Asbestos found in school?s flooring
Asbestos is found in the floor tiles of a Burrillville school.

Second tenant to open in new shopping center
A second business has decided to locate in the new shopping mall at the corner of Maple Street and Maple Valley Drive. Flooring Systems will be opening a new office there around the first of February.

Recreation Digest
BOWLING Bismarck Mandan USBC BA 78th Annual City Championships Team Event 1. K&K Flooring 3,266. 2. Tobacco Row #2 3,258. 3 Mandan Moose 3,208. Low Pay: 3,190. Scratch: Tobacoo Row #2 3,084.

Real Estate Close-Up: Miami
Despite record foreclosures, despite double-digit home price declines, and despite scary job losses, Miami's commercial real estate market has rolled with the punches _ until now. "We're in a better place than where people thought we would be because of the...

Miami commercial real estate may stumble in 2009 as housing woes, economy too much to bear
Despite record foreclosures, despite double-digit home price declines, and despite scary job losses, Miami's commercial real estate market has rolled with the punches ? until now.

State Farm Market Restaurant Temporary Closes Beginning Sunday
The State Farmers Market Restaurant will close Sunday, Jan. 11 for repairs and renovations but will reopen March 7.

Home Calendar
A look at the week's home calendar events.

It takes a team to beat a mouse
Although paperwork would suggest otherwise, we do not own this farm. Mice do.

Sports Guy: Award-winning picks for Round 2
Before making his picks for the divisional playoffs, Bill Simmons hands out some hardware for Round 1's best performances.

Glamour decorating keeps to budget
Remember flocked wallpaper? It's back. But it's not your mother's wallcovering. Nor is bamboo, which designers are using not just as environmentally friendly floor covering, but on walls, too.

Sanford No. 1 in Maine for home foreclosures
PORTLAND (AP) - Sanford is only the eighth largest community in Maine, but in terms of home foreclosures, it ranks No. 1.

Chosing commode a matter of style
"New toilets have raised things to a whole new level," says Cheryl Sych, a designer at Plumbers Equipment in Ross.

Park house to be raffled for charity
One lucky winner will be moving into a new Sherwood Park house valued at $1.3 million in the spring. Just who that will be has [...]

Makeover for First W Hotel
International architecture and interior design firm BBG-BBGM has completed a $40 million dollar renovation of the 10-year-old W New York , allowing the brand?s very first property to trade its Clinton-era chic for naturalism befitting the Obama epoch.

All the comforts of home, including the kitchen sink
MOST Victorians are familiar with Jeff's Shed, the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, but few would know about Geoff's Shed in Warrnambool. Tucked away behind a family home in Nicholson Street is the two...

Makeover for First W Hotel
The Starwood Hotels and Resorts brand plans to triple its footprint by 2011, with more than 30 new properties on the drawing board in four continents.

Retired Elba Township mechanic retools, focuses time on crafting unique woodwork
ELBA TWP -- Ron Kinel takes a piece of wood and never knows immediately what it will be crafted into once he is done. A retired mechanic, Kinel is used to tinkering in his workshop to produce pieces of woodwork he mostly shares with his three grown daughters.

Brush museum board eyes '09 projects
As the Brush Area Museum and Cultural Center board began planning for the new year, members discussed several new exhibits that are set to open in the coming months.

Responsible tourism 2009: This year's motto must be watch your carbon footprint
The recession may be bad news for the more traditional holiday companies, but for travellers looking to make their breaks a deeper shade of green, the financial crisis offers one more reason to opt for more responsible trips.

Construction company moves downtown
WAUCONDA - Not many 24-year-olds can say they've owned a successful construction company for the past six years.