Monthly Archives: October 2012

Wish 2012: Friends of Buile Hill Park

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A friends' group which organises events in a Grade-II listed park is the next hopeful cause on the MEN Wish List. The park is home to Buile Hill Mansion which is rumoured to have been the inspiration behind Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s book The Secret Garden. For the past 11 years the Friends of Buile Hill Park have  organised free family fun days and worked with community groups to help them use the Salford park. The group, made up of 12 volunteers, Read more [...]

Abel Point Marina up for sale

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Story Tools var addthis_config = { services_compact: 'favorites, email, facebook, twitter, buzz', services_exclude: 'print' } Tweet ALMOST 14 months after it was placed into receivership, the landmark Abel Point Marina has been listed for sale. The former Meridien Marinas asset consists of 507 wet berths with associated commercial and retail facilities. Corporate recovery firm McGrathNicol was appointed as receivers and managers of the marina in September Read more [...]

Dickinson Troop 32 listed in Scout scandal

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Talk about it Two instances in the 1990s involving Dickinson Boy Scout Troop 32 that showed up in recently released confidential files raise questions of whether a cover-up of child sexual abuse took place here more than a decade ago.The now infamous Boy Scouts of America “Perversion Files,” alleging years of abuse within the popular youth organization, highlighted two documented cases of child sexual molestation — one in 1996 Read more [...]

MSM-listed companies post RO99m profit, up 10%

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Muscat: The profits of 45 Muscat Securities Market (MSM) listed companies stood at RO99 million during the third quarter of 2012 compared to RO90 million during the corresponding period last year, a 10 per cent growth. The data published on MSM website by the companies about their un-audited financial statements for the third quarter 2012 show that 67 per cent of the companies that unveiled their results posted growth in profits compared to last year. This constitutes a growth by 46 per cent compared Read more [...]

Davis Islands home sale, at $5.2 million, fetches Hillsborough’s highest price …

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TAMPA — High-profile developer Joel Cantor sold his Davis Islands mansion Monday for $5.2 million, in what real estate agents are calling Hillsborough County's most expensive sale of the year.The 8,500-square-foot waterfront home, where first lady Michelle Obama held a fundraiser last October, was listed for sale in June for $6.5 million, sales records show.Cantor, 48, said he fielded three offers before selling the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home to Richard Steeves, chief executive of British-based Read more [...]

theScore, Inc. announces listing on the TSX Venture Exchange

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theScore, Inc. announces listing on the TSX Venture ExchangeTORONTO, Oct. 23, 2012, 2012 (Menafn - Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) --theScore, Inc. ("Score Digital") is pleased to announce that effective at the opening of trading on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, the Class A Subordinate Voting Shares (the "Class A Shares") of Score Digital will be listed and posted for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "SCR".Pursuant to the arrangement agreement dated August 25, 2012 (the "Arrangement Read more [...]

Central’s Dan Enos listed as college football coach whose job is on line

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The first firing of the college football season came Sunday. Idaho let go of Robb Akey in a move that was not unexpected.With a little more than a month to go, there are other axes to fall. It's safe to say Arkansas will not be signing up for another year of the John L. Smith experience.Here are 10 more coaches who could be bracing for bad news:* Gene Chizik, Auburn Two years removed from a national championship, Chizik is in trouble. No team had ever started a season 1-6 two years after finishing Read more [...]

Manchester United "not for sale" – executive

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By Keith Weir LONDON | Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:28pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - The Glazer family remains committed to Manchester United which is not for sale following its U.S. stock market listing, the English Premier League soccer club's vice chairman said. "The opportunities that we see going forward and the excitement that they (the Glazers) have in this is undiminished," Ed Woodward told reporters on Tuesday.While the club had attracted potential suitors, Read more [...]

Former Eastern Shore congressman listed in Boy Scouts’ ‘perversion files’

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Bauman, now 75, denied any official connection to the organization when reached Monday at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Scouting officials in 1980 described a somewhat tangential connection with the legislator, but a file was created nonetheless.Just days after the solicitation charge was filed against Bauman in the first week of October 1980, a Scouting executive with the Delmarva Council sent a letter and a packet of news clippings about the case to the organization's registration director, Read more [...]