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Yadkinville police began an investigation yesterday into at least six claims from Hispanic families living in a mobile-home park who say they bought homes and have not received the titles for them. Chief Tim Parks said he met with a group of about 30 families Thursday night to discuss the contentions. Most of the families, including many who do not speak English, just needed guidance on how to go about getting a title transferred to their names. The owner of the mobile-home park, Bob Snyder, sold homes to the majority of its residents. He has maintained that all the families have titles but that some did not complete paperwork to transfer ownership to their names. But police say that may not be entirely true. "There were a few claims that seemed suspicious, so we're going to check into them further.
Despite a lack of communication from Intel, local whitebox builders are generally excited by a $1 million bounty the chipmaker has put on the design of a small and stylish media centre PC. Announced at this week's Intel Developer Forum in the US, the worldwide competition is looking for somebody to build a model that looks at home in the lounge. It must be based on Intel's Viiv technology and Core 2 Duo processor. "We talk to Intel every couple of days but haven't heard anything yet," Plus Corporation managing director, Nigel Fernandes, said. "We'd be keen to give it a go if we're included." Fernandes said Viiv had been a quiet technology to date but predicted the competition might enliven the market. Westan executive director, Kamil Aghtan, and Altech national sales manager, Kevin Hartin, told similar stories.
After jumping through hoops and dealing with delays, Jim and Rebecca Bertolin finally moved their historic farmhouse to a rural setting Thursday night. At least that was the plan, which has changed several times since the Bertolins decided to move their old house away from encroaching development at Ninth Avenue and County Line Road to a more rural setting north of Longmont. It better go tonight, Jim Bertolin said Wednesday morning. It didnt. The Bertolins were ready to move it Wednesday night when a permit from the Colorado Department of Transportation didnt come through. I am so tired of this, Rebecca Bertolin said Thursday morning with a laugh. Everybody kind of feels for us. She said it was the third time they had to change the moving date, which was expected to happen Sept.
Original French wallpapers. Banquet-size rooms. A Prohibition liquor cellar. Music rooms. Vintage Steuben lighting and architectural firsts. These are just a few of the drawing cards of the grand homes of Courtlandt Place, an elite enclave established in 1906 that has miraculously in a forward-minded city like Houston retained its privacy, character and architectural purity. .
Home builders and school officials celebrated their new partnership Thursday in a noontime ceremony in front of the Old Merced County Courthouse, symbolically signing the pact which could lead to construction of new schools here. Merced Union High School District trustees ratified an agreement Wednesday night with the county's Building Industry Association which will see new homeowners pay $3.06 per square foot, four times the amount previously collected. Guy Maxwell, president of the building industry group, lauded the new agreement in the half-hour ceremony below the courthouse steps. More than two-dozen people attended the event. "It's the end of a very long journey. A lot of people worked hard to make this happen. I love our new relationship. This is a win-win situation for the betterment of Merced County," Maxwell said.
One of the Pruden Center for Industry and Technology's objectives is to give students hands-on experience, and for some, that means building a brick ranch house.The Building and Trades Program encompasses electricity, plumbing, carpentry and masonry. As with many programs at the center, this one incorporates real-world experience. Since 2004, students have been building a three-bedroom, brick home in Windsor, one that school officials hope to have finished and sold this month.Building/Trades Instructor John Thompson, has overseen the building of nearly 15 homes in his 20-year career with the Pruden Center. Students do not build a home every year, but do undertake some sort of construction project, such as the picnic shelter near Windsor High School.It is primarily the second-year class that works on the houses, and those students spend about two hours every day on the project, Thompson said.
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