Live theater comes to Elgin
- August
- 20
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The Elgin Cultural Arts Commission served up a smorgasbord of the live theater that the city has to offer Saturday - and made plenty of folks hungry for more.
The first day of “Walkabout: Theatre On Your Feet,” was a hit Saturday, with organizers selling out all five tours.
Sean Hargadon, producing director of the Elgin-based Janus [...]
Montreal Sex Change Clinic Attracting Patients From Around The World
- May
- 19
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Cynthia Tebbetts’s fingers fidgeted on the steering wheel during the four-hour drive from New Hampshire to Montreal.
As his blue Chevy wound its way through New England’s mountainous north last January, all he could think about was his imminent surgery in an unfamiliar, French-speaking province.
He couldn’t get there soon enough.
Tebbetts sensed the trip home to Goffstown, [...]
Atlantan returns to her roots in Midtown home
- April
- 8
For some folks, the old homestead is a big house surrounded by gardens tended by grandparents. For Liz Weaver, the family homestead is in the middle of Midtown, surrounded by sidewalks, blacktop and views of the skyscrapers a few blocks away.
Four years ago, Weaver moved back to town from Dunwoody and into the house where [...]
Castle Rock sees future in redesign of downtown
- April
- 8
CASTLE ROCK Downtown Castle Rock is a mix of old and new, with nothing tying the opposites together.
Gas stations keep watch at both entrances, and at night, there’s not much going on.
But officials hope a plan adopted by the Town Council recently will mean a new beginning for the historic downtown. [...]
Darkness at the edge of town
- March
- 30
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A quest for a bicycle basket in Vaughan reveals to Peter Kuitenbrouwer that Toronto’s enthusiasm for sustainability is only hot air if that enthusiasm is limited to the city’s core. Toronto’s suburbs account for 84% of Ontario’s growth, and many of them appear to have environmental irresponsibility built into their fabric.
It is a sweltering day [...]
Good things in small packages
- March
- 14
On average, American houses are getting bigger.
The average home has grown from 1,500 square feet in 1970 to 2,434 in 2005, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
Christopher Oquendo/Special(ENLARGE)Isabelle Sexton wanted low-maintenance living, so she moved to Kingswood in Cumming, where less square footage is more manageable and lawn maintenance is included.Christopher Oquendo/Special(ENLARGE)Isabelle Sexton’s [...]
Great deal persuades first-timer to jump on it
- March
- 14
April Williams is a first-time home buyer. “I was saving up for a two-bedroom townhome. I have a friend who was living here at Park Place South, and I really loved the community. It’s got a great location and a great setup. My friend took me to the sales office, and they were having a [...]
Retirees scoop up deceptively large bungalow in Canton
- March
- 14
Judy and Charlie Dollar saw the signs: The kids were gone; the big house was becoming a chore. It was time to downsize.
Last year, the retirees sold their west Cobb County home and scaled back to a one-story, easy-living bungalow in The Seasons at Laurel Canyon, an active adult community in Canton where they can [...]
Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s job imperiled by sex scandal
- March
- 14
ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer faced a chorus of calls for his resignation Monday as he was engulfed by a sex scandal involving his alleged hiring of a high-priced prostitute last month.
Neither Spitzer nor his potential successor, Lt. Gov. David Paterson, were in the Capitol late Monday as rumors swirled about their future, though political [...]
Young activists pursue local global change
- March
- 6
From the halls of the Nassau County Legislature to church soup kitchens on the North Fork, a new generation of activists is rising.
They push for affordable housing and livable downtowns. They confront leaders of street gangs. They organize immigrant workers and fight open-air dumps.
Although activists of their grandparents’ generation integrated schools and lunch counters, these [...]
