Archive for January, 2008
NC history news, oldest European colony in US found
The Lost Colony in Manteo North Carolina. Most people, including myself, believed the English colony to be the first European colony in the US. However, recent archeological finds near Morganton NC have revealed a Spanish colony settled in NC 30 years prior to The Lost Colony. The Spanish built Fort San Juan in the Catawba [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Kristin Wells, new HGTV show, HomeMakers, photos
Kristin Wells is filming a new show for HGTV in Charlotte NC. The show is about home remodeling for do it yourselfer’s and they are taking requests for home projects. The budget for each remodel is $ 3,000 and the project must be accomplished in a weekend. Kristin’s interest in home remodeling goes back many [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )TV shows, HGTV new show, Kristin Wells HomeMakers show
Kristin Wells has a new tv show that is being filmed in Charlotte NC. It is a home remodeling show and will air on HGTV within the year. Kristin’s first tv show was HomeMakers, an all female renovation show that was on Turner South. Turner South has been sold so the show is no longer [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )HGTV new show, get Kristin Wells to renovate your home
A new HGTV show is being filmed in Charlotte NC. It is being
hosted by Kristin Wells, a Greensboro North Carolina native
and former cohost of HomeMakers, an all female renovation
show on Turner South. The show will begin airing within the
year on HGTV.
Would you like to have Kristin Wells remodel your home.
Applications for home remodeling are being [...]
Kristin Wells new HGTV Renovation Show
Kristin Wells, former cohost of “HomeMakers”, an all female
renovation show that was on Turner South, has started filming a new renovation show for HGTV. The show has begun filming in Charlotte NC and will begin airing on HGTV within the year. The new show is geared to do it yourselfers and will include a lot [...]
Fed cuts rate by .75, stock market down 351, January 22, 2008
The Fed has cut the discount rate by .75. The stock market is sharply down. This latest cut by Bernanke and the Fed brings the Federal Funds Rate to 3.50 percent. The reason for the cut was, according to the Fed, “in view of a weakening of the economic outlook and increasing downside risks to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Center Pointe Downtown Greensboro condos, shops, restaurants
Center Pointe, in downtown Grensboro NC, is a new high rise condo, shop and restaurant project. The construction is moving along well and there are rumors that Roy Carroll, the developer, is planning another high rise project in Greensboro. The condos range in price from $180,000 plus to over $500,000 plus and are located at 201 N Elm Street [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Historical building for lease, Greensboro NC, O’Henry, Vicks Vaporub
A great historical building in downtown Greensboro NC is for lease at 121 South Elm St. William Clarkson Porter, a druggist, built the building in 1873. O’Henry worked for his uncle. Later, Lunsford Richardson, the inventor of Vicks Vaporub, bought the building. The building is composed of 2 stories of over 9,000 square feet of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sam Ervin, North Carolina, Watergate and NC influence
I just got through watching a documentary on NC Public
TV about Senator Sam, Sam Ervin. Sam Ervin is best known
for chairing the Watergate Committee, his knowledge of the
Constitution and his down home wit. He was known to say “I
am just a simple country lawyer from North Carolina.” Well,
he was from NC, but he was a [...]
Mortgage, pay off early, interest and investments
From time to time I see or hear a discussion about the pros and cons of paying off a home mortgage early, making extra payments and 30 year versus 15 or 20 year mortgages. There was an article in the Charlotte Observer Sunday morning, January 20, 2008. The artcle presented for and against positions. This [...]
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