Archive for September, 2008

GUEST OPINION: Let’s get rolling on prairies, plains trails - Herald News

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Our country has 26 National Scenic or Historic Trails, many world-famous, that draw visitors from everywhere. The tourist or native can hike, say, the Appalachian Trail in the East or the Pacific Crest Trail in the West, savoring the nature, land and …

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At Hip-Hop’s Birthplace: Hope For The Best, Preparations For The Worst - Vibe

Monday, September 29th, 2008
At Hip-Hop’s Birthplace: Hope For The Best, Preparations For The Worst
Vibe, NY - 45 minutes ago
Dina Levy, director of organizing and policy with the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, said today that tenants and supporters of 1520 Sedgwick were

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Tech football radio show “Inside Bulldog Football” airs tonight - Monroe News Star

Monday, September 29th, 2008
Tech football radio show “Inside Bulldog Football” airs tonight
Monroe News Star, LA - 10 minutes ago
All Bulldog fans are encouraged to attend the show and eat dinner at Log Cabin while getting all the inside scoop to Bulldog football.

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‘Standing on holy ground’ - Columbus Dispatch

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Columbus Dispatch
‘Standing on holy ground’
Columbus Dispatch, OH - 41 minutes ago
The land, purchased by the Columbus diocese, eventually will have a replica of the pioneer Jacob Dittoe’s log cabin where the Mass was celebrated.
First Catholic Mass in Ohio remembered Zanesville Times Recorder
all 3 news articles

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BIG SQUEEZE ON NYC HOUSING - New York Post

Monday, September 29th, 2008

New York’s affordable-housing developments could become the next victims of the credit crisis, according to some real estate sources. As the mortgage crisis escalates, at least 580 buildings containing 40,000 units have “one or more factors that …

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Site of Ohio’s first Mass 200 years ago dedicated as garden - Columbus Dispatch

Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Site of Ohio’s first Mass 200 years ago dedicated as garden
Columbus Dispatch, OH - 28 minutes ago
Edward Fenwick arrived from Kentucky and found Dittoe’s log cabin, the pioneer’s family thought he was a messenger sent from heaven.
First Catholic Mass in Ohio remembered Zanesville Times Recorder
all 2 news articles

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Yuppies in Eden - New York Magazine

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

New York Magazine
Yuppies in Eden
New York Magazine,  USA - 16 minutes ago
When artists did this, it was called homesteading. When people whose day jobs required them to wear leather shoes (yuppies) followed the artists,

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More city apartments facing foreclosure - Crain’s New York Business

Sunday, September 28th, 2008
More city apartments facing foreclosure
Crain’s New York Business, NY - 50 minutes ago
“If you want a Cadillac, buy a Cadillac,” says Dina Levy, project director of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board. “Don’t buy a Chevy and try to turn it

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See largest train layout, but hustle - fwdailynews.com (subscription)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008
See largest train layout, but hustle
fwdailynews.com (subscription), IN - 1 hour ago
More importantly, it’s for sale along with Pavey’s log cabin house southeast of Hartford City. “I’ve had the railroad for 3 1/2 years, but I’m ready to sell

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Jeffersonian Homesteading: America After the Crisis - OpEdNews

Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Jeffersonian Homesteading: America After the Crisis
OpEdNews, PA - 1 hour ago
In 1862, the United States passed the Homestead Act which granted applicants roughly 65 hectares of land outside the boundaries of the original thirteen

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