Dream takes shape
After going through the opening of Potomack Intermediate School as a fifth-grade teacher, Michelle Martin dreamed of opening an intermediate school as a principal.
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How King County dodged mortgage mess compared to San Diego (BizJournals) SAN DIEGO -- Sights you don't see across the Puget Sound region: Chunks of newly built neighborhoods with "For Sale" signs planted in every yard. Wide swaths of land leveled
Contractor accused of bilking people Carpenter said she hired Richards in June to work on her sidewalks and the back of her house.via
Home being built in city by volunteers It's not often you see many women swinging a hammer but their numbers equalled the men at the Habitat for Humanity building site in Invercargill.via
Mortgage Rates Decline Again, to 6.52% Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for a fourth consecutive week as a slowing economy eased concerns about inflation. read more...
Central banks in mortgage crisis talks: report "We're not providing any comment" The US Federal Reserve is open to the idea in principle, the report said. Central banks on both sides of the Atlantic are in
Family gets out in time; wonders what to do now On Aug. 29, Roberto Villacorte's TV screen showed the satellite image of Hurricane Katrina bearing down on Gulf Coast.read more...