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Wallingford Sonic Appeal Passes ZBA

January 19, 2010

UPDATE: Wallingford PZC Approves Sonic Application
So, my wife and I just got back from attending the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at the Wallingford Town Hall. After an hour of sitting in some rather uncomfortable auditorium chairs, we got the news we had been waiting for:
The Zoning Board of Appeals has passed the variance request [...]

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Save Money, Pick Your Electric Provider

December 24, 2009

Save Money, Pick Your Electric Provider
Back in November we wrote a post about having a Home Energy Audit done on our home. It was free, fairly fast…and eye-opening. It revealed several “illegal points of entry” for cold air to come rampaging into our otherwise snug little abode, and once we got those little buggers sealed [...]

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Wallingford’s Oakdale Theater Changes Names…Again

December 12, 2009

Oakdale Theater Has a New Ride
In a press release yesterday, Live Nation announced that it has entered into an agreement with Toyota that will give the car company sponsorship rights to Wallingford’s Oakdale Theater, as well as Comcast Theater (formerly The Meadows) in Hartford. The new name of the Oakdale Theater is now “Toyota Presents [...]

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Connecticut Magazine Rates State Cities and Towns (Part 2)

November 19, 2009

CT Magazine Rates State Cities and Towns

This is the second in a four part series highlighting the rating of  Connecticut cities and towns by Connecticut Magazine. In our first post, we focused on the largest cities in our state, those with populations of 50,000 or more. To recap, the publication set the following criteria [...]

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Connecticut Magazine Rates State Cities and Towns (Part 1)

November 16, 2009

CT Magazine Rates State Cities and Towns

In the November issue of Connecticut Magazine, the Trumbull-based  publication has, for the first time since 2006, provided a look at how various cities and towns rank based on several criteria. They first sorted the localities into four groups based on population:

10,000 – 15,000
15,000 – 25,000
25,000 – 50,000
50,000+ (Towns [...]

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New Area Codes Creep into Connecticut

November 13, 2009

We’ve all done it.
We’ve made phone calls in a hurry and as we get listen for the first ring, we get that dreaded 3-tone warning that we’ve made a grievous error:
“doo, dah, dee…Please dial the numeral 1 plus an area code when making calls outside your local calling area…” . You grumble, hang up and [...]

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William Raveis Real Estate Nominated for Best Real Estate Company in Connecticut

September 3, 2009

Back in July, Chris Raveis, executive vice president and managing partner of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, LLC, Massachusetts, announced that the company has been voted one of “Banker & Tradesman’s Best” with the recent First Place Gold Award in the residential real estate category of Banker & Tradesman Best of 2009 Readers Poll [...]

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Does Your Uncle Understand The Subtleties of Home Inspection?

April 9, 2009

This is the first in what will be a series of posts by experts in various fields related to real estate, such as home inspection, mortgages, and home improvement. This inaugural post is by Jim Quarello, founder of JRV Home Inspection Services in Wallingford, CT. Find out more about Jim and what he can offer [...]

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