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Paul Snyder [email protected] A Madison development firm is willing to design a house-sized pocket in the middle of a new apartment building to preserve a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home on the site. That won’t do much for the neighboring houses ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] City and village leaders are fighting a state bill that would limit their rights to review developments in neighboring towns. “It’s a bad idea,” said Jeff Miller, DeForest’s village president. “If towns don’t like the fact that ...

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Large-scale development approved for Maine woods Bangor, ME (AP) — A resort and residential development that would be the largest of its kind in Maine has been unanimously approved by a state planning board. Plum Creek Timber Co.’s proposal was ...

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Adrian Sainz AP Real Estate Writer Welcome to Grayling, Mich., where residents paddle canoes through town on the winding AuSable River, ride snowmobiles on forest trails and take scenic walks among 150-year old trees at Hartwick Pines State Park. The ...

Claude Solnik Dolan Media Newswires Long Island, NY — Although stimulus money will pump billions of dollars into the state and national economies, the money is coming wrapped in legal red tape that could prove complicated and costly. About $26.7 ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Madison’s development community is at odds over the effect new projects have on traffic congestion in the city’s downtown. “The reality is that on the isthmus, there is no more room for new roads,” said Dick Wagner, ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Bachmann Construction Co. Inc. is claiming breach of contract and seeking repayment for services on a fraternity house renovation in Madison. Anthony Varda, an attorney with DeWitt Ross & Stevens SC representing the Madison-based construction firm, said ...

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Rising U.S. home prices point to housing market stability Washington (AP) — U.S. home prices rose slightly in July from a month earlier, according to a government index, further evidence the housing market is stabilizing. The Federal Housing Finance Agency ...

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Russ Bynum AP Writer Pooler, GA — After sitting vacant for seven years, a 1,500-acre industrial site near Savannah landed its first manufacturer this week as Mitsubishi Power Systems announced plans to produce giant steam and gas turbines in coastal ...

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Michael J. Crumb AP Writer Des Moines, IA — A man stumbling upon a human jaw while out walking his dog was the first sign something was amiss. Then officials uncovered something more: more than 600 sets of remains, long ...