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Fallen Tree Damages Home in Lynn Garden
Freezing rain coupled with heavy winds downed a tree in a Lynn Garden neighborhood today, damaging a home.

Celtics Fall Again, This Time At Home
The Celtics failed to hold a late lead and lost to the Houston Rockets 89-85 last night at the Garden.

Scout turns Bellevue field into garden plot
As a young girl, Teresa Sirianni Amelio would sit on the back porch during warm summer evenings and watch her mother work in the garden of their Bellevue home.

At home on camera
For homeowners and do-it-yourselfers Gavin and Crystal Williams, the excitement of having their home appear on Home & Garden Television?s ?My House Is Worth What?? was worth all the effort it took to get the renovated home ready for a Los Angeles film crew.

2 men charged with breaking into Garden City home
Two men have been arrested for breaking into a home on Arcola Dec. 30. Dustin Barnhart of Wayne and Andre Goupill of Westland, both 21, were arraigned Jan. 2 in 21st District Court on a charge of second-degree home invasion. Both remain in custody after not posting a $500,000/10-percent bond. Not guilty pleas were entered for both men, who are scheduled for preliminary examination Jan. 12. On ...

Garden club to make herb wreaths
Put ?herbal wreaths? on the calendar for January?s program at Wickenburg?s Nice-Dirt Garden Club. Susan Goodman and Lucille Burroughs will guide attendees through the steps to make one to take home.

Blazers are fired up to return to Garden
Mitch Belisle can see the Garden from his North End apartment and the view gets him jacked up. "You walk outside before Bruins and Celtics games and the fans are pouring in," says the defenseman for the Blazers, the revived version of Boston's professional indoor lacrosse team, which opens its season on the road Saturday against the New York Titans.

Welwyn Garden City wildlife haven under threat
CONSERVATIONISTS are desperate to save a key Welwyn Garden City nature reserve, home to rare butterflies and scarce plants, from a major housing development.

Celtics' woes hit home, Rockets win at Garden
Von Wafer hit a 3-pointer with 44 seconds left to give Houston the lead and the Rockets beat Boston 89-85 on Wednesday night.

Home doesn't help C's
BOSTON - Entering last night, the Celtics had lost five of seven, but all of those losses had come on the road. At least they had the comfort of knowing that things would be better when they returned to the Garden where they had won 13 in a row.

CATH plans to grow hope in the garden
AN East Perthshire charity is hoping to sew the seeds of success by expanding an ambitious garden project. Churches Action for the Homeless (CATH) took over the Balhary walled garden, near Alyth, last January.

Oxnard school gets grant to start garden
The excitement Tuesday in Sallie Sanchez?s fifth-grade classroom was palpable. The 10- and 11-year-olds had been waiting for the moment when they would finally get the resources to create their own garden at Rio Rosales School in Oxnard.

Giving Value For Money Romanelli's Garden Cafe finds customer base in Galloway Twp.
Rick Romanelli came to Galloway Township at just the right time. While many upscale restaurants are struggling in the recession, Romanelli's Garden Caf is booming thanks to Romanelli's simple formula: value and freshness.

Garden Superstars for Spring 2009
(ARA) - From picture-perfect roses to containers that are works of art, spring 2009 promises wonderful color and exciting new products for garden lovers everywhere.

Hilton Garden Inn® Palm Beach Gardens Opens Doors in Florida
Hilton Garden Inn ® today announced the opening of the 175-room Hilton Garden Inn ® Palm Beach Gardens in Fla., which represents the latest addition to the brand?s growing collection of more than 400 Hilton Garden Inn locations across North America, Europe and Central America.

In the Night Garden set to replace Winnie the Pooh as top UK infants' toy
Sales of merchandising spin-offs featuring Iggle Piggle and friends, from hit BBC children's show In the Night Garden, look set to top £20m this year, with the franchise looking set to take Winnie the Pooh's crown as the favourite toy for infants in the UK. In the Night Garden's range of toys, made by more than 30 licensees, has earned £17.7m in the year to the end of October according to ...

From Ipswich to D.C., home's spirit endures
The simple, everyday things - that's what he remembers. His grandmother, always in an apron. The luring aroma of her pies. When the leaves tinted orange and red, the way she melted wax to seal garden-fresh carrots into preserve jars.

No place like home: James, Cavs rout Bobcats
No place like home: James, Cavs rout Bobcats

How green is your garden? A new rating system may tell you
A new report includes proposed guidelines for creating sustainable landscapes, as well as diverse examples of successful restoration projects.