Mr Samways, 82, paid $1240 to have the windows of his small Waikanae villa cleaned and was shocked to discover the job should have cost no more than $120.
Though initially a bit uneasy about paying two men the %26quot;hell of a price%26quot;, he felt reassured when they told him they charged other clients the same [...]
%26bull; Clark to announce graffiti crackdown
Whats the best way to clampdown on tagging? Email your feedback to editorial@stuff.co.nz
The main problem with taggers, is their complete lack of respect for the people who own the property being tagged. How about, if you catch the little snots tagging, take a spray can to the things they hold [...]
The problems of the past weekend were the last straw for a group of residents, who have decided %26quot;enough is enough and have pushed the North Canterbury Neighbourhood Support Network to call a public meeting on the issue.
As well, the group of residents has a meeting arranged with Waimakariri District mayor Ron Keating _ they [...]
Much of the research effort around MRSA to date has focused primarily on hospitals, said Carmel Hughes, lead review author.
MRSA spreads easily — most commonly via the hands of health care workers — and first-line antibiotics, like penicillin, are ineffective against the organism. Nursing home residents are particularly vulnerable because infection with the bug tends [...]
Two brothers who worked together as window cleaners plunged 47 stories yesterday morning with their scaffold from the roof of an Upper East Side apartment building. One was killed, cut in half by a wooden fence in an alley below, and the other was gravely injured but somehow survived.
The cause had not been determined, the [...]
DESPITE the absence of a bucket, cloth or ladder, a man has been posing as a window cleaner in order to con residents out of cash.
A warning has been issued by police after they received a number of similar call about a man cycling around the Stanground area offering to clean windows for �10 � [...]
It is as much a part of Kiwi culture as stealing the dead is with East Cape whanau. We possess an adolescent, anti-authoritarian streak that enjoys pricking the puffery of the pompous, if never quite being sure of time or place.
We recognise all the post-modern symptoms of such yobbishness in our kids behaviour. The binge [...]
Dual-Delivery of Mobile Music Purchases to a Helio Device and a PC
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Helio today announced the launch of its Helio Player PC software, which lets members manage their personal collection of music, videos and pictures on their PCs then transfer to and from their Helio devices. Available at no extra charge to Helio members, [...]
The Home Depot Inc. wants to build a store in Cameron Park, but some nearby residents are rallying opposition.
The home-improvement retail chain is targeting 33 acres off Highway 50 near Cambridge Road and Country Club Drive. It has submitted a pre-application for a 103,000-square-foot store plus a 35,000-square-foot garden center. Another 123,000 square feet [...]
Kingdom Sanctuary is one of the largest churches in Prince George’s County. It’s also Hampton Liquor Store’s landlord.
The Rev. Anthony Maclin’s 5,000-member church purchased Hampton Mall Complex through its for-profit arm, Kingdom Management LLC. Maclin renamed the mall Kingdom Square in 2004 and joined a growing number of mega-churches around the country that have expanded [...]