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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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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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Game, set and match: Family forced to build soundproof wall by tennis court after neighbours complain about 'grunting'
Dr Alan Murphy, 45, who lives in a £750,000 Victorian cottage with wife Lucy, 40, and their four children, sparked numerous objections with plans to create the tennis court.
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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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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.
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.
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 ...
Men's World Cup Downhill Results
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Results Wednesday from the final men's World Cup downhill of the season: 1. Carlo Janka , Switzerland , 1 minute, 58.45 seconds. 2. Mario Scheiber , Austria , 1:58.47. 3. Patrick Kueng , Switzerland, 1:58.52. (tie) Erik Guay , Canada , 1:58.52. 5. Hans Grugger , Austria, 1:58.56. 6. Werner Heel , Italy , 1:58.58. 7. Manuel Osborne-Paradis , Canada, 1:58.60 ...
Mexico's Slim named 'world's richest' person
Mexico's Carlos Slim, the son of an immigrant shopkeeper who amassed a $53.5 billion fortune and bought a major stake in the New York Times, became the first person from a developing nation to be named the world's richest person.
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