Going after custom homes
Rockwall leaders are working to encourage more high-end and custom home construction in a city that for years has attracted volume builders such as Pulte Homes and D.R. Horton.
Shenzhen, China: Custom Suits
One of the best bargains in Shenzhen is a custom suit, which can be bought for as little as 600 Hong Kong dollars (about $80) and can be custom-made in as little as three days.
Custom House Museum and Lowells Boat Shop at a financial loss
NEWBURYPORT - The Newburyport Maritime Society is calling for a lifeboat in hopes of rescuing its Custom House Museum from rough seas.
Bozeman man has made a cottage industry from custom bike frames
BOZEMAN (AP) Dave Kirk’s garage workshop is what used to be called a cottage industry,’’ emphasis on the cottage.’’ From the high-end workman’s table, the casual observer might guess that Kirk is a hobbyist craftsman. But it would take an aficionado’s knowledge to recognize the obscure posters for bicycle and automobile manufacturers.
It’s all custom-made at Beech River Mill
The Beech River Mill got its start making wooden blinds and shutters more than 150 years ago and is back in business doing the same thing today.
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Pre-1980 classic, custom car/truck show.
Stoney Creek Dairy, 135 King St. E., Stoney Creek, Cruise Night, 5:30 to 9 p.m., today, featuring pre-1980 classic,custom car/truck show, door prizes, entertainment, 50/50 draw for Dr.Bob Kemp Hospice. Call 905-662-3395.
SILENTS, PLEASE
As a movie lover, Stephen Salmons thinks silence is golden. To his ears, the movies without a voice are the ones that speak loudest to him. And so he decided, after a career as a custom picture framer, to turn to a kind of picture he loved even more: the film...
House ready for the big one
Is there such a thing as a hurricane-proof house? Maybe not, but Edward Boza wants to find out how close you can get. When Hurricane Andrew tore the plywood off his roof, soaking his custom-built homes interior and turning the Sheetrock walls to mush, Boza promised himself: never again.
A taste of home
MARION STATION -- Almost daily, workers cross the road in front of Custom Pak, a packaging house of whole tomatoes off Route 13 in Westover, for a homemade lunch from wagon parked in the field on the other side. There are hamburgers and tortas.