Swanky strips: A landscaping how-toWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 5:10AMEveryone knows the strip from hell. Sure, you could just cover it over with concrete or rocks. In the last few years, though, turning that strip into the Garden of Eden has become a local trend.
Local housing authorities receive capital improvement awardsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:36PMThe lion’s share of $55,821 in capital improvement funds awarded last week by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will go toward parking lot and sidewalk repairs at the St. Johnsville Housing Authority. That’s according to Jeffrey McTiernan, executive director of the St. Johnsville authority, who on Tuesday said the annual funding award from HUD’s Capital Fund Program will also ...
Local housing authorities to get money for capital improvementsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:26PMLeonard Bienkowski, head of maintenance for the Herkimer Housing Authority, shows where a retaining wall at the North Prospect Street Mid-Town Apartments complex in Herkimer will be demolished and a walkway connecting upper and lower patios will be constructed for tenants’ enjoyment.
Make a break for BritainTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:43PMWhat's the attraction? For the majority of families, the summer holidays begin this weekend, prompting a mass exodus from the UK. Two people every second are due to fly out from Heathrow on Sunday; in the next week, half a million people will pass through Manchester airport.
With Reforms Under New CEO,Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:13AMWoodsville -- A year and a half ago, Cottage Hospital was struggling to cover its costs.
Susan K. Treutler: Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could have a wifeMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:37AMSusan K. TreutlerI have a self-cleaning oven, a self-cleaning iron and a self-cleaning husband, but what I really want is a self-cleaning refrigerator. I vowed in late June that I was going to retire from all housework other than the...
Mission set for Greytown duoSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:24PMEye For Detail: Viv Wilson, of Chestnut Cottage, makes and sells dolls' houses that his wife Rosie designs. Photo / Lynda Feringa
Vendome has history and personalitySaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:43PMHouses are set back a uniform distance from the sidewalk on wide lots, most of them attractively landscaped. But that's about all that's similar: With the exception of three Colonial Revival houses, every house has its own personality.
'Rose Gardens at Santa Teresita' to be first phase of senior living projectSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:51AMMONROVIA - Santa Teresita Hospital, owned by the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, has been given the go-ahead to become "Rose Gardens at Santa Teresita," the first phase of a senior living development straddling the Monrovia/ Duarte border.