Archive for March, 2009

New bed-and-breakfast opens in Noxen (Wyoming County Press Examiner)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner NOXEN – A Philadelphia-area couple loved visiting bed-and-breakfasts so much that they decided to start their own. Orlando and Wilma Perez took an abandoned house in Noxen and converted it into the Noxen Country Dreams Bed and Breakfast, which opened about two weeks ago. “We used to go to bed-and-breakfasts all around this area and we love it,” …

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New bed-and-breakfast opens in Noxen (Wyoming County Press Examiner)

Gaslight This! Restaurants Clamor for Faux-Retro Décor (The New York Observer)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

The other evening at Moto in South Williamsburg, brothers and interior designers John and Kevin McCormick were slumped over mini glasses of Guinness, which they’d ordered by the nickname, “Sweet Sweet Baby Jesus.” Surrounded by the peeling walls, rusty light fixtures and creaky Viennese chairs that have become their signature, the McCormicks were discussing the most recent evolution of …

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Gaslight This! Restaurants Clamor for Faux-Retro Décor (The New York Observer)

Spring Fling party set for First Friday on old Main (Payson Roundup)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Spring has sprung for a fun and free party and everyone is invited. Bring your sweetheart, friends and family for a stroll on Historic Main Street between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., Friday, April 3.

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Garden party in the cold reminds planters spring will come (Park Rapids Enterprise)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

On a cold March Saturday, when it seemed winter would never end, a garden party gave two dozen women hope that spring, while not eternal, will eventually come. Advertisement: Visit Bemidji April 3 First Friday Art Walk Opening Reception Click here for more information.

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Samsung Announces Availability for Its Next Generation LED HDTVs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.—-Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today revealed prices and market availability for its new species of Flat-Panel TVs, LED HDTV Series 8000, 7000 and 6000.

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Samsung Announces Availability for Its Next Generation LED HDTVs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

The Urban Electric Company Announces Collaboration With Richard Mishaan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

The Urban Electric Company is pleased to announce an exclusive lighting partnership with designer Richard Mishaan to be launched Spring 2010.

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Affordable Spring Home Decorating Trends (Carteret County News-Times)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

(ARA) – When the economy takes a downturn, people tend to stay in. For home environments stuck in the winter doldrums, easy and affordable updates can create a cozy spring haven.

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‘Cave’ men create male havens in garage, basement (The Times-News)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Is it a refuge? A clubhouse? What is this thing, this man cave? And is it dangerous? This is what the women folk may want to know. For some men, it’s all too clear: The man cave is sanctuary.

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‘Cave’ men create male havens in garage, basement (The Times-News)

MMH bond kick-off features contribution announcements (Midland Reporter-Telegram)

Monday, March 30th, 2009

With changing pie charts in a PowerPoint presentation as accompaniment, Campaign for Tomorrow Chairwoman Rosalind Redfern Grover announced more than $8 million in donations at Monday’s kick-off for Midland Memorial Hospital’s bond issue.

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Gallery supports domestic violence pet shelter (Newport News-Times)

Monday, March 30th, 2009

A local business is launching a campaign to raise funds for a facility that will help women escaping domestic violence provide a safe place for their family pets.

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