Antiques cellar aiming to win a national award

Yes there are a number of options available, you can set your browser either to reject all cookies, to allow only "trusted" sites to set them, or to only accept them from the site you are currently on. However, please note - if you block/delete all cookies, some features of our websites, such as remembering your login details, or the site branding for your local newspaper may not function as a result. Read more [...]

UK Housing Market Optimism Stays On Despite Flat Sales in January

The number of new buyers registering with the agents was down 9.9 percent in January from the previous month, while the number of properties listed for sale fell 6.8 percent, according to a survey by the online property agent Hometrack. House prices in England and Wales remained flat from December, though the prices were on decline for the past six months. Prices fell by 0.1% in Wales, Yorkshire and Humberside and the North East. In East Anglia, prices were down by 0.2%.   "Fears over Read more [...]

Shelley Fralic: We have seen the future of cool, and it is Surrey

If anyone can do it, Dianne Watts can. Make Surrey cool, that is.These days there seems little the popular Surrey mayor can’t do, what with her deft knack for balancing the outspoken desires of her constituents along with the pressing demographic issues that inevitably face one of the country’s fastest growing municipalities.Since taking over the mayor’s chair in 2005, Watts has been hell-bent on cleaning up the grungy parts of town, and thus its once-tawdry reputation, and of Read more [...]

Bureaucrats recommended against news conference MacKay took helicopter to …

OTTAWA — Government officials didn’t want to hold the Ontario media event that prompted Defence Minister Peter MacKay to catch a private ride on a search-and-rescue helicopter from a fishing trip in Newfoundland two years ago.Internal emails obtained by Postmedia News also raise questions over government assertions that MacKay’s attendance at the news conference in London, Ont., was confirmed only a few days before the event took place.MacKay has been under fire since it was Read more [...]

Council eyes more land sales

Story Tools var addthis_config = { services_compact: 'favorites, email, facebook, twitter, buzz', services_exclude: 'print' } Tweet FUTURE UNCERTAIN: Montgomery Rd reserve, on the corner of Great North Rd and Montgomery Rd is not for sale, councillors decided last week. But today's full council meeting could change that. Pockets of land and reserves have been listed for sale as part of the council's 10 Year Plan with a capital value of $6.7 million. Read more [...]

SF businesses listed in health care audit

S.F. audit of health care fees These businesses have been identified by the city's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement in its review of Healthy San Francisco.OwnershipMailing nameSpentCollectedDifferenceMina Group LLC$211,809$539,806$327,997Trinity Building ServicesTrinity Building Services2,985248,258245,273Wayfare LP 68,018303,207235,189Layers LLC Layers LLC12,675199,973187,298Reroute LLC DBA Prospect84,733254,510169,777Squat Gobble Cafe LLC Squat Gobble Cafe LLC 0160,498160,498The Read more [...]

House Hunt: 8 Open Houses in Clark and Garwood on Sunday

House hunting? This Sunday, there are six open houses in Clark and two in Garwood. See photos of the homes in our gallery. All of these open houses run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., except for 49 Hall Drive, which begins an hour earlier at noon. 49 Hall Drive, Clark - This four-bedroom, 3.2-bathroom Colonial is listed for $895,000. 675 Raritan Road, Unit 36, Clark – This two-bedroom, 2.1-bathroom townhouse is listed for $364,900. 28 Mildred Terrace, Clark – This three-bedroom, two-bathroom Colonial Read more [...]

Male Athlete of the Week: Ewing High’s Bergstrom excels at beating the clock – The Times of Trenton

Ewing High's Micah Bergstrom is The Times' Male Athlete of the Week. Martin Griff/The Times   His favorite school subjects are math and history, and for Micah Bergstrom their effects reach from the classroom to the pool. The numbers are dropping for Bergstrom who is making history at Ewing High School. Bergstrom, a junior, is the owner of eight school records. He’s the best of the Blue Devils, and he wants his teammates to excel Read more [...]