Owners of manufactured homes deserve more rights

Jill and Kenneth Fuchs, who in 2012 lived in the Barclay Farms Mobile Home Park in the Camden-Wyoming area, were fighting for greater legal protections for manufactured-housing homeowners like themselves.(Photo: GARY EMEIGH/THE NEWS JOURNAL)The American dream – to own your own home, with the white picket fence and a car in the garage. For millions of Americans, this dream was threatened with the fallout of the Great Recession.An analysis of home sales in Delaware from 2010 to 2013 conducted by Read more [...]

Barnaby Festival round-up and Barnaby bites…

Barnaby Festival is set to host a series of events in a Grade II listed chapel. A programme of shows will take place in Macclesfield’s historic King Edward Street Chapel, with performances on the roster including a Gothic Opera, a fibbing contest, a Jazz Suite and a headline show from an art-pop musician. One of the first events will be a special show by lyrical muso Vinny Peculiar, who will perform his poetry and song alongside a host of special guest Maxonians. He will play at the chapel, on Read more [...]

The Wolf Among Us listed for PS4 and Xbox One

The Wolf Among Us is set to release for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, if listings on numerous US retail sites are accurate. ZoomAccording to listings on Gamestop the game will also release for Xbox 360 and PS3. If accurate, the physical edition will likely be a compilation of all The Wolf Among Us episodes as well as any forthcoming DLC. It's not the first time listings for a Telltale Games title has appeared on retail sites before an official announcement: in April, evidence of Read more [...]

High school listed for sale on Craigslist

Freeland High School (Google) FREELAND, Mich. (WNEM) — A Mid-Michigan building posted on Craigslist advertises 24 rooms, 11 bathrooms, laundry and a full gym. The only problem about the listing is it’s Freeland High School and it’s not actually for sale. “I think that’s hilarious. Who is going to believe something like that,” Barbara Leppien said. “That’s just unbelievable. I want to know who the creative little person is that did that.” According to the ad, the Read more [...]

Grade II-listed former home of The Wicked Lady to go under the hammer for an …

The former home of a medieval female highwayman will go under the hammer at auction tomorrow. There is rather a lot of folklore surrounding the life of Lady Katherine Ferrers and two films have been made about her.The first, starring Margaret Lockwood, came out in 1945 and the second, starring Faye Dunaway, hit the big screens in 1983.They are both named The Wicked Lady after what many believe was her criminal alter-ego. She is believed to have held up travellers in Read more [...]