U.S. to pay millions to Afghan poppy farmers Aug 9, 2009
Some of the greatest challenges to the new strategy are at the level of farmhouse economics. More than 365,000 Afghan farm households earned about $730 million from poppy last year a fraction of the $3. (MSNBC -- International)
Need to Defend Washington Preservation Inc. Aug 8, 2009
More precisely, the author's remark about playing "Let's Pretend." You see each year Washington Preservation Inc. provides an activity day in the spring at the farmhouse centered around the Civil War, where we and about 30 volunteers, (we consider them angels) free of charge, spend a day teaching, talking, demonstrating, and providing activities with over 240 students of the Washington area schools, namely fourth-graders ... Washington Preservation Inc. is looking forward to having the South... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
A Clinton in North Korea Aug 5, 2009
Everyone expected Souter to go to his famous farmhouse in Weare, N.H., that has peeling paint and no phone lines ... His new home is a mere eight miles from the old farmhouse, but it has phone lines and even a home gym ... He told a neighbor that the old farmhouse "wasn't structurally sound enough to hold the thousands of books that make up his library,". (Slate)
Wife: Ex-Exec 'Haunted' by Bhopal Gas Leak Aug 2, 2009
His wife, Lillian, answered the door Saturday at the couple's modest yellow farmhouse with a white picket fence, and silver Cadillac parked in the driveway. Her husband is 89 and in poor health, she said. (CBS News)
Backpackers found in submerged car Jul 30, 2009
Their personal belongings including passports, mobile phones and wallets were later found at the farmhouse. Police, including Polair, were joined in the search by State Emergency Service and other volunteers, as well as NSW Forestry and Murrumbidgee Irrigation staff, with logistic support from the Salvation Army. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The point is price: Even in slow market, properties sell fast when valued properly Jul 30, 2009
Take the fully and newly remodeled three-bedroom farmhouse at 41 Highland in Salem on a beautiful lot (complete with babbling brook) priced at $350,000. In addition to a new kitchen including a first-floor laundry, wiring and plumbing, the floors were refinished throughout. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
'MOVING TOO FAST' Jul 22, 2009
Menu lives up to Abattoir's impressive setting, complete with large farmhouse table. Jessica Simpson, even President Obama, have been dragged into debate on this denim style. (The Drudge Report)
Farm to be featured in documentary Jul 20, 2009
He stayed in a back bedroom of the farmhouse, with its own stairway to the kitchen. The Pitzenbergers purchased Farm No. 6 in 1994 from descendants of Emil Tyden. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
A doll leads Norah to a love of history Jul 15, 2009
The house recreates the farmhouse where Sylvanus Thayer was born in 1785. One of seven children, Sylvanus was sent to live with a wealthy uncle in New Hampshire who eventually sent him to Dartmouth College. (Braintree Forum, MA)
You Know the Eric Sloane on the Wall in the Parish Hall? Jul 10, 2009
Walking past the rural landscape is a bit like being inside a farmhouse and passing a window that overlooks acres of pasture. Under a massive and cloudy sky, hills ripple up and down, while in the distance one can make out the distinct images of a New England barn and a church steeple. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Senate's Leahy finds solace in Vermont Jul 7, 2009
Despite the renovations, the house still has the faint earthy smell of an old Vermont farmhouse. To be sure, Leahy has invited select parts of his Washington life to his island in the woods. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Train travel isn't dead (13) Jul 6, 2009
You can go for long stretches without seeing as much as a farmhouse or even any utility poles. It's like a grain desert. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Republican: Sotomayor had ties to extreme group Jul 4, 2009
Republicans "were going to object no matter who it was. And several of them have told me that privately," Leahy told The Associated Press in an interview at his Vermont farmhouse. Republicans did not respond to requests for comment about Leahy's remarks. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Town offers $1 rents to break resident drought Jul 3, 2009
A TREE change could cost families less than a cup of coffee, with a drought-hit Mallee town offering farmhouses for a dollar a week ... Cereal farmer Allan Fawcett has signed up to lease out a three-bedroom farmhouse for a dollar as part of a plan to promote the town ... Wycheproof post office licensee and farmhouse project co-ordinator Kylie Brown said community groups had rallied to come up with a plan to "future-proof Wycheproof". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Kitchen Call: Good reads, good eats Jul 3, 2009
The pages offer a treasure trove of cozy New England hearths, Southern plantation cookhouses, warm farmhouse kitchens and shiny suburban galleys. Icons like cast iron cook stoves and Hoosier cabinets as well countless gadgets and utensils make guest appearances throughout the pages. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents... Jul 3, 2009
Republicans "were going to object no matter who it was. And several of them have told me that privately," Leahy told The Associated Press in an interview at his Vermont farmhouse. Republicans did not immediately respond to requests for comment about Leahy's remarks. (The Drudge Report)
Kassirer - Barbanell Jul 1, 2009
In 2006 he founded the Great North Sound Society, a recording studio housed in a 200 year-old farmhouse in Parsonsfield, Maine. He has produced records there for Erin McKeown, Allie Moss, Josh Ritter and Langhorne Slim, and is actively working on new releases. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Unsung war heroes finally get their due Jun 18, 2009
After the friend was sent off to war and the airport near her home in Bethesda, Maryland, was closed to private flying, she traveled about 40 miles to Frederick and spent nights on the floor of a farmhouse to continue her lessons. Around the same time, Deanie Parrish was working in a bank in Avon Park, Florida, and kept seeing aviation students who were attending a flying school there. (CNN -- International)
Breaking news: Krist Novoselic running for Wahkiakum County Clerk, but winning isn't his point Jun 5, 2009
Novoselic, who lives in a secluded farmhouse near Grays River, said he has registered to run as a member of the Grange Party. The trick is, there is no Grange Party, and Novoselic said he has no interest in serving as the county s clerk. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Looking Back Jun 4, 2009
25 years ago June 11, 1984 Tornadoes Hit Iowa County For Everett Zillmer the tornado that leveled every building except his Iowa County farmhouse, "was over in two minutes. No more." When he surveyed the damage Friday morning he expressed gratitude "no one was hurt." Keith Erb whose house lost its roof and part of the second story. Again, there were no injuries to the people. (Kalona News, IA)
Do you have a 'soulcraft'? May 30, 2009
Friends of mine bought an 18th-century Maine farmhouse in the 1970s and invited me to become a co-owner ... - I taught myself to cook and ran the farmhouse kitchen in bygone days, a chore now happily shared with others. (Boston Globe)
Daughter of Civil War veteran dies at 94 in Kentucky May 24, 2009
"Out on maneuvers one day, the Union soldiers were looking for something to eat when they came upon a farmhouse with a flock of turkeys in the yard. The soldiers offered to buy them, but the woman said they weren't for sale.Watson "had a fishing line and a hook that he put some corn on," Martin said. "He dropped it on the ground, and that old turkey swallowed it and followed him all the way down the road. "To read the complete article, visit | | JOIN THE DISCUSSION We welcome comments. Please... (Fresno Bee)
Wellesley's business calendar May 23, 2009
Bin 26 wines will be available for purchase and home delivery along with Wasik s classics such as: Goudden Kaas Reserve a unique, farmhouse aged Gouda and La tur a goat, sheep and cow combination from Northern Italy. Loading commenting interface. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Burning down the house May 20, 2009
BRYON HOULGRAVE/The Globe Gazette MASON CITY Mason City firefighters completed more than a week of training Tuesday by burning down a farmhouse on 43rd Street Southwest. The exercises included forced entry of the structure, roof ventilation, search and rescue and fire extinguishment. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Jefferson's retirement retreat restored May 15, 2009
The octagon-shaped neoclasssical home painstakingly designed by Jefferson had been converted to a typical farmhouse some years after Jefferson s grandson sold it in 1828. Now visitors can view it as Jefferson did when he began his sojourns there 200 years ago, after the end of his two-term presidency, visits that would continue until 1823. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Meadow Glen in Leesburg gets $5.5M loan May 15, 2009
2-acre property consists of a 27,716 square-foot building that was originally built in 1834 as a farmhouse, and the main facility was added in 2001. The property was refinanced with the Federal Housing Administration under a Housing and Urban Development loan program, which also finances apartments and nursing homes. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Early road aid leaves out neediest, study finds May 12, 2009
4 percent unemployment, will benefit from about $56 million to build a highway, improve an intersection and restore a historic farmhouse. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Politics)
It's Blockbuster Time May 12, 2009
"Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied France." This subtitle floats in the sky above a French farmhouse in the opening scene of "Inglourious Basterds." Everything about the World War II drama is slightly askew, like its spelling of inglorious and bastard. You'd hardly expect straightforward storytelling from Quentin Tarantino, who wrote as well as directed this saga of Jewish American soldiers dispatched to perform targeted acts of retribution on German troops occupying France. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
STIMULUS WATCH: Jobs, But Not Where Needed Most May 12, 2009
4 percent unemployment, will benefit from about $56 million to build a highway, improve an intersection and restore a historic farmhouse. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the findings don't mean that the neediest communities will not benefit. (Click2Houston, TX)
Hard-Hit Counties Face Road To Nowhere May 12, 2009
4 percent unemployment, will benefit from about $56 million to build a highway, improve an intersection and restore a historic farmhouse. Altogether, the government is set to spend 50 percent more per person in areas with the lowest unemployment than it will in communities with the highest. (CBS News -- US)
The Liberals Are Snickering May 9, 2009
Another Times picture shows him in a coat and tie hastening past his ramshackle, unpainted, wooden farmhouse, situated at the end of an unmarked dirt road in rural New Hampshire ... It is a farmhouse his parents and grandparents inhabited and bequeathed to him, an only child, a bachelor, the Supreme Court's "solitary soul," as the Post subtly joshes. (Human Events Online)
Rick Holmes: Obama focused on the person in the justice's robe May 9, 2009
He'd rather be home in North Weare, N.H., in an old farmhouse on a dirt road, where he lives alone, surrounded by books. That's where he's going now, after 19 years on the nation's highest court, back to the mountain trails and the life of the mind, where he is more comfortable than in the public spotlight. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
House can be yours for $1 _ but there's a catch May 5, 2009
-- A two-story farmhouse on sale for a dollar in northern Virginia is drawing attention from prospective buyers as far as Alaska and Great Britain ... The 1880s farmhouse is more than 2,500 square feet ... H.H. Hunt, the company that bought the property, said whoever moves the farmhouse needs permission from local officials and possibly the Virginia Department of Transportation. (Fresno Bee)
Hero dog is in Hall of Fame May 4, 2009
He slipped out of bed without waking his wife, Dianna, and made his way through their large farmhouse and onto an enclosed porch. HJ, the couple s Weimaraner, followed when Loren went back inside. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Rural McLean home likely a total loss after early morning fire May 3, 2009
The fire at the farmhouse on McLean County 950 East Road just off U.S. 136 was first reported after 12:30 a.m., said McLean Fire Lt. Eric Fulk. The south side of the house and a porch were engulfed when crews first arrived. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Justice, misunderstood May 3, 2009
At a time when New England moved to McMansions and split levels with cheery paint jobs and sprawling decks, David Souter lives in a dark brown farmhouse in North Weare with a claw-foot bath tub that wasn't bought at restorationhardware. com. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The last New Englander May 2, 2009
At a time when New England has moved to McMansions and split-levels with cheery paint jobs and sprawling decks, Souter lives in a dark-brown farmhouse in North Weare with a claw-foot tub that wasn't bought at. In an era when doing lunch became a pastime and a status statement, Souter made do with yogurt, sometimes saving an apple for later. (Boston Globe)
Evaluating Souter: A Strange Judicial Trip, Leaning Left May 2, 2009
Since the age of 11 he had lived in the same rundown farmhouse near Concord, N.H. Still unmarried at age 50, there was no evidence he was gay something plenty of people on both sides of the divide investigated as soon as he was nominated ... It was voted down, so the old farmhouse will still be there waiting for him when Souter leaves Washington still a loner, still a mystery in some ways, but a man we know much more about now than we did when he first arrived. (Time.com)
Source: Souter retiring from Supreme Court May 1, 2009
decision came as something of a surprise, although he has long been known to prefer the quiet of his New Hampshire farmhouse to the bustle of the nation's capital. Share this on. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
The Idle Parent Apr 28, 2009
So when we moved to our scruffy farmhouse I at last had the freedom to get some proper animals involved in our lives. The first additions were Milly and Mandy, two tortoiseshell cats, now aged 5. (Slate)
Teaching Others How to Be Green Apr 28, 2009
There are three buildings on the property - a 1970s farmhouse, which will be used as the Center's headquarters until the second building can be remodeled into classrooms and an office space, and there also is an 8,400-square-foot barn. "We plan to do a complete retrofit of all the buildings," said Chiras. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Pirate hostage captain praises SEAL 'superheroes' Apr 18, 2009
Arriving at his small white farmhouse, he found it festooned with ribbons, "Welcome Home" balloons and signs, with a flag-waving contingent of about 25 people standing on the other side of the road, cheering. "To be able to come home, safe and sound, from such a harrowing experience ... oh, how Andrea's heart must be filled with joy right now," said Kathy Wright, of neighboring Jericho, a friend who waved red, white and blue pompoms when Phillips' vehicle pulled into the driveway. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Multiple fire departments respond to shed blaze in rural Shirley Apr 18, 2009
No farmhouse was on the property near 8973 E. 850 North Road. A preliminary damage estimate was $80,000 to $90,000. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Vt. town prays for hostage's safe return Apr 11, 2009
At Wells Corner Market, a convenience store within walking distance of the Phillips's white farmhouse, owner Laura Wells greeted a steady stream of residents looking for updates about the crisis. Sitting behind her counter, she fixed her eyes on her wall-mounted television as her image flashed on the screen as part of a CNN report. (Boston Globe)
FBI joins effort in hostage standoff with pirates Apr 10, 2009
Phillips' family was at his Vermont farmhouse, anxiously watching news reports and taking telephone calls from the State Department. "We are on pins and needles," said Gina Coggio, 29, half sister of Phillips' wife, Andrea. (FOX 11, AZ)
Friends say hostage captain is no-nonsense sailor Apr 10, 2009
The burly sailor balances long stretches at sea with precious time at home _ working on his 19th-century farmhouse, taking his children tubing on nearby Lake Champlain and generally savoring life on land. The crew of the Maersk Alabama managed to retake the ship Wednesday after Phillips offered himself as a hostage to the Somali pirates. (Longview Daily News, WA)
FBI joins effort... Apr 10, 2009
Phillips' family was at his Vermont farmhouse, anxiously watching news reports and taking telephone calls from the State Department. "We are on pins and needles," said Gina Coggio, 29, half sister of Phillips' wife, Andrea, as she stood on the porch of his one-story house Wednesday in a light snow. (The Drudge Report)
Warship Arrives; Capt. Remains Pirate Hostage Apr 9, 2009
Coggio, speaking to reporters from the porch of the Phillips' farmhouse in Underhill, Vt. said the family had been told negotiations were being conducted to get the captain back to the boat. (Click2Houston, TX)
Humble hero Haley discusses service, living with painful memories Apr 9, 2009
He was even able to evacuate several of his men from a farmhouse where they had been taken hostage ... Again, he asked the Germans for permission to look behind the farmhouse and elsewhere. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Oregon to pay $2 million in abuse case Apr 6, 2009
Paul said the twins are thriving in their new lives, on a farmhouse and land in Michigan. Have something to say about this story. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Oh, What a Chaos It Seems Apr 4, 2009
"I will dedicate my new novel to you. I expect you to dedicate your book to me. We will appear together on the book jacket, photographed in the garden of our 18th century farmhouse on the grassy banks of the Limpopo River." The letter was written in the spring of 1967, a bleak time in the bleak, bleak history of Cheever's 41-year marriage. Harvard's neat presentation, however, is like the well-manicured entrance to a labyrinth. (Slate)
Rascal Flatts: How Many Country Songs Can One Band Write About the Rain? Apr 2, 2009
The video, though, takes this perfectly tidy heartbreak ballad into a whole realm of bizzaro gothic sentimentality, with a puzzling little ghost story starring a grandfather, a grandson, and a couple of pretty blond women weeping on the front porch of a snowbound farmhouse. "Sometimes life just seems like chapters of goodbyes," Grandpa intones while the little boy plays with some suspiciously old-looking Matchbox trucks. (Slate)
11-year-old ordered to stand trial for killing father's fiancee Mar 25, 2009
Prosecutors say Brown shot 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk in the back of the head on February 20 while she slept in their farmhouse, about 80 kilometres north of Pittsburgh. Houk's unborn son also died. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
One-tank-trip to Plains Mar 25, 2009
Two miles from Plains, the Carter Boyhood Farm at Archery is staffed by NPS rangers, who talk about the farmhouse and outbuildings. Carter's parents and 4-year-old Jimmy moved into the white clapboard Sears, Roebuck catalog house in 1928. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Richardson buried near grandmother's grave Mar 24, 2009
Richardson's body was moved to her Hudson Valley farmhouse on Saturday following a private wake at Manhattan's American Irish Historical Society, where Neeson paid tribute to his wife alongside a sombre group of family and friends. Residents in the area also expressed their sadness at Richardson's tragic death. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Police: Bloomington man ran over wife during fight Mar 24, 2009
jipsi wrote on Mar 23, 2009 2:07 PM:" Southgate Estates/Bunn St. area, it appears like. I can't find ANY other "24th street" in B-N on maps, so correct me if I'm wrong... I once lived out there, as a teen with my mom (after she and dad divorced), long long ago... My first experience in a mobile home, and it was a PALACE to us kids, considering we had lived in the country, and so far away from town, up to that point. It was MODERN, bright and clean, everything the old farmhouse we had spent years... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Biking Vietnam Mar 22, 2009
But Da Lat is at 5,000 feet, and by the time we pulled into a farmhouse along the way for lunch, we were all gasping to catch our breath. Culinary tradition. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
What's So Bad About a Cottage? Mar 22, 2009
Neighbors say the woman who lived there in the modest white farmhouse kept goats and geese until she passed away several years back. "The grass was all kept low and mowed from the goats," says Cecilia Mahoney from the front steps of her Colonial directly across the street. (Boston Globe)
A 'Green' House Scores 'Platinum' in New Milford Mar 20, 2009
NEW MILFORD-Upon first glance, there doesn't appear to be anything notable about the newly-built, relatively unassuming, contemporary farmhouse perched on a steep hill in the Merryall section of town. On 13 acres of land, the 1,750-square-foot home, built on only a 900-square-foot footprint, seems to have the scale of a sports equipment shed next to a football field. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Bernard S. Miller; principal collaborated on key study on high schools Mar 19, 2009
"He would stand on the back porch of this old farmhouse on the side of a mountain in New Hampshire, and he'd say, 'Who would believe that somebody like me could end up in a place like this?' " his son said. "I think he loved the idea of being this incredibly ordinary person, which is how he always thought of himself, but also being a person who was able to make a difference in the lives of others and in the world, which was something he was always striving for.". (Boston Globe)
Historic Boorse Farmhouse destroyed by fire Mar 19, 2009
"Obviously, it's disappointing to lose the historic farmhouse," Springfield Township Historical Society President Ed Zwicker said in an interview Tuesday. "I'm optimistic that the developer will follow through to review the other structures ... so there is at least a historical record for those who choose to do research in the future.". (Doylestown Central Bucks Life, PA)
Souter, no fan of capital, seems at home in D.C. Mar 15, 2009
He claims to have the world's best job in the world's worst city and returns every summer to the same farmhouse in New Hampshire where he has lived for nearly 60 years. Unlike the other eight justices, he has yet to hire law clerks for the term that begins in October. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Scribblers of America, Unite! Mar 9, 2009
Showalter takes her title from Susan Glaspell's 1917 story "A Jury of Her Peers," in which a sheriff and an attorney, at a loss to find a reason why a wife would murder her husband, overlook clues to his brutality and her desperation that their wives, rummaging around the farmhouse crime site, easily discoverand, sympathizing with the accused, destroy. Women, of course, could not sit on juries in 1917, or even vote; they were judged and governed by laws and codes and procedures they had had... (Slate)
Victory bittersweet for drug liability case victim Mar 7, 2009
I couldn't do any of those things anymore," she said. She lost more than her music and her livelihood. Suddenly, what was routine became a challenge. The drawers in her 150-year-old farmhouse needed two hands to be opened. A left-hander, she still had one hand to use, but she relied on it to compensate so much that she injured it with overuse. She couldn't shovel or scrape ice off the windshield of her car, a real hardship in rural Vermont. In summer, she can't open a window without help.... (Yahoo News)
People Profile--Flowers puts down roots tending Festival Hills gardens Mar 3, 2009
Further, this place the young Flowers couple purchased there in 1995 wasnt "just your average everyday place" - but rather was an at least 100-year-old farmhouse, moved to this new location from the Fayetteville area in 1986. Henry reports he cant begin to count the hours spent truly "turning this house into our home" - having become especially inspired to this task once he and Melissa became the proud parents of a son, Tommy, back in 1998. (Brenham Banner, TX)
