If you read my earlier blog, http://actvra.in/pbP you know that preliminary measurement and clean out was being done on the sewer laterals in Brandywine Hundred and in particular, South Graylyn Crest to prepare them for lining, per an EPA mandate. Rainwater and sewage were mixing and causing se
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01/09/2012
First the good real estate news: Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania median sales prices for December, 2011 were up 18% over the same month the previous year. The bad news: this still left the 2011 year end median sales price at $316,900, which is 5.4% below 2010 prices. Also, pending sales we
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01/09/2012
Efforts to preserve the endangered Murphy House in Wilmington have encountered yet another setback as Delaware Secretary of Transportation, Shailen Bhatt signed paperwork changing the usage of the property. The modification to the usage includes the razing of the Murphy house, keeping ownership
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01/05/2012
This is something I never had given a thought to concerning children in a home for sale, and it needs to be heeded before letting the public in a home with children's drawings on the wall or names on the bedroom doors. "I'm Mayhem, and I'm Your Worst Nightmare!" I like small children. I surf the
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01/05/2012
The year-end figures are in for New Castle County, Delaware real estate, and we are not surprised to see the results. New listings were down almost 13% for the year, while closed sales were up almost 18% for the month of December, but only 4% for the year. Prices were down 8% for the year, bring
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01/04/2012
CAROLYN ROLAND YOUR HISTORIC HOMES RESOURCE JANUARY 2012 HISTORIC HOMES E NEWS Please join the Chester County Pops Orchestra for a performance benefitting the Chester County Historical Society at Fugett Middle School, West Chester, January 9, 201
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01/03/2012
I was fortunate enough to get a New Year’s Day 2012 tour of a property which was saved from destruction in 1976 in the historic crossroads town of Christiana, Delaware.During the Revolutionary war, there were 2 hotels in Christiana, the Christiana Inn and the Shannon Hotel, located across the mai
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01/02/2012
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