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WATERVILLE $ Lionel "Lee" A. Cabana on Monday night was re-elected chairman of the Waterville Board of Education. The vote was unanimous, according to schools finance director, Paula Pooler. Cabana has served as chairman of the board since February ... (more...)

What: This home in Travis Heights is a good example of Craftsman architecture on the outside and of contemporary, clean design inside. The house was built in 1935. It underwent a comprehensive renovation and expansion in 2006 under the ownership of ... (more...)

What Americans spend on their homes after buying them is mind-boggling. Various sources suggest that the nation's annual home-improvement bill -- do-it-yourself and professional remodeling, landscaping and major repair projects -- could be $400 ... (more...)

WASHINGTON - Workers recently completed a $236,000 renovation to U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's office bathroom in Washington, D.C., including asbestos and lead paint removal, handicapped access, a refrigerator and shower, and wood ... (more...)

ASHEVILLE ? One of the oldest buildings in North Asheville's Grove Park neighborhood is being renovated to serve as the new home for The Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County. The nonprofit group is renovating the real estate office ... (more...)

MOUNT PLEASANT -- A packed house of about 350 sat in rapt silence Sunday evening as the notes of First Arabesque by Debussy rolled off a concert harp filling the packed Heatilator Performing Arts Center. As Mount Pleasant native Annie Savage's ... (more...)

The paper reports outgoing Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne spent about $235,000 of your money to renovate his office bathroom at the Department of Interior. He installed a new shower, a refrigerator and a freezer hidden behind what the paper ... (more...)

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Workers recently completed a $236,000 renovation to U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's office bathroom in Washington, D.C., including asbestos and lead paint removal, handicapped access, a refrigerator and shower, and wood ... (more...)

WASHINGTON - Workers recently completed a $236,000 renovation to U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's office bathroom in Washington, D.C., including asbestos and lead paint removal, handicapped access, a refrigerator and shower, and wood ... (more...)

With existing homes sales and home prices in most regions of the country down, it makes sense for homeowners to think at least twice about investing in a renovation. What projects make sense, given the state of economic affairs? What improvements ... (more...)