Palm Beach council upholds homeowners' appeal to build colonial-style home (T bi13580832 The saga of the house at 144 Wells Road continued today as the owners of the last house on the island built by Alfred Browning Parker appealed a town board's rejection of the new "British-style home" architect had designed to replace the home

Monument to Black Colonial-Era Soldiers Stalls (Skanner) bi13580832 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most accounts of the Revolutionary War give the impression that America?s independence from Britain was won by brave white men. Maurice Barboza wants to tell the rest of the story

Palm Beach Town Council to weigh ARCOM ruling on Manus house (Palm Beach Dail bi13580832 The Town Council again have the opportunity to affect the fate of the Manus house Monday as considers an appeal of the Architectural Review Commission's rejection of the house planned to replace it

Colonial Tea House to close month (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) bi13580832 CLINTON - The Tea House on Church Street, was transformed from a basic breakfast and lunch eatery to an upscale destination for tea, scone and fancy sandwich aficionados five years ago, close at the end of the month

A Colonial Oasis Upper Manhattan (The New York Sun) bi13580832 When Lucinda Martinez-Desir was a young girl growing up Washington Heights, she'd often sit on the steps leading up to Sylvan Terrace and write poetry. Almost two decades later, she returned, moving one of the cobblestone street's famed row houses. A tucked-away, car-free block on 161st Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and Jumel Terrace, Sylvan Terrace lined street ..

Palm Beach council upholds homeowners' appeal to build colonial-style home (T bi13580832 The saga of the house at 144 Wells Road continued today as the owners of the last house on the island built by Alfred Browning Parker appealed a town board's rejection of the new "British-style home" architect had designed to replace the home

Remnants of Hanoi's French Colonial Past (The Salt Lake Tribune) bi13580832 HANOI, Vietnam - A tall, blond woman black and a small Asian girl stand at the prow of a gilded barge moving slowly over a wide, jungle-banked river. The woman Catherine Deneuve, star of the 1992 movie "Indochine" about the war for independence French Vietnam

Open house to be held (The Standard-Times) bi13580832 DARTMOUTH ? The public cordially invited to an open house for the Akin Archaeology Project on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Elihu Akin House, 762 Dartmouth St., Dartmouth

Miami fights to shutter house where online porn filmed (McClatchy Washingt bi13580832 A stroll down Northeast 27th Street doesn't feel X-rated, but it's here -- along a quiet, bayfront residential street ? where Miami has declared war against Internet porn

Opera House work to start, owner says (The Lewiston Sun Journal) bi13580832 NORWAY - While selectmen decide what, anything, to do the damaged Norway Opera House, owner Barry Mazzaglia said Tuesday that the historic building not for sale and construction crews start working a couple of weeks. He didn't say why

Palm Beach Town Council upholds Cohen appeal of ARCOM ruling (Palm Beach Dail bi13580832 The Architectural Review Commission failed to give Peter Cohen a fair review of plans to build a British house at 144 Wells Road

Professional Home Decor Tips For Selling, Staying and Going Green (Carteret C bi13580832 (ARA) - Despite a slumping economy, home improvements remain a popular investment for homeowners. With paint rollers and hammers hand, they're getting the most out of home-improvement dollar do-it-yourself projects that make a dramatic difference

LIVE MUSIC (Richmond Times-Dispatch) bi13580832 ALLEY KATZ -- 10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. Kevin Lamb, Samuel Lee, A Voice the Wilderness and others, 6 p.m. Thursday, all ages, $8 advance, $10 at door. Municipal Waste, Paint Black, Quadiliacha and others, 6 p.m. Friday, all ages, $10. RPG, Adam West, Throttle Rod and Switched On, 9 p.m. Saturday, $8. Quiet, My Dear, Porous Muse, Matthew McClellan and others, 6 p.m. Sunday, all ages, $8 ..

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