Bulletin Board / Notes & events

Calling all campsThe Buffalo News will publish its annual directory of summer camps in Western New York in late April. If you would like your camp listed, please email the information to Kelly Boquard at kboquard@buffnews.com or to Deputy Sports Editor Dennis Danheiser at ddanheiser@buffnews.com. There is no charge....Western New York’s largest Sports Card Show and Memorabilia Expo with more than 100 dealers and three celebrity guests is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 7 at Hearthstone Read more [...]

Max Shacknai, Rebecca Zahau died at home in 2011

SAN DIEGO - The mansion near San Diego where millionaire Jonah Shacknai's son and girlfriend died in 2011 will soon be listed for sale at an asking price of $16.9 million. U-T San Diego reported Monday that the real estate broker for the Coronado home says it will be listed in the next 4-6 weeks. Shacknai, the CEO and founder of Arizona-based Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., owns the historic home known as Spreckels Mansion. In 2011, police discovered Shacknai's girlfriend Read more [...]

Grand Old House From The Big Chill Listed For Sale in SC

Click here to view the full photogallery. Good news, movie fans: the stately, historic North Carolina house that starred in the '80s classic The Big Chill has hit the market for the first time in a quarter of a century. Tidalholm, as the estate is called, featured in the flick in no small way; it was here, among crazy-opulent crown moldings and picturesque verandas that a group of college friends reunited for one weekend (of drama! intrigue! suspense!). A bit of history not related to Glenn Read more [...]

House in Barclays Center’s Shadow Is Snapped Up

Its neighbor directly across Dean Street is the Barclays Center, which stands just a few dozen feet away. “Oh, it doesn’t really fit here anymore, does it?” said Kristen Noble, a fan on her way to a Brooklyn Nets game last week, examining the little yellow house. No, it does not. But apparently, not everybody minds. At the end of February, that little yellow clapboard house at 474 Dean Street was put up for sale, listed for $1.495 million. And despite a domineering Read more [...]

PhillyNow Calendar: Civic Events, March 18-22 – PW

Neighborhood Associations are holding Actual Value Initiative meetings (and general meetings) all week, there are some informative readings and panel discussions at the free library, and City Council is taking up resolutions on real estate taxes, among other things. As usual, if you want something listed, email civics@philadelphiaweekly.com. Monday, March 18 Northern Liberties Fundraising Committee. The Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association will hold a meeting so the fundraising committee Read more [...]

Rentals slowing down as housing market picks up – The Star-Ledger

Investors have flooded the market with rentals, holding down the price. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg   Rents for single-family homes are rising slower than property prices as firms such as Blackstone Group flood the market with homes for lease, posing risks to investors betting billions on the burgeoning market. Monthly payments for properties in Phoenix rose 1.3 percent in February from a year earlier, compared with a 25 percent jump Read more [...]

Jamaica Yellow offers free events calendar, business listing

The Jamaica Yellow Pages has added two innovative products geared at allowing new and small businesses, as well as promoters, free publicity on their JYP website. The Free Business Listing and the Events Calendar, the newest additions to their suite of products, will increase visibility by providing complimentary online advertising which is accessible 24/7 online and via the Jamaica Yellow Pages mobile app.With over 500,000 searches monthly on Jamaicayp.com, users on either platform benefit from Read more [...]

5-Bedroom Brick Colonial for Sale for $225000

Each week, Farmington-Farmington Hills Patch will feature a different home to give readers an idea of what the local housing market has to offer. Today, check out this five-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 34196 Shulte Drive in Farmington listed for sale at $225,000. Find the full listing here. Are you a real estate agent with homes for sale? Email rebecca.jaskot@patch.com and we'll try to feature yours next week. Sign up for the Farmington-Farmington Hills Patch newsletter here. Read more [...]

Quantum CAD of Port Talbot short-listed for ESTnet award

A HI-TECH Port Talbot business has been recognised for developing a system to bring dignity to the process of going to the toilet for people who are bed- bound. Quantum CAD is a finalist in the Most Innovative Product of the Year category in the ESTnet awards which recognise the contribution technology businesses make to the Welsh economy. The company has been nominated for Project Dignity which is a piece of equipment designed to accommodate toilet waste from bed-bound individuals in Read more [...]