Chicago Edgebrook, an upscale suburb of Chicago, was the ninth most searched area of 2014 on realtor.com. The area, which includes the 60646 ZIP code, is a 30 minute commute from downtown. Edgebrook’s median household income is $73,445 and the…
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Frommer on ‘Good Morning America’: Asheville is 2015’s No. 1 travel destination
“Good Morning America” ushered in the new year with a Jan. 1 segment touting Asheville as the No. 1 destination in the country to visit in 2015. “It’s an amazing place. It’s really coming into its own. It’s a glorious…
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North Carolina Cuts Film Incentives To $10M Per Year | WUNC
North Carolina will offer up to $10 million a year until 2020 to encourage video production companies to film in the state, as part of the new incentives package going into effect today. The state’s new grant program will donate…
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Asheville tourism officials: 2014 was a great year
ASHEVILLE, N.C. Asheville tourism officials say business was booming this year, and developers are continuing to add hotel rooms. The Citizen-Times in Asheville (http://avlne.ws/13B6FpK ) reports that for the year, hotel-occupancy rates through November stood at 69 percent, several percentage…
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Efforts for jobs among top goals
Leaders of the town and county governments in Wilkes, Wilkes Regional Medical Center and the Wilkes Economic Development Corp. shared some of their plans and goals for 2015. Wilkes County Eddie Settle, elected chairman of the Wilkes County commissioners by…
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TWC News: NC Transportation Museum Expecting Nearly 90000 Visitors in 2015
SPENCER, N.C. — More visitors are saying all aboard in 2015. Nearly 90,000 people are expected to visit the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer by the end of 2015. It’s a move that workers said has pumped more than…
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New York State Wineries Dodge A Fracking Bullet…Or Not
If you heard that loud sighing sound coming from New York state earlier this month, that was probably a sigh of relief as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo finally agreed to a statewide ban on fracking. The ban followed the release…
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As PR expert and owner of Augusta firm, Nancy Marshall’s the talk of the town
AUGUSTA — If there’s a chance to network, Nancy Marshall seizes it. And if there’s a challenge, she’s up for it. For instance, to win a contract working with Northern Outdoors, she told company officials that if they hired her…
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Flurries, scant snow in Vegas on New Year’s Eve
Jim Seely Flurries, scant snow in Vegas on New Year’s Eve This Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, photo, provided by the The Las Vegas Ski Snowboard Resort, shows a fresh snow fall at the resort near Las Vegas. The National Weather…
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National Labor Relations Board Agrees; FairPoint Acting In Good Faith
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP), a leading communications provider, today announced that it had received the official ruling of Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rejecting entirely charges by the…
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