This snapshot represents a business improvement which has cost more than a reasonable person with options would invest if all factors were known in advance. It is an example of how the county has overstepped its bounds for business and homeowners build…
Day: March 22, 2012
The recent compromise on ephemeral streams
Ephemeral streams are defined by North Carolina standards as those paths of water which have no permanently defined bed for passage and will provide drainage when rain events occur to fill them. They could be the ditch beside your driveway or the road …
There goes my Britannica status
It was a great run.
You know what I am talking about. Since the news about the end of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s print edition, writes Scott Hollifield, editor of the McDowell News, “Writers and commentators havewaxed nostalgically on the demis…
Consumer Reports gives high marks to bagels made by Dunkin’ Donuts, Lender’s Original, and Costco
There’s nothing quite like a New York bagel but there are some store bought varieties that come close. Consumer Reports recommends four store bought bagels: plain varieties from Dunkin’ Donuts, Lenders Original (frozen), Kirkland Signature (Costco)…