This was no garden variety gnomenapping
When someone stole Anita Braunschweig's yard-dwellers, they took more than six plastic ornaments. They also took away memories of her grandmother.
Home Front
Briefs and news of note
Community Living: Meeting rules govern workshops
Question: Can you direct us to the section of Florida law that says workshops are illegal if they are not open to all owners?
House tours and home shows fill the calendar
Here are dates of upcoming tours and other housing-related events.
Fan love's flame
Don't scatter red rose petals over the sheets of a bed. That's what Sarasota interior designer Christine Brown's husband did when they spent a weekend at a romantic bed and breakfast. To their horror, they discovered the next morning that the petals stained the sheets.
House values
St. Pete Beach
Homebuyer U
"Dream of Home Ownership," a free home-buying seminar, is offered by the Tampa Bay Community Development Corp. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today and March 16, at Ross Norton Community Center, 1426 S. Greenwood Ave., Clearwater. Daylong seminar covers such topics as how to choose a realtor, home inspections and appraisals, loan applications, contracts and other documents and filing for homestead exemption. Call (727) 442-7075 to register. The Tampa Bay Community Development Corp. is approved by Department of Housing and Urban Development and is a Fannie Mae approved Homebuyer Education Provider; seminars are approved by lenders and assistance programs in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.
