Home and Garden
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Wooden Hibbard Coaster Wagon was a smooth rideJun 19, 2016 7:01 am - Q. What can you tell me about this child's wagon? We think it has been in our family since the 1920s. The frame and body are made of wood. The wheels have wooden spokes ...
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Italian hotel full of design characterJun 19, 2016 4:01 am - Taormina, Italy, has many faces. The town is a mazelike series of streets that hearken back to medieval times with fortified gates as point of entry, and seemingly impen...
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Make room for an adult child's returnJun 19, 2016 4:00 am - There is nothing more fun than spending a leisurely Saturday rearranging furniture. But when you're expecting your adult child to move home after college graduation, it ...
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Dumbarton gardeners pay homage to historic herb gardenJun 18, 2016 7:23 am - WASHINGTON - At first blush, the dozens of clay pots on the Arbor Terrace at Dumbarton Oaks seem like the treasures of a plant nerd just back from a shopping spree. In o...
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What to do when your mortgage is paid offJun 18, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I am a senior citizen, and I still live in the house my husband and I bought more than 30 years ago. A few months ago I made the last payment on the mortgage. The ban...
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Board may temporarily close pool for insurance issuesJun 18, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We own a condominium unit in the suburbs that has various amenities, such as tennis courts, a party room, an exercise room and a swimming pool. As the result of a lar...
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New program will reduce mortgage principalJun 18, 2016 4:01 am - A new program, now being finalized, will actually reduce the principal of mortgages for qualified homeowners. A report on the program was carried by the National Associa...
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Sifting through the mortgage document delugeJun 18, 2016 4:00 am - Editor's note: This is the third column in a four-part series appearing in HomesSaturday. In first two parts of this series, I explained how the large number of document...
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Gas pipe flagged by home inspectorJun 17, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We bought our home about 25 years ago. At the time, it was all-electric. After a few years, I installed a propane tank in the yard and ran about 100 feet of buried ga...
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Alternative scoring system gains ground on FICOJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - A growing number of lenders are considering a prospective borrower's "VantageScore" when reviewing an application for a mortgage, auto loan or new credit card. Q. We rec...