Home Contractor News
- Top 5: RMLS: Clark County housing market holds steady in February Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 12:22PMFRONT PORCH BLOG: Duin: An organic real estate revival on Southwest Stark / Auction of Eugene condos shows that FHA financing drives the market / Home equty lending falls 34% in 2009 / Suits and liens
- Generator safety — Fire marshal offers life-saving advice Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 10:55AMThe most recent power outage has brought back to the front burner a problem that keeps re-occurring. Due to past experiences with storms, many residents have generators at their homes, but they can be hazardous if not installed and used properly.
- PTSD up 114% at Loma Linda VA Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 12:46AMWith an influx of veterans from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the number of patients diagnosed with PTSD at the Loma Linda medical center has soared 114 percent from 2005, Veterans Affairs officials say.
- From pigskins to property Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 12:24AMGLENS FALLS - Chad Nims recalled his disappointment when theHudson Falls Tigers lost the Jug Game his senior year in highschool.
- People & Places for March 15 Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 12:19AMON THE MOVE BANKING, INVESTMENTS James M. Spisak is vice president/investment adviser representative at Village Bank. Formerly with First Market Bank, he has worked in the financial industry as a bank officer and securities representative for more than seven years and in client management for more than 15 years. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech. J. Daniel Latham is vice president/investment ...
- Knox County building permits: March 15 Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 12:00AMBuilding permits filed in Knox County in February
- $28M down, $48.7M to go Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 12:09AMRoof work at Capitol enters its final stage after a decade of effort
- Refiners facing tough times Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:59PMIndustry observers say refineries still will continue to be hurt by the recession and a decrease in demand for fuels.
- Preparing Your Home For Flooding Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:54PMThere are things homeowners can do in Brown County and other counties seeing higher waters.
- Body Identification Easier After Phuket Tsunami Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:48PMPhuket Hotels Phuket Resorts Phuket Accommodation Phuket Real Estate Phuket Villas Phuket Spas Phuket Bungalows Phuket Tours Phuket Golf Phuket Bars Phuket Diving
- In Providence , resource day offers help for job seekers Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:47PMMore than 50 exhibitors help job seekers during a resource day in Providence
- JSL announces honoraries, provisional members Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:31PMThe Americus Junior Service League recently announced its elected honoraries and provisional members.
- The best of the lot Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 10:39AMThe best of the lot
- Police and local briefs Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 10:07AMA Fort Wayne man faces two felony child molesting charges after police say he inappropriately touched a 7- year-old girl as he slept with her.
- Godfrey man gets five months for tax evasion Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 10:30PMEAST ST. LOUIS - A federal judge Friday heard more praise than condemnation of a contractor from Godfrey and took the rare step of sentencing the defendant to less prison time than called for in a plea agreement.
- Morgan to headline fair Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:50AMMOUNT VERNON -- When Craig Morgan was 10 years old and on a school field trip to Nashville, he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" well enough to catch the ear of a distinctive older lady in the crowd.
- Delegate Urges Progress On Brooke Countys Market Street Bridge Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:44AMCHARLESTON -- W.Va. Delegate Tim Ennis said he is expressing his "extreme disappointment" at the lack of work being done on the Market Street Bridge that connects Brooke County, W.Va., and Jefferson County, Ohio.
- Pa. Suit: Bank Wrongly Repossessed Home, Took Bird Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:38AMPa. woman sues bank, says its contractor took parrot from home during wrongful repossession Business - Repossession - Financial Services - Mortgage - Banking Services
- Willbros Group to Acquire InfrastruX Group, Inc. in $480M Transaction Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:33AMHOUSTON, TX ---- Willbros gains leadership position in the fast-growing, over $56 billion market fo...
- China Security, Synovus, Western Digital: U.S. Equity Movers Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:31AMMarch 11 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses. Prices are as of 10 a.m. in New York.
- Bibb County finds consensus on tax rollback Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:01AMBibb County leaders agreed on most of the cuts to avoid next week’s planned tax increase. But they agreed on little else in an unusually contentious meeting this morning.
- Town moves to sell $3m in housing bonds Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:38AMFifteen years ago, voters in Telluride authorized the town to sell $5 million in bonds for be used for finding, designing and building affordable housing projects.
- Contractor hired for government job in Greenland Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:28AMIt’s not uncommon for a contractor to travel across the county or even into another state for a job.
- Bank of America Steals Pet Parrot from Wrongly Foreclosed Home [Pet Theft] Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:05AM# pettheft A Pittsburgh woman was away when repo men invaded her not-foreclosed home and "stopped utility services, cut water lines and electrical wiring, damaged flooring and finishings, poured antifreeze into sinks and toilets," and stole her parrot. More »
- Fitting work in around the kids Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:42PMLeaving the workforce permanently isn’t a feasible option for many working parents, but trying to balance work with raising young children can be a mammoth juggling act.
- Rash of scams prompts Clinton Township police to warn residents Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:41PMCLINTON TOWNSHIP — Following a rash of scams targeting township residents, police are repeating their tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of con artists.
- Medical Files, Pills Found In Abandoned St. Bernard Nursing Home Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:23PMCHALMETTE, La. - It is a building that senior citizens once called home, but neighbors say it is now a hazard. Nearly five years ago, Hurricane Katrina flooded the Huntington Place Senior Community in the 3800 block of De La Ronde Drive in Chalmette. Yet, residents said what they found inside the abandoned building put people at risk for identity theft and more. All it took was a rambunctious ...
- Preventing further gas utility explosions means lengthy, expensive repairs Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:12PMIt’s being called the “Sewer Summit.”
- Long, complex path to citizenship puts lives on hold Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:00PMImad Doski applied for his U.S. citizenship five years ago with dreams of a high-dollar job translating Kurdish and Arabic.
- Getting the lead out! Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:31PMSo you’re finally going to renovate your home. Are you all ready? Is the bid complete? Check. Have you checked your contractor’s references? Double check. What about his certification to renovate a house built before 1978? Huh?
- Projects mean better floating, fishing Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:15AMCANON CITY — Whitewater enthusiasts and anglers alike will have something to cheer about this spring, thanks to winter work being conducted throughout the Arkansas River corridor.
- New lead-paint rules add to renovation costs Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:23AMSome Denver property owners soon will be paying more for general renovations and remodeling projects after new rules regarding lead-paint removal take effect April 22.
- Being savvy customers Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:20AMSunday is the kickoff to National Consumer Protection Week and Better Business Bureau is a proud supporter of this nationwide effort to educate the public on how to become savvier consumers.
- Making solar simpler Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:20AMPORTLAND, Ore. — In the early ’80s, Tom Hard and Mary Lane Stevens built a solarium onto the back of their house. Sort of like a greenhouse, it passively catches sunlight and spreads warmed air to the rest of the house.
- Take a closer look before you buy a house Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:11AMThirty-plus years ago, when Bill Embry started out as a Realtor, home inspections were unheard of.
- Going green by buying modular Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:11AMOn the morning of Jan. 29, a house appeared on a hillside in Leonia. Before 7 a.m., there was only a concrete foundation on the site. Trucks brought the house in six pre-built modules, and the homeowner, Robert Arnold, watched as a crane lifted them into place and workmen connected them.
- Easy rain barrel helps water garden Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:04AMLots of water runs off a roof during a downpour, around 600 gallons from an inch of rain off the average home. Some runs into the yard, some into the sewer and at my home, it was leaking into my basement.
- Folding in the fix-up Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:01AMWALNUT CREEK — The word “as-is” can indeed be one scary phrase, especially when buying a home in today’s market where foreclosures and short sales that need fix-up work are plentiful.But a little-known Federal Housing Administration loan program that’s been around since 1978 can help take the sting out of “as-is.” Only 219 borrowers took advantage of the FHA’s 203(k) program in 2009. Not that ...
- Contractor lends hand to homeowners in need - Sat, 06 Mar 2010 PST Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 8:42PMEvelyn DeLaughter hadn’t laid eyes on the treasures stored above her garage since she moved into her Priest River, Idaho, home in 2006. The steep wooden steps leading up to the second-level of the garage were rotten and too dangerous for the 71-year-old to use. DeLaughter, a widow who uses a ski pole as a walking stick, couldn’t afford the roughly $500 it would cost for materials and labor to ...
- Bridge work will close part of 149th Street Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:59PMThe 149th Street Bridge over the LIRR tracks in Flushing will be replaced, with work scheduled to start next month. During the one-year project, there will be no through traffic between Roosevelt and 41st avenues.
- Waynesboro Borough Council continues to weigh inspections Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:42PMWaynesboro Borough Council on Wednesday discussed ways to maintain safety standards when upgrades are made to existing one- and two- family homes at a pre-meeting workshop.
- Lumber falls from helicopter onto Kauai home Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:37PMA Kauai couple was shaken but otherwise uninjured this morning when several large pieces of lumber fell out of a strapped-together bundle while a helicopter was transporting the building materials to a botanical garden next to their home in Haena.
- Hialeah Gardens nonprofit helps fix homes Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:24PMCaridad Madera had to take her son Steven Soto, 12, to the doctor once because he had been coughing for two weeks- the result of living and breathing inside a mobile home where the walls and floors reeked of mold caused by a leaking ceiling.
- Board mulls whole-day kindergarten Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:09PMENTERPRISE — The Enterprise School Board’s March 1 agenda included reports from kindergarten teacher Tori Christman and former kindergarten teacher Sue Barstad as requested by the board on the issue of instituting a full-day kindergarten program in Enterprise.
- MARTA: Escalator Inspections Almost Done Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:54PMMARTA officials announce that they have completed nearly all of the inspections on its 149 escalators.
- Making Your Home More Energy Efficient Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:44PMDuring President Obama’s visit to Savannah, he announced a new program… Home Star. Of course, congressional approval is necessary and that will take a while. In the meantime News Three’s Alice Massimi headed over to home depot to find some low cost and easy ways to make your home energy efficient.
- School bus driver busted for DWI on route in Anoka Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:38PMA bus driver for special-needs students drove drunk one morning this week with a student aboard, was removed from behind the wheel at a stop in Anoka and then fired, authorities and the bus contractor said Friday.
- Business licenses posting for week of March 1 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:10PMLYON COUNTY
- Best Directors: The Fresh Air Interviews Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:00PMAll five of the directors nominated for an Academy Award appeared on Fresh Air to discuss their latest films. Before the Oscars on Sunday, listen to James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino, Lee Daniels and Jason Reitman discuss what it takes to create an Academy Award nominated film.
- Letter: Praise for Needham Building Department Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:20PMI am a builder and contractor who lives and works in Needham, and has worked with the Needham Building Department for almost 20 years. We may not always agree, but I have never found the building inspector, Dan Walsh, or his staff to be anything but professional and fair in their dealings with me.
