Republic Windows & Doors to shut down
Republic Windows & Doors will shut its doors Friday, causing approximately 300 workers to lose their jobs at the North Side manufacturer.

Builders' group improves apartments for women in recovery and their children
Even in these tough times for the construction industry, the Arizona Builders' Alliance has donated more than $100,000 in time and materials to a residence for 22 women recovering from drug and alcohol abuse.

Winterizing: Easy Steps to Help Save Money and the Environment
(ARA) - Cold weather is on the horizon, threatening to leak into your home and send a chill up your spine. With skyrocketing energy costs and a global movement to "go green," now's the time to help keep precious energy from going right out the window.

Slammed by slowdown, Republic Windows shutting down
(Crain's) - Republic Windows & Doors LLC is shutting down Friday, citing the housing market slump and an inability to secure financing to help it weather the economic downturn. More than 230 workers will lose their jobs. The Chicago-based vinyl window manufacturer had ?no choice but to shut ...

For Sale: Relics of a Black Past
Somewhere inside a dark storage room in western Loudoun County are remnants of the county's black history. The Round Hill warehouse contains windows, light fixtures, slabs of chalkboard and other items from Loudoun's first modern elementary school for black students.

Restaurant reopens after shooting
SPRING HILL ? An Italian eatery has reopened a month after being sprayed with gunfire. Sopranoz held a grand reopening Tuesday. On Oct. 23, the restaurant was the target of a vandal who fired more than a dozen bullets into the front windows and glass doors.

Window closes on Republic
Republic Windows & Doors, once an emblem of corporate expansion on Goose Island, said it must shut down Friday because of inability to get financing. It said more than 200 jobs will be eliminated. Amy Zimmerman, vice president of sales and marketing at Republic, said the shutdown was forced by Bank of America Corp., which withdrew a credit line because of the manufacturer's declining sales. The ...

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Vauxhall Astra Comfort, year 2002, 44000 m, Manual, 5 doors, hatchback, Engine Size 1,598 cc, Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS), Driver Airbag, Immobiliser, Passenger Airbag, Rear seat belts, Safety Belt Pretensioners,AM/FM Stereo, CD Player, Steering wheel controls, Air Conditioning, Power-assisted Steering (PAS), Power Locks, Power Windows, Tilt Steering Wheel.

Anti-poverty activists target home of government employee
Community services say they are stepping up security after protesters surrounded the house of a government employee yesterday at dawn. Halifax Coalition Against Poverty members banged on doors and windows and held a mock funeral on the lawn of Lynn Brogan, a community services regional administrator. HCAP says the closing of the Pendleton Place homeless shelter will lead to deaths and ...

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Redlands firefighters warn about carbon-monoxide poisoning
REDLANDS - The danger that awoke a woman early Thursday was silent, invisible and odorless, but it had the potential to be lethal.

It's Not Hard To Be Green
(ARA) - DIY. So last year. Now it's GIY. As in green-it-yourself. And just like DIY projects, there are plenty of easy GIY weekend home improvement projects that will save energy and money and add value to your home. Oh, and we should mention you can help protect the planet while you're at it.

Winter Is Peak Residential Fire Season: Is Your Family Prepared?
(ARA) - The winter months between November and February are the peak months for home fires, representing nearly 37 percent of all residential fires annually.

Welcome home: Old West End opens doors during its annual Tours de Noel
Behind the walk-through wreath that frames their Parkwood Avenue doorway, Gary Sears and Bill Thien have assembled more than a dozen Christmas trees to adorn their century-old home for the holidays. The collection of trees has grown in the 16 years since the Tudor first became their home, and they start decorating the trees in October to complement their accumulated antique lamps, glass, and ...

Late-night thugs target neighborhood
Sporadic incidents of broken car, truck and house windows, and other destruction of private property, have some residents of a Pear Park neighborhood frustrated.

Historical Society to present annual candlelight tour
The owners of some of Winona?s most impressive homes will open their doors to the public Sunday for the Winona County Histor-ical Society?s annual Christmas Candlelight House Tour.

Lake Wales may miss deadline for grant
Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 7:44 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 8:28 a.m. LAKE WALES - The city of Lake Wales might miss out on applying for a grant to install new doors and windows to the 1940 Cafeteria Building, which is part of the Hardman Recreation Complex.

Mt. Lebanon police remind residents to lock cars, even in driveways
Mt. Lebanon police have some words of advice for residents: Make sure you lock your car doors even if your vehicle is parked in the driveway.

'Puffers' warm hearts of car thieves
Aurora police Sgt. Dan Mark saw the lights on first, then the exhaust puffing from the tailpipe.

Police Blotter
A burglar was spotted breaking into Looney?s Smokehouse on Bancroft Way on the evening of Nov. 27. Shortly before 8 p.m., a passerby spotted a man in a dark hooded sweatshirt, baggy black pants and sneakers climbing through one of the restaurant?s windows.