Monthly Archives: January 2013

Preserved Montco farm listed for sheriff’s sale

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It was the initial "signature" farm in the fledgling years of Montgomery County’s farmland preservation program. It is now listed for sheriff’s sale. The Wismer dairy farm in Trappe, which includes 163.6 acres of farmland and a separate 10.7-acre tract that includes a farmhouse that was built in 1895, is listed for a Jan. 30th sheriff’s sale resulting from a mortgage foreclosure action. The National Penn Bank filed Read more [...]

Deadliest Volcano Eruptions Listed in New Online Database

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Live on the East Coast? Thinking of escaping to a warm Caribbean island right now? You might want to check a new, open access database of the world's deadliest volcanoes first. Though not intended as a travel advisory, the database does include several Caribbean volcanoes, such as Montserrat's Soufrière Hills volcano, which sent pyroclastic flows down the mountain in 2010. (The rest of the island remains a lush resort.) However, researchers do hope the public learns more about volcanic hazards Read more [...]

Downtown Town House One of Many Homes to Tour

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Click through the image gallery to see which local homes are holding open houses on Saturday and/or Sunday (unless otherwise noted). Days, times and prices are listed below each photograph. If you would like your weekend open houses to appear on East Greenwich Patch, please post them on the Rhode Island State-Wide MLS or e-mail a photo and details to eg.calendareditor@gmail.com by noon the Thursday before. Open houses on East Greenwich Patch’s House Hunt are arranged by price from lowest to highest, Read more [...]

Community Happenings 1-19

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TODAY JANUARY 19 Topsail tour Learn which spiders in Florida are poisonous, where they live, what they eat, and the benefits they bring to us at 2 p.m. Jan. 19 at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa Beach. Admission to park is $6. Call 267-8330. Writers In Sandals Write your way into 2013 when Writers In Sandals meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon Jan. 19 at the Destin Library. Each member has the writing assignment to complete “I remember when I” as an opening Read more [...]

Rally in Penplas, Swansea, over short-listed Gypsy and traveller site

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RESIDENTS campaigning against a second permanent Gypsy and traveller site in Penplas will hold a rally next month. Organised by the Leo's Community Action Group, they will be protesting against a possible site in the Penderry ward. ​ Louise Bolam with Penderry residents handing to a petition at Swansea Civic Centre about a planned travellers’ site near their homes It is one of five shortlisted Read more [...]

Chinese growth lifts UK listed miners | UK retail sales eyed

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Stronger than expected Chinese growth figures helped to lift UK listed miners in a slow start to trading on Friday in London. Chinese GDP bounced back to grow at 7.9% in the fourth quarter, its first growth in expansion for 7 quarters and lofting optimism that resource demand can continue to track a similar rate of expansion. Listed UK miners are dependent on Chinese demand for resources. The correlation between Chinese GDP and the FTSE 350 mining sector is undeniable. As such, Read more [...]

Copley homes, cars to be sold off – U

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At least three homes that belonged to the late David Copley of La Jolla are up for sale, and there are plans to sell all remaining properties in the former San Diego Union-Tribune owner’s estate, based on information from a Copley Press executive and property records. Copley, the last to carry the torch in his family’s media legacy,died from a heart attack in November at age 60. He had no heirs.The newspaper publisher’s real estate portfolio has eight homes, ranging from the famed Fox Hill Read more [...]