Monthly Archives: June 2011

Party in the Park! Thursday events listed

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       This year’s Party in the Park celebration is better than ever!  It’s the 20th anniversary of Vinton’s annual family-oriented celebration.  We’ve got a weekend full of awesome entertainment and fun for the whole family.  The fun kicks off Thursday, June 23rd with a community picnic sponsored by Farmer’s Savings Bank and Trust.  Get in line at 5:00 for Hot dogs, chips, and a soda at the Farmers Savings Bank parking lot.       Then, kids in Fifth Grade and under, Read more [...]

Hotter home market? Orange or Villa Park

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Where is housing stronger: Orange or Villa Park? Every two weeks, Orange County broker Steve Thomas publishes a report on the supply of local homes for sale. The latest report -- as of June 9 says the Orange market is quicker while Villa Park has relatively fewer distressed properties among its listings. More from Thomas: ORANGE 441 residences Read more [...]

Deadline nears for many US-listed Chinese stocks

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By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:23pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than fifteen Chinese companies whose shares trade in the United States, many of them favored by short-sellers, have yet to file required year-end forms with U.S. regulators and the shares could face more downward pressure as deadlines approach. Many of those names were included on lists issued by brokerages that prevented their clients from borrowing money to buy Read more [...]

Sales of “super-prime” homes in the capital surge

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Sales of “super-prime” properties in central London – those worth more than £10m – have increased significantly over the past few months, as demand for trophy homes from both overseas buyers and domestic purchasers has grown.Transaction volumes for these luxury homes in the capital rose by 63 per cent in the three months to the end of May compared to the same period last year, according to figures from Knight Frank, the upmarket property agent. The number of sales in the £3m-£5m and £5m-£10m Read more [...]

Events in and around Dedham: Friday, June 17

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  Don't see your event listed here? Send it to Andrea at Dedham@wickedlocal.com Friday, June 17 Summer Sizzle - Eight Annual Summer Sizzle will be held on Friday, June 17, from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Dedham Health and Athletic Complex, 200 Providence Highway. The event is a fundraiser for Osteosarcoma and Brain Cancer Research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Guests will enjoy dinner, drinks, silent and live auction, live music, and the chance to win exciting raffle prizes. Auction Read more [...]

15 million Britons – that’s one in four of us – are listed on new national …

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By Chris GreenwoodLast updated at 3:09 PM on 17th June 2011 It is hoped the national police database will stop criminals like killer caretaker Ian Huntley slipping through the net A quarter of the population will have their names logged on a new national police database.Due to go live next week, the Police National Database is being loaded with up to 15million records of criminals, suspects and victims.Created in the wake of the Soham murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, Read more [...]

CA Chinatown listed as endangered historic place

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HANFORD, Calif. (AP) — The smell is musty, the wooden floorboards rotten and the original owners long dead.But the century-old Chinese herb shop with its towering armoire of small wooden drawers can still be found nearly intact behind a set of heavy metal doors.Herb bundles sit on dust-coated shelves, and wafer-thin paper used by owner L.T. Sue to wrap his herbs still hangs on a rack by a counter stained with bird droppings.The shop in China Alley in the rural Central California town Read more [...]

DUAL DERBY DELIGHT FOR PUNTERS

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After Royal Ascot and Epsom, there is plenty this week to keep what has hitherto been a brilliant Flat season firmly on the boil, with Classics and famous old handicaps on the agenda. The three-day John Smith's Northumberland Plate meeting will pack them in at Newcastle, while over in Ireland a high-class weekend culminates in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby. Action at Newcastle starts on Thursday with a relatively moderate card before things hot up markedly on Friday night with the Listed EBF Hoppings Read more [...]