DDA and Mainstreet finances, budgets reviewed

Eatonton Downtown Development Authority and Eatonton Mainstreet have separate boards and each has its own budget, but the two joined for a retreat to discuss mutual goals Feb. 7. Partial fiscal year budgets – January through August 2013 – were presented at the retreat. Shelagh Fagan, chairwoman of the Mainstreet board, said the budgets should be approved by the boards’ members at their next meetings. The DDA is funded entirely by the City Read more [...]

Rubio selling Miami house in neighborhood cited in speech

By Kevin Gray MIAMI | Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:15pm EST MIAMI (Reuters) - Senator Marco Rubio is looking to sell his house in the Miami neighborhood he cited in his closely watched response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech. The first-term Republican senator from Florida played up his humble upbringing when he delivered the Republican Party rebuttal to Obama's address on Tuesday, pointing to a Miami neighborhood where he was born and Read more [...]

Oxford given a clean audit

OXFORD — On Tuesday evening, the Oxford Board of Commissioners learned the city received a clean audit for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Jim Winston reported results of the audit, which was conducted by Winston, Williams, Creech, Evans Co. He praised the city’s finance staff for receiving a Certificate Read more [...]

Man finds his own boat listed for sale

NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- A New Jersey man was shocked when he spotted his own boat in the classifieds. He took matters into his own hands to track down the person who did it. "So I woke up at 2 in the morning, so I'm looking for a new boat," said John Began, boat owner. John began his search for a new boat on Craigslist and there are plenty of boats for sale there. John's boat was parked for the winter at a friend's lot in Linden. As he was searching the listings, he saw what Read more [...]

Sydney CBD pubs listed for sale as confidence and investors returns to sector

Investor confidence has returned to the long-troubled NSW pub sector, according to CBRE. CBRE sold or placed under contract around $40 million worth of pubs over the Christmas/New Year period with a further $30 million worth of hotels is to be offered to the market in coming weeks. CBRE Hotels will soon commence marketing four high profile properties: the Bristol Retro Arms in the Sydney CBD,The Welcome Hotel at Rozelle in Sydney, the Banjo Paterson at Jindabyne and the Swansea Hotel at Lake Macquarie.  "We Read more [...]

Parlin man discovers his own boat listed for sale on Craigslist

Gregory Bartucci allegedly tried to sell another man's boat on Craigslist. Police said the owner saw the boat listed for sale. Courtsey of Linden Police   LINDEN — While searching Craigslist for a second boat, a Middlesex County man found his own 17-foot pleasure craft — one he was storing in Linden — listed for sale and arranged to meet the man trying to sell it. Linden police said that led to the arrest of a 49-year-old Read more [...]

Medellin Short Listed for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games

2/13/2013 MEDELLIN, 13 FEBRUARY 2013 – The city of Medellín, Colombia was confirmed today by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board as one of 3 cities short listed to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. At a press conference held today in Lausanne, Switzerland, IOC President Jacques Rogge confirmed Medellín’s bid proposal “corresponds with the vision of the Youth Olympic Games.” The report from the IOC Working Group responsible to analyse the Read more [...]

Marco Rubio’s $675000 Florida Home Listed For Sale

more big The GOP's rebutter for last night's State of the Union Address, renounced big government and embraced Miami immigrants. But what he failed to address was his home listed for sale. Rubio's West Miami home where he's currently residing with his family is on the market for $675,000. The 2,600-square-foot house is located on 6060 SW 13th St., West Miami, 33144, according to Zillow. They bought the 4-bedroom, 3 1/2-bathroom home in 2005 for $550,000, Read more [...]