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Creation Gardens settles with state, proceeding with new site
The owners of Creation Gardens, a wholesale produce and gourmet food supplier, have closed on the sale of their property at East Main and Hancock streets to the state Transportation Cabinet for about $3.6 million.
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Botanical gardens proposed for Ventura's Grant Park
Other than the picturesque lookout from Grant Park, the chaparral-studded hillsides above Ventura City Hall are largely cut off from human use.Local nature lovers who want to change that are holding a community workshop Saturday to gather ideas to determine what is possible and desirable for a “premier” botanical gardens to enhance the 100-acre Grant Park.The 9:30 a.m. workshop at the Crowne ...
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Buy-to-let king and queen dismantle property portfolio
Fergus and Judith Wilson bought 700 homes in a buy-to-let frenzy that raked in £225m. Now they're trying to sell up, and tell Patrick Collinson how they nearly went under Buy-to-let is "absolutely dead and will never return". So say Fergus and Judith Wilson, the husband and wife team who became Britain's king and queen of buy-to-let, and who are now selling up. At one time the former maths ...
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Bid for two Bridgeport community gardens wilts
BRIDGEPORT -- A proposal to expand the city's inventory of community gardens died on the vine Tuesday as the Board of Park Commissioners denied a request to add gardens in two city parks.
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Avalon Gardens 'a place of healing'
Dr. Tom Parsons of Avalon Medical Clinic told the audience at the official opening of Avalon Gardens, a seniors' residence in Murrayville, how his clinic got its name. The new facility is built on the former site of the medical clinic.
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Busch Gardens ticket taker accused of pocketing thousands of dollars
She told investigators she's stolen about $25,000 since 2008 at Busch Gardens, police say.
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‘Rescued’ castle opens to public
AN EAST Cornwall property featured on Channel Four’s ‘Country House Rescue’ will be opening its gardens to the public again this spring. Pentillie Castle near St Mellion will open on March 14, April 4 and 5 and May 3 prior to the screening of an hour long special on the success of the renovation.
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Gardens to Visit
Cacti and succulent lovers will find inspiration and beauty during garden tours. There are many kinds of gardens--both public and private--that are worth a visit.
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A world-class field and wide-open tournament
DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- One of the billboards at Doral promotes this World Golf Championship with a familiar slogan and some familiar faces, a photo sequence of five players under the phrase, "The World is Watching."
Mexican mogul Slim edges out Gates as world's richest person
Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.
Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.
The World's Billionaires
Carlos Slim Helu takes the No. 1 spot on Forbes' annual list of the world's richest as a record 164 billionaires return to the ranking amid the global economic recovery.
Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man
Carlos Slim Helu takes No. 1 spot on Forbes World's Billionaires list as a record 164 10-figure titans return to the ranking amid the global economic recovery.
Women's World Cup Downhill Results
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Results Wednesday of the final women's World Cup downhill of the season: 1. Maria Riesch , Germany , 1 minute, 34.82 seconds. 2. Lindsey Vonn , United States , 1:35.30. 3. Anja Paerson , Sweden , 1:35.95. 4. Nadja Kamer , Switzerland , 1:36.04. 5. Julia Mancuso , United States, 1:36.13. 6. Johanna Schnarf , Italy , 1:36.17. 7. Nadia Styger , Switzerland, 1 ...
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