Garden Plans News
- Grubb & Ellis Buys Two Apartment Complexes in Metro Atlanta Sunday, July 6, 2008 @ 6:16PMGrubb & Ellis Apartment REIT Inc. has acquired two Class A apartment communities totaling nearly 500 units in the metro Atlanta area.
- How farmers vote will be the meaty issue for Silver Fern Sunday, July 6, 2008 @ 5:43PMThe votes of about 9000 farmers – rebate-receiving suppliers in Silver Fern Farms – will cast a much wider shadow than the future path of their co-operative.
- Cleburne poet releases first book, holds plans for future Sunday, July 6, 2008 @ 5:20PMTwenty-eight-year-old Kandice Jacobs-Armstrong has tried her hand and succeeded at many creative endeavors — singing, writing, entrepreneurship, poetry ...
- Tool Trailer helps beautification efforts Sunday, July 6, 2008 @ 3:27PMIt’s now easier to keep Allen beautiful because everything needed to beautify the city is available free of cost, thanks to a program of the Allen Parks Foundation.
- Extension connection: Make memories this summer Saturday, July 5, 2008 @ 1:06PMAs a child, do you remember traditions you did with your family? Maybe your family camped during the summer or attended an annual Fourth of July weekend family reunion or picnic. Catching lightning bugs has special memories for me, as these would be placed in a container and used as a "night light" before being released the next day. Maybe you traveled to spend time with relatives in another ...
- Art Studio Looks to Expand Outdoors Saturday, July 5, 2008 @ 12:23PMStumptown Art Studio is eyeing its own backyard. “In the summertime, it’s so nice to go outside to work on art,” said Aida Hebbard, public relations manager for Stumptown Art Studio and Ceramics Annex (SASCA). The studio, which owns space between its building on Central Avenue and the alley, has used the area for storage and parking. But now the nonprofit art center would like to spruce it up ...
- Use ornamental grasses to add special dimension to any garden Saturday, July 5, 2008 @ 10:35AMDuring the past 20 years, ornamental grasses have become signature plants in modern garden design. Charlotte Coutch discovered grasses a couple of years ago and has successfully integrated them into the landscape around her home on Nailor Road.
- District 65 Little League tourney to get underway Saturday, July 5, 2008 @ 10:21AMDistrict 65 Little League Tournament begins Thursday
- Local festivals, art shows and books help with vacation planning. Saturday, July 5, 2008 @ 9:25AMWISH YOU WERE HERE
- Start making your Fourth of July plans now; fireworks, more Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 5:00PMFireworks are planned throughout the Morris County area in the days leading to the July 4 holiday. Other events are scheduled, too, to help celebrate Independence Day.
- AeroGrow Announces New Board Members Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 4:54PM AeroGrow International, Inc. ("AeroGrow" or the "Company"), makers of the AeroGarden® line of indoor gardening products, announced that it has appointed four new members to its Board of Directors, Linda Graebner, Peter Michel, Suresh Kumar and Michael Dingman, Jr., bringing significant additional depth and breadth of experience to its Board.
- Try hypnotherapy to combat negative teen behaviors Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 2:45PMHealthy Alternatives: Health and fitness options in and around Orange County.
- Cablevision Celebrates Freedom With the Addition of 15 New Channels of Free HD for iO TV(SM) Customers Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 2:36PMLeading HD Line-Up Will Expand To 60 Channels On August 1, With The Introduction Of Popular Cable Networks Like Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, FX, FOX News Channel, AMC, And The Weather Channel - All...
- New Nurse Graduates Treated To Ice Cream Social Event Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 6:16AMAn ice cream social for newly graduated nurses was recently given by the Winter Haven Hospital Auxiliary to welcome them to the hospital.
- BBC Radio airs Beatles interview lost for 44 years Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 6:15AMThe British Broadcasting Corp. yesterday aired a long-lost Beatles interview featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about the day they met and their songwriting partnership. The precious film sat forgotten for 44 years in a garage in south London until film fan Richard Jeffs realized a piece of pop history was contained inside.
- ROSEVILLE ROUNDTABLE: Jobless Michiganders tell of fight for survival Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 6:06AMTwelve unemployed southeast Michigan residents painted a sobering picture for U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Royal Oak, at a roundtable Tuesday in Roseville. They discussed their need for the 13-week extension of unemployment benefits that President George W. Bush approved Monday -- about 200,000 Michiganders will qualify -- and said that while they appreciate it, the benefits will do little more ...
- Relief group plans service day in N.O. on July 4 Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 5:51AM Associated Press - July 2, 2008 5:44 AM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It will be a working holiday this weekend for students from around the country.
- Relief group plans service day in N.O. on July 4 Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 5:51AM NEW ORLEANS -- It will be a working holiday this weekend for students from around the country. The faith-based relief organization HOPE worldwide says it expects perhaps 1,300...
- Oswego looking toward downtown development Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 5:28AMEvery thriving downtown needs single residents and couples without kids to spend money locally, according to Michael Cassa, executive director of the Oswego Economic Development Corporation.
- Interview With Barney Pell and Ramez Naam About Microsoft’s Powerset Acquisition: Integration By End Of Year Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 5:18AMI spoke with Powerset cofounder/CEO Barney Pell and Microsoft’s Live Search General Program Manager Ramez Naam shortly after Microsoft’s announcement of their acquisition of Powerset earlier today. Microsoft intends to use Powerset’s natural language search technology as a major differentiating factor v. no. 1 search player Google (see our recent coverage of Live Search [...]
- Bowman resident recommends working hard, going to bed early, praying Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 9:33PMBOWMAN - Hard working, dedicated and dependable are words often used by those who know her to describe one of Bowman’s best known residents, Lurline Fogle. And, at age 90, Mrs. Fogle says she has no plans of slowing down anytime soon.
- Newsome found not guilty of murdering ‘common-law husband’ Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 9:24PMRosemary Latrice Newsome stood over the grave of James “Captain” Heard, told her “common-law husband” she loved him, and cried.
- At Our Best Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 8:54PMEach week ‘At Our Best’’ highlights the achievements of those in our community. It includes honors, awards and other recognition that is being earned by local residents.
- Green thumbs tackle Walker Botanical Garden Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 7:03PMIt doesn’t look like much right now, but John Dick envisions a day when the outside of Rodman Hall is as fascinating as the art indoors. The sloped grounds behind the Brock University-owned gallery were once blanketed with exotic trees, colourful flowers and Carolinian foliage, [...]
- Short Takes - June 25 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 5:09PMHow do you feel the local newspapers and TV stations did in covering the June 11 tornado at the Boy Scout Camp?
- Celebrate July 4th in Logan Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 5:09PMJoin the tradition of the Fourth of July in Logan that goes back more than 100 years. The Logan Chamber of Commerce began planning for the event several months ago to make the holiday event bigger and better and filled with activities.
- From Red Raider to River Hawk: Kirwan makes the move Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 5:03PM The cold weather in New England winters is sometimes best confronted by the atmosphere of a warm gym on a cold night. The players race up and down the hard wood floor attempting to put a 29 inch orange ball through a 10-foot high hoop. The sport alone attracts fans, and peaks people’s interest.
- Post Properties Ends Process to Seek Potential Sale Citing Difficult Market Conditions and Receipt of No Definitive ... Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 4:01PM ATLANTA----Post Properties, Inc. today announced that after five months of actively pursuing a formal process to sell the Company in an increasingly difficult market environment, it has received no definitive acquisition proposals.
- CHS grad swimming in Olympic Trials Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 3:47PM After the Ohio University women’s swim team’s season ended in late February, Amanda Cecere’s work was just beginning.
- Art/Culture Review Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 2:14PMDid you go back to save the angel? Willemien de Villiers (2007) "The Virgin in the Treehouse". Auckland Park, Johannesburg, Jacana Media, 296 pages, paperback. P135, ISBN 9787-1-77009-343-0. Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk.
- Wayland Town Center developers hope to blend in Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 12:47PM Developers of a major project proposed for downtown say they want their development to capture the mix of architectural styles found in a typical Massachusetts small town.
- Itinerary Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 11:55AMThe music festival in Crested Butte, Colo., (July 4 to 31) offers jazz, classical, opera, bluegrass, country and dance. This year’s theme, “Discover the Roots of Paradise,” focuses on the music of the folks who built the town in the late 1900s. “Featuring composers including Dvorak, Smetana, Dohnanyi and Janacek, we will explore the music that was familiar to our early settlers,” says festival ...
- Fewer Dying On Oklahoma Roadways Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 11:47AMFewer people are dying on Oklahoma roadways this year compared to 2007.
- Bob Powers Wetlands Preserve Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 11:26AMProgress continues on the Bob Powers Wetland Preserve Project as signs were recently posted noting the project’s partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.¬ÝWork on the project has been ongoing for nearly 10 years as organizers continue to take the necessary steps to develop an 18-acre parcel that includes nearly three acres of wetlands across from the Kern Valley Plaza extending to the ...
- Park Center makes it nine straight Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 11:21AMWhile the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq has diminished as a topic for the front pages of daily newspapers or appears among the lead stories of nightly network newscasts, at least one group of Westonka residents continues to make remembering American troops in a war zone a priority.
- Beloved farmer dies in accident Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 9:34AMFARMINGTON — The community lost a good friend and the founder of the Farmington farmers’ Market this week with the death of Ron Hale. Hale died in a tractor accident on his farm south of Farmington shortly after noon Tuesday.
- Celtics add to record championship haul Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 2:54AMBOSTON — When the Boston Celtics built a new practice facility, they surrounded the court with their 16 NBA championship banners and left a blank space for No. 17.
- Arrests follow championship Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 2:39AMPolice arrest 22 people before and after Game 6.
- Around the region Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 2:36AMPolice arrest man in alleged attack CARY – Police have apprehended a man after he allegedly struck two men with a baseball bat at a Cary park.
- GP surgeries at risk? Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 2:33AMEIGHT GP practices in Welwyn Hatfield are facing the threat of closure, we can reveal. The Tories yesterday issued a list of endangered surgeries which could potentially close as a result of Government plans to build new "super surgeries."
- FILM: Columbia Pictures Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 5:20PMIt may be premature to change our hometown’s name from Music City to Movie City, but there’s little doubt that filmmaking has been on the rise here.
- The Accidental Taoist Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 4:51PM(movies/the-accidental-taoist-1) Westerner embraces Chinese destiny in vivid ‘Children Of Huang Shi’
- Energy Sector Roundup: Oil up on Nigeria concerns Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 4:21PM(AP:NEW YORK) Following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector Wednesday afternoon. Oil prices settled higher, rebounding from earlier losses on reports that Nigerian oil workers are about to strike, and investors focused on a surprise decline in gasoline inventories last week.
- Energy Sector Roundup: Oil up on Nigeria concerns Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 4:12PM Following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector Wednesday afternoon. Crude Back Up After Early Losses Oil prices settled higher, rebounding from earlier losses on reports that Nigerian oil workers are about to strike, and investors focused on a surprise decline in gasoline inventories last week.
- Blaze destroys two houses, stops just shy of third’s gas tank Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 12:35AM Gary Stronach can’t understand why his home was spared when both his neighbours’ houses burned to the ground. The fire stopped less than two metres from his full propane tank. “God’s hands were wrapped around our house. They were right here,” he said gesturing towards his Candy Mountain Road home. “There’s just no way to explain why our house is here and our neighbours’ aren’t.” But ...
- Bulls guard Gordon talks hoops Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 12:21AMBulls guard Ben Gordon, who was in Charlottesville on Monday afternoon to speak at Virginia’s annual Elite Camp, doesn’t have a feel for who Bulls general manager John Paxson plans to select with the No. 1 overall pick.
- Rialto to push back hearing on Wal-Mart Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 12:12AMRIALTO - The four-year wait for a Wal-Mart Supercenter just got two weeks longer. The City Council was scheduled to approve plans for the center today at Carter High School.
- Pipeline Expansion Faces Opposition Monday, June 16, 2008 @ 10:22PMA battle is brewing over plans to expand an underground natural gas pipeline through parts of Chester County.
- Palo Residents Get First Glimpse of Damage Monday, June 16, 2008 @ 10:14PMPALO - Many residents of Palo got their first glimpse of what the floodwaters left behind. Today more families got the first look at the home after evacuating the town nearly a week ago.
- Hexham Courant Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 6:20AMANGRY residents say they haven’t been consulted properly about a £6 million school that is about to be built on their doorsteps. Plans for a new complex to house the staff and pupils of Hexham Priory School have been given the go-ahead.