Worthington Real Estate
No action to be taken against Nobles County Administrator
Talk about it WORTHINGTON — After a two-hour-long closed session with legal counsel during their board meeting Tuesday, Nobles County commissioners decided there will be “no discipline of any employee because the allegations were not sustained by an independent investigation.” The Daily Globe reported more than a month ago that Nobles County Administrator Mel Ruppert [...]
Read More >>Quadra FNX takeover step closer to reality
-1Weather Sponsorship Available! SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Wednesday, February 22, 2012 SUBMIT Join | Sign-In Local News Home News Local News Quadra FNX takeover step closer to reality Posted 6 hours ago Reuters and Star Staff Shareholders of Canadian miner Quadra FNX approved a C$3-billion takeover offer from KGHM on Monday, the tie-up is set to geographically [...]
Read More >>McCarran again tries to sell bottled booze in baggage claim – Las Vegas Review
Two years after the concept first came up, McCarran International Airport will take another crack at opening a package liquor store in the baggage claim area. With little discussion, Clark County commissioners awarded the concession to a new venture, Liquor Library, though a final lease is pending. The airport projects the store will generate rents [...]
Read More >>Scrubbage workshops need input
Calliope Margaret Worthington takes some time from her project studies. IT IS more than just a walk in the bush. The chance to connect with the beauty and worth of our local environment is on offer with a call going out for community input into a remarkable environmental art project called Scrubbage. Gladstone and district [...]
Read More >>Fort Frye faces $70000 deficit
BEVERLY – The Fort Frye Local school district faces a $70,000 deficit by the end of the current fiscal year in June. To address it, board of education members are considering a stricter spending freeze than the one passed in 2010. “I think we need to try to get by at a bare-bones minimum,” said [...]
Read More >>Auction set for some Cliffs SC property – Asheville Citizen
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 6–> ASHEVILLE — A March 5 foreclosure auction has been set for property owned by The Cliffs Communities properties in Upstate South Carolina counties. Court records show that Worthington Hyde Partners, an Atlanta-based real estate investment firm, says a Cliffs company owes it $24.2 million in unpaid debt, attorney fees and other [...]
Read More >>About 300 join to recognize Rotary Club, business leader
Leadership Thurston County, in its 20th year, is a leadership-training program that’s also part of the Thurston County Chamber foundation. The ceremony took place at the Saint Martin’s University Worthington Center, where both Cade, executive director of the Thurston County Economic Development Council, and the Olympia club’s accomplishments were highlighted in videos shown to the [...]
Read More >>Worthington schools need law changed for bond issue
By Pat Holmes The Columbus Dispatch Friday February 10, 2012 4:00 AM Worthington schools want the right to make a rarely used type of tax even more unusual. The district is one of only eight in Ohio that has levied an incremental property tax, in which the rate escalates in later years. Now Worthington is [...]
Read More >>Worthington police reports
Wednesday February 15, 2012 6:16 PM • On Feb. 8 at 1 a.m., an explosion was reported at a residence in the 300 block of West Granville Road. Police were unable to find anything. The next morning, damage was discovered on the outside of the house. • On Feb. 7 or 8, someone marked the [...]
Read More >>Giant Eagle ruling delayed until March
By Gary Budzak ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday February 15, 2012 2:16 PM At its Feb. 9 meeting, Hilliard’s Planning and Zoning Commission agreed again to postpone a ruling on building a Giant Eagle, GetGo gas station, apartment complex and medical offices at 4300 Cemetery Road. “I think you’ve come a long way, recognizing there are [...]
Read More >>Acting supervisor and principal elected after three roll call votes
Published as part of the February 15, 2012 edition. It took three roll call votes and a lot of discussion before members of the LaSalle Parish School Board appointed an acting supervisor and acting principal during the regular February meeting of the board on Monday night of last week. The discussion began after a motion [...]
Read More >>“Take Shelter,” “The Rum Diary” Arrive on DVD, Blu-ray
It’s a slow week for home video, with no wide-release theatrical films making their way to the small screen. That’s not such a bad thing, however, because it allows me to spotlight two noteworthy independent projects. Take Shelter 3½ stars (out of four) Rated R Sony Pictures Classics Available on: DVD and Blu-ray Although [...]
Read More >>$13M WV Capital Access Program helping businesses create jobs
If small businesses are the real job creators, the $13.1 million West Virginia Capital Access Program launched in January could leverage good new opportunities for workers across the state. “This is a material and significant program to benefit the state,” said Andy Zulauf, executive director of the West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust, which administers the [...]
Read More >>Fluidigm Reports Strong Year-End and Full Year Growth in 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Fluidigm Corporation /quotes/zigman/3957491/quotes/nls/fldm FLDM +0.54% today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011. Product revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $12.3 million, an increase of 28% from $9.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. [...]
Read More >>Protecting firms from cyberspace
INSURANCE broker Towergate has launched a new cyber insurance product in response to the growing threat of online crime. CyberProtect aims to protect businesses against the misuse of computers by employees and the theft of intellectual property. It has been developed in partnership with Marchant McKechnie Insurance Brokers and covers the costs associated with an [...]
Read More >>Finance continues to draw Yalies
A report compiled by the University’s Office of Institutional Research last June showed that the number of Yalies who had gone into “business and finance” — a category that includes jobs such as banking, real estate, accounting and areas of consulting — had decreased significantly over the past decade. The decline has been mirrored across [...]
Read More >>This week at the movies
AMC 12: 15, 3: 35 *WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (13+) -Tilda Swinton shines, but this psychological thriller misses the mark as it gets bogged down by a weak script and uneven pacing. 112 mins. TD Rating 2½ AMC 1: 15, 4: 10, 7, 9: 55 In English with French subtitles Excentris Saturday-Wednesday 2, [...]
Read More >>Booyah Shed & Grill keeps its simmering secret guarded
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 0–> It took about six weeks to get the Shed ready for its November opening — everything hand-built except the chairs, Nitka said. The wood interior plays off the name, but more so, keeps an eye on homespun simplicity. That’s further reflected in the menu, be it maple-glazed pork chops, pulled chicken [...]
Read More >>City regeneration takes a new twist
Published on Saturday 11 February 2012 09:41 The leader of Preston Council has targeted bringing a cinema, bars and restaurants to breathe life into its city centre. Peter Rankin said he is locked in talks with a number of major property groups about getting work under way by 2015. He is also set to go [...]
Read More >>Man on a Ledge: Falls flat, sadly
Man on a Ledge is not, unfortunately, merely an unimaginatively titled sequel to 2008 mega-hit documentary Man on Wire. Instead, it plays more like a cross between the high-concept, limited location shenanigans of Phone Booth, and the hi-tech revenge-driven heist stylings of Inside Man. Sadly, it’s neither as streamlined as the former or as clever [...]
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