Sadie’s Take on Delaware Ohio

As the Arena Football League continues to gain in popularity, it is fun to have football to watch on Monday night (live on ESPN2 and Mike & Mike). And tonight the Chicago Rush are playing John Bon Jovi’s Philadelphia Soul.
The Rush quarterback is Matt D’Orazio, a former Columbus Destroyer. D’Orazio is a graduate of Columbus [...]

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Toby didn’t quite get Gretchen’s fascination with the flocks last year. But after they took off this spring and the beautiful purple flowers began to take-over around the Ornamental Pear tree in the front yard he had to admit it was worth the effort.
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Toby had the chance to take the “Muddy Boots Tour” at the 2007 Parade of Homes location in Grove City on Thursday.
It was an interesting tour and there are a wide-range of beautiful homes on the tour. The prices seem to range from $569,000 to $1,065,000 (a couple of homes didn’t have the price available). [...]

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Looking at properties that lie within in the city’s post office jurisdication, which includes home that are outside of city limits but still receive their mail from the Delaware post office.
Active

Number: 525
Average Square Feet: 2,192
Average Days on Market: 130
Average List Price: $279,558

Sold

Number: 10
Average Square Feet: 1,697
Average Days on Market: 87
Average List Price: $155,790
Average Sales Price: $151,640

Withdrawn

Number: [...]

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The cold-snap of a few weeks ago has not killed off too many of our Tulips, Daffodils, and other spring flowers.
And it surely did not kill of the Delaware County appetite for selling homes! Listings continued to rise this week pushing up to near the 2,100 mark while solds also climbed during the span.
Active

Number: 2,087
Average [...]

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The fourth-annual Battle of the Bands will take place tonight at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. They’ve been keeping fans updated on a MySpace blog.
Take some time to read the blog and learn about this great event with the proceeds going to support the building of a skating park in Delaware.
Bands slated to play during this [...]

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“Lefty, why don’t you spin us some bats?
A pretty benign beginning 11 years ago for a company that is today the bat provider for several Major League players and numerous minor leaguers. However, if you asked Lefty (Charlie Trudeau) that same question today, you’d probably get the same response. “Sure.”
The interview with Trudeau, president of [...]

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Delaware (Ohio) General Health District has announced that it will hold a “Friends for Life” presentation on Tuesday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The presentation lasts one hour and according to the Health District it is an opportunity for them to share information and stories about what they provide our community.
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April showers bring May flowers and for this week’s Delaware’s Best, it only seemed fitting to head indoors and enjoy the finer points of Delaware, Ohio.
Best of Stage and Screen: The Strand Theatre. I am not a huge movie goer, usually Gretchen is lucky to get more than 1 movie per year. But, I enjoy [...]

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In Delaware County there are more than 2,000 houses for sale today. Of those houses, there are 258 homes that are “contingent” upon something before they go into contract.
What is contingent?

When you purchase a home and both sides agree on a price there are usually two primary conditions:

Financing
Inspections

And the details of the contingency are outlined [...]

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