Penny drive raises more than $7,000
Nov 7, 2009 | via The Facts
With the thumping of drums and the clapping of hands, hundreds of children poured out of MacLean Park and made their trip around a Lake Jackson neighborhood during the 11th annual BASF/Wholesale Electric Walk for Habitat. Comment?
Volunteer for Habitat not clowning around
Nov 1, 2009 | via The Facts
When Leroy Hurta retired in 1997 after putting in 37 years at Dow Chemical, he got serious and he got silly. Comment?
Penny drive leads up to Walk for Habitat
Nov 5, 2009 | via The Facts
Hundreds of children are expected to participate in the 11th Annual BASF/Wholesale Electric Walk for Habitat this weekend, to prove they not only can talk the talk, but walk the walk as well. Comment?
Property tax bills being mailed
Oct 29, 2009 | via The Facts
Property tax bills are a little later than usual and people have a little longer to pay, but unless an exemption is missing, the time to negotiate the amount has passed. Comment?
Habitat for Humanity revitalizes area
Oct 7, 2009 | via The Facts
When Ronnie and Norma Bynog and their two children have a new family move into a home on their street, they know they will have something in common with them before they even meet. Comment?
Bottle house turns heads in Kingsbury
Monday Jan 4 | via Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
Imagine what life would be like without having to go to the grocery store for eggs or produce because you have - and grow - your own. Comment?
Lesson for teacher: Don't fall for equity-indexed an...
6 hrs ago | via The Dallas Morning News
I have a 33-year-old friend who is a schoolteacher. She contributes the maximum amount every month to the Teacher's Retirement System of Texas. Comment?
Austin home sellers stick it out, study says market ...
Monday Jan 4 | via Austin Business Journal
For years, economists and real estate professionals have touted the fact that Austin's relatively low cost of living has been one factor that's drawn thousands of residents from other states. Comment?
UTA, UNT students save cash by renting textbooks
Sunday Jan 3 | via The Dallas Morning News
You can rent an apartment, a car or a DVD. Now add college textbooks to the list expensive items that people are renting because they are short on cash or looking for a better deal. Comment?
May 18, 2009 | via Dallas Business Journal
In a time when most banks are throwing suspect loans and customers overboard, Beal Bank has been loading the boat. Comment?
Already people are starting to worry about rising in...
6 min ago | via Times Online
We have not even had confirmation yet that Britain has actually emerged from recession and already people are starting to worry about rising interest rates. Comment?
Triple Crown Corporation picks up a third housing de...
7 min ago | via PennLive.com
Triple Crown Corporation of Lower Paxton Township has acquired a third midstate housing development that had been affiliated with Altieri Homes, a Maryland-based regional builder that has been sued by Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett and that also faces charges from Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler. Comment?
County says NY lottery winners owe $1 million
8 min ago | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Richard and Mary Morrison have plans for their $165 million lottery jackpot: paying off their mortgage, opening a restaurant, and helping the poor, as well as Richard Morrison's pet cause of celebrating the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Comment?
Having an island all to yourself is no longer just a...
1 min ago | via Star-telegram.com
BY JONATHAN VATNER One night in August, Debra Dawson and her boyfriend, Joe Sinagoga, were vacationing on Jonathan Island, a nearly 3-acre plot off the coast of Narragansett, R.I. Their motorboat had broken down and they had no way of getting to the mainland for dinner. Comment?
Canada's hot housing market to continue through mid-...
11 min ago | via Canada.com
A sold sign is displayed in front of a home in Toronto December 15, 2009. Canada has moved back into a seller's market and will remain "unusually strong" through the first half of 2010 as economic conditions improve and low interest rates spur demand, according to Royal LePage's Market Survey Forecast and House Price Survey released Thursday. Comment?