 2011 By Burl Gilyard A home at 3835 Fremont Ave. N., once in foreclosure, in north Minneapolis is back on the market. The city and nonprofit partners have teamed up to renovate foreclosed homes with federal money. (Staff photo: Bill Klotz) Minneapolis offers $1,500 enticement to buy foreclosures As the latest housing statistics paint a tough picture of the local housing market, Read more [...]

P. Anne subdivision listed in county tax sale

PRINCESS ANNE -- A development that got under way a few years ago during a real estate and construction boom, but never built, is now listed in Somerset County's tax sale ad that started running this week in local newspapers.About 50 lots in the Westfield subdivision off Mount Vernon Road will be sold in the June 2 auction if the more than $52,000 in back taxes owned to the county and town aren't paid beforehand, said Somerset County Treasurer Charles L. Muir.Property owner Butch Malone annexed Read more [...]