Monthly Archives: July 2011

Tanglewood home listed for sale

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A five or six-bedroom home at 5622 Bayou Glen in Tanglewood is listed for $4.85 million. Brad Hermes of Keller Williams Realty is the listing agent. This beautiful home sits on a large corner lot and was designed by Robert Dame. There is a climate-controlled wine room, downstairs media room with web bar, a library and two-story family room. It has an elevator and driveway gate. The home was built by Cyrus Homes and features a first floor master, both formals, chef s kitchen with granite Read more [...]

Supply of home listings shrinks

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Orlando's inventory of houses listed for sale is the smallest its been December 2005, according to a report released today by Orlando Regional Realtors Association. Median prices for single-family homes remained flat at $110,000 from May to June, as the amount of distress sales diminished for the fifth consecutive month, based on association member sales. Compared Read more [...]

Five Things for Wednesday

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1. The IronBirds. The team had a night off Tuesday but will begin their three-game homestand against the Vermont Lake Monsters Wednesday.    2. Weather. Sunrise: 5:49 a.m.; Sunset: 8:33 p.m. Wednesday: High 88; mostly sunny and not as hot with a shower or thunderstorm possible Wednesday Night: Low 69; clear to partly cloudy   3. Week-Ahead Weather Thursday: 84/67; mostly sunny. Friday: 83/67; partly sunny and pleasant. Saturday: 86/71; mostly sunny. Sunday: 91/64; a thunderstorm; humid and Read more [...]

Sale appoint former Wasps director of rugby Tony Hanks as coach

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The revolving doors at Sale continue to spin with the arrival on Wednesday of Tony Hanks, the former Wasps director of rugby. The 40-year-old New Zealander is to be the club's first-team coach and, according to their executive director of sport, Steve Diamond, the "final piece in the jigsaw" following a major restructuring of the team and backroom staff.It is unlikely to be the end of Diamond's buying and selling before Sale begin their league season with a trip to Worcester on 3 September. Read more [...]

Margate’s historic railway among top listed buildings in country

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Comments  |  Read all comments on this story. Dreamland s iconic scenic railway in 1921 Margate's Scenic Railway has been recognised as one of the most important listed buildings in the country. The iconic centrepiece of Dreamland amusement park has had its listing upgraded to Grade II*, putting it into the top six per cent of listed buildings. The move was made by English Heritage, Read more [...]

Application submitted for Benington wind turbine

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A MAN whose application for a wind farm in Benington was thrown out by the Planning Inspectorate has submitted proposals for a single turbine in the village. The scheme for three 390ft (119m) high turbines in the Beane Valley was dismissed towards the beginning of last year, following a week-long public inquiry in December 2009, largely because of the visual impact, their effect on nearby listed buildings and the fact that two would have been on Green Belt land. However, farmer Andrew Bott, Read more [...]

Greensboro Race Series schedule changes

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The Greensboro Race Series has made scheduling changes, most notably adding the Bryan YMCA's Bookbag Breakaway 5K on Aug. 13 as its next event. The Bookbag Breakaway will be the series' fifth event, and four races are scheduled to follow. Scott Bassett, whose On the Mark Sports company is teaming with Omega Sports in the series' inaugural year, also confirms that the Retro Run, which had been the next listed event at the series site but without a date, would be a night event Sept. 24, starting Read more [...]

House that inspired Harry Potter books is up for sale

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THE childhood home which inspired JK Rowling to write the Harry Potter books has gone on the market complete with a cupboard under the stairs. The property also features a trapdoor and a secret scrawl penned by the author as a teen. The writer, now 45, etched her name into paintwork by her bedroom window alongside the words "Joanne Rowling slept here circa 1982" when she was 17. She lived in the Grade-II listed Church Cottage in the picturesque village of Tutshill the name of a Read more [...]

Listed building rennovation in Battersea nears completion

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Listed building renovation in Battersea nears completion 7:10am Wednesday 13th July 2011 Print Email Share Comments(0) A former cinema and Grade II listed building is being given a new lease of life as a four-year building project draws to a close. The building, in St John's Hill, laid empty for years and was on English Heritage’s Buildings at Risk list before Assael Architecture secured planning permission Read more [...]