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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Planning reforms will devastate historic sites
He was attempting to defuse an escalating
war of words - which was first revealed by The Sunday Telegraph
last month - between Coalition ministers and environmental groups who oppose
some of the planning reforms, but offered no substantial concessions to end
the row.
English Heritage are the first government body to speak out against the
framework, which is aimed at simplifying more than 1,000 pages of current
planning regulations into just 52 pages.
They say the proposed Read more [...]
America’s 10 most expensive homes for sale
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Jackson, Wyoming is a billionaire haven.
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Sep 3, 2011 – 9:00 AM ET
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By Larry Olmsted
If you are one of the lucky few who needs an 8 or 9-figure residence — and chances are good it will be at least your second home — there truly has never been a better Read more [...]
Video: Inside Sheffield’s ‘new’ Park Hill flats
By Martin Slack
Published on Fri Sep 02 09:10:04 BST 2011
AS FACELIFTS go, it’s one of the most ambitious ever undertaken, but yesterday a flats complex often derided as one of Yorkshire’s ugliest buildings was given a new chance to shine.
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Baristaville Open Houses: Sunday, Sept. 4
Most sellers and realtors are taking the Labor Day holiday weekend off; only nine properties are showing, and four of them are in West Orange. Those that decide to venture out will find offerings listed between $288,900 and $799,900, many of them reduced from higher price points. Oddly, many of the houses showing don’t have a garage.
629 Ridgewood Rd., Maplewood
List Price: $549,000
Taxes: $15,006
Acreage: 0.16 Acres
4BR/2BA
A new listing, this nine-room circa 1890 Victorian combines old Read more [...]
Labor Day Weekend Sales: 25 Places to Score the Best Deals Shopping
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After scouring the Web, here is a list of the 25 places to score the best deals during Labor Day weekend sales, both online and in stores.
Electronics and Media
Amazon Student - Along with site-wide discounts, Amazon is giving away $5 credit for music for purchasing $50 in textbooks.
Best Buy - Best Buy is offering 20-30% off select washer-dryer units and televisions, a free $75 gift card for buying the 250GB Xbox360 and the "Perfect Match Promise." Read more [...]
Latchmere House open prison ‘should be a listed building’
Latchmere House open prison 'should be a listed building'
7:40am Saturday 3rd September 2011
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Latchmere House open prison could become a listed building if calls to protect it as a site of special historical interest are answered.
Richmond Council was asked to apply for the Church Road prison’s main Victorian house to Read more [...]
Brad Pitt puts Malibu beach house on the market
Brad Pitt has listed his gated Malibu beach house for $13.75 million.The view home he shares with actress Angelina Jolie sits on 1.26 blufftop acres with a tennis court, a lap pool and access to the beach. Features include walls of glass doors, a walk-in refrigerator/freezer and three fireplaces. The house has four bedrooms and four bathrooms in more than 4,000 square feet.The pair are reported to live mostly in France but do own houses Read more [...]
Top 20 education hot spots to buy a home
Top marks: King Edward’s School (fee-paying, mixed, day, junior and
senior, 01225 464313; www.kesbath.com)
is a leading independent near the city centre.
Merit: Millfield (fee-paying, mixed, boarding and day, 13-18) and
Beechen Cliff (state, boys, with girls in sixth form) are also popular,
while there is always a stampede to live near St Stephen’s School in
Lansdown (state, primary, mixed).
The area: Commutable to London at a price, but a civilised city with
great architecture.
Bishop’s Read more [...]
Selmon a great player, but an even better man
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BY JOE HENDERSON
The Tampa Tribune
Joe Henderson
jhenderson@tampatrib.com
TAMPA Lee Roy Selmon has been in this community for 35 years, a familiar and public figure from both the football field with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and later as a key member of the athletics department at the University of South Florida.
That’s just the start of things, though. Even though I have known him since he arrived here in 1976 from the University of Oklahoma, part of me was Read more [...]
