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Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
FOX CTLike always, Christmas seemed to bombard us this year. As soon as Halloween passed, yup, there they were in the foyer of Home Depot. Sparkly, shining, blinking decorations. Just as the turkey was digested, the carols came on the radio and the stockings...Tags: Halloween, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Southington, WTIC
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DayTrippers: Lyme Farmers Market
FOX CTThe Market at Ashlawn Farm in Lyme has taken on a life of it's own. Sure, it's a place to buy fresh food. Breads, vegetables, meat and cheese are displayed every week, along with a variety of unique items brought along by local artisans. But, it's also...Tags: Lyme, Family
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Elite Street: Old Town home used in 'The Fugitive' on market for $3.7 million
A five-bedroom, 6,129-square-foot modernist house in Old Town that was the setting for a murder scene in the 1993 film "The Fugitive" has returned to the market for $3.7 million. The house, designed by Ron Ysla and owned by fertility doctor Norbert...
Tags: Homes, Personal Service, Rentals
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Sens. Warner, Kaine hope to end offshore drilling ban
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced legislation Wednesday that would lift the federal ban on exploration and drilling for natural gas and oil off the coast of Virginia. The moratorium, which lasts through 2017, was put in place by President...Tags: Credit and Debt, Wind Power, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Mark R. Warner
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Palm Beach County approves new deal to sell Mecca Farms
Finally giving up on developing taxpayer-owned Mecca Farms, Palm Beach County commissioners Tuesday approved pursuing a $26 million deal to sell the former citrus groves to the state for water storage as well as a public shooting range. The price of the...
Tags: South Florida Water Management District, Wildlife, Palm Beach County, Rentals, Everglades
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Arnie Weidner made many friends along his journey
Daily American correspondentArnie Weidner, who died Tuesday, never knew a stranger. In fact, this Korean War veteran and Allegheny Township farmer could tell the most interesting and colorful stories about his life. He had friends everywhere – at the Veterans Home...Tags: American Legion, Awards and Prizes, Agriculture, Auction Service, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Summer to-do list
Take the challenge The big finish As running events go, few set themselves apart like the Soldier Field 10 Mile. The 10th-anniversary course makes its way along the lakefront and then finishes, spectacularly, on the 50-yard line of Soldier Field, with...
Tags: New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Jams and Jellies, Soccer, Adler Planetarium, Music
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Gun range, ATV course proposed for Palm Beach County parks
Forget slides, swings and soccer fields. A shooting range, off-road vehicle course and bicycle jumps are new nontraditional park attractions potentially coming to Palm Beach County. While county officials joke about getting into the extreme-sports...
Tags: Everglades, Local Government, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Golf
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High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Golf, Sports
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Farmers Markets: For May peaches, royalty found among the sports
Among the most intriguing May peaches are three patented by Alan and Lori Asdoorian of Kingsburg, whose century-old Island Farms lies between two branches of the Kings River, southeast of Fresno. Because of the short period from bloom to harvest, May...
Tags: Cherries, Grapes
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Laton sisters grow agricultural roots at family's alfalfa farm
The Fresno BeeSisters Hannah and Holly Johnson didn't plan on being farmers, at least not now. More than a year ago, Hannah was consumed with her marketing career and Holly was fulfilling some wanderlust, traveling across the country in her Chevy truck. But life...Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Trips and Vacations, Google Inc.
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Lexington Herald-Leader John Clay column
The Lexington Herald-LeaderSaturday's Preakness Stakes was a great big welcome back to a trio of horse racing's most important names: D. Wayne Lukas, Gary Stevens and Calumet Farm. However, Brad Kelley, the owner of the latter, wasn't at Pimlico, and don't expect him to step into...Tags: Television Industry, The New York Times, Pimlico, Oxbow (racehorse), Georgetown
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