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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. Kentucky’s ‘paradise lost’ estate for sale for first time in 131 years. November 3, 2015. David Meade built the octagonal parlor at right at Chaumiere des Prairies about 1823. The rest of his house was a collection of log cabins, now long gone. The Greek Revival house now to the parlor’s side was built by a subsequent owner in 1840. Photos by Tom Eblen. 8220;It’s a real treasure,” McMillan said. “It’s my wi...The Greek Revival mansion...
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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. From hand-me-downs to high fashion, Bella Rose owner celebrates 35 years in business. November 16, 2015. Betty Spain, owner of Bella Rose, is celebrating her 35th year in business. Photos by Tom Eblen. Betty Spain grew up in Wolfe County, the eighth of 12 children in a family of little means. 8220;Never had a new pair of shoes until I was 12,” she said. “I wore lots of hand-me-downs.”. One big attraction is the shop’s large inve...
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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. Foster Pettit’s posthumous memoir offers interesting history, lessons in good government. November 10, 2015. A big reason Lexington has prospered over the past 40 years is a gutsy decision by politicians and voters in the early 1970s to create a non-partisan merger of city and county governments. In Frankfort along with one of Pettit’s sons, Gregory, a public relations executive. Pettit began working on the book in 2011 and interviewe...
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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. From hand-me-downs to high fashion, Bella Rose owner celebrates 35 years in business. November 16, 2015. Betty Spain, owner of Bella Rose, is celebrating her 35th year in business. Photos by Tom Eblen. Betty Spain grew up in Wolfe County, the eighth of 12 children in a family of little means. 8220;Never had a new pair of shoes until I was 12,” she said. “I wore lots of hand-me-downs.”. One big attraction is the shop’s large inve...
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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. From hand-me-downs to high fashion, Bella Rose owner celebrates 35 years in business. November 16, 2015. Betty Spain, owner of Bella Rose, is celebrating her 35th year in business. Photos by Tom Eblen. Betty Spain grew up in Wolfe County, the eighth of 12 children in a family of little means. 8220;Never had a new pair of shoes until I was 12,” she said. “I wore lots of hand-me-downs.”. One big attraction is the shop’s large inve...
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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. Bevin could show a conservative can care about conservation. November 14, 2015. Kentucky is blessed with a beautiful landscape and abundant water resources, and we have been trying for more than a century to ruin it. Too often, Kentuckians have been presented with a false choice: We can either have jobs and economic prosperity or clean water, air and land but not both. I’m not so sure about that. Kentucky’s environment has suffe...
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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. From hand-me-downs to high fashion, Bella Rose owner celebrates 35 years in business. November 16, 2015. Betty Spain, owner of Bella Rose, is celebrating her 35th year in business. Photos by Tom Eblen. Betty Spain grew up in Wolfe County, the eighth of 12 children in a family of little means. 8220;Never had a new pair of shoes until I was 12,” she said. “I wore lots of hand-me-downs.”. One big attraction is the shop’s large inve...
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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. Emerge Contracting sees opportunity in urban infill, redevelopment. October 12, 2015. Smith Town Homes, a townhouse development on Smith Street. Photos by Tom Eblen. When Bob Eidson and Matt Hovekamp were roommates 15 years ago at the University of Kentucky, they talked about starting a real estate development company together. Then they went their separate ways. Hovekamp spent a dozen years as Ball Homes’ purchasing manager. With tha...
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The Bluegrass and Beyond. Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen. Emerge Contracting sees opportunity in urban infill, redevelopment. October 12, 2015. Smith Town Homes, a townhouse development on Smith Street. Photos by Tom Eblen. When Bob Eidson and Matt Hovekamp were roommates 15 years ago at the University of Kentucky, they talked about starting a real estate development company together. Then they went their separate ways. Hovekamp spent a dozen years as Ball Homes’ purchasing manager. With tha...
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