Monthly Archives: July 2009

Hey, is this thing on?

July 28, 2009 – 3:26 pm

It’s been relatively quiet here on HIB. The wife and I are still looking but I’ve let my blogging slip a bit. I’m planning to change that come August. This August is going to be my summer of blog. What’s the deal? At least one blog post a day, every day, from August 1st to [...]

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What Evil Lurks On Livingston Ave?

July 23, 2009 – 1:08 pm

142 Livingston, just appeared on MLS today. Hmm…nice Tudor style house on a big lot. But wait, what’s that in the back?

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FSBO Follies – 79 Lakeland Ave

July 20, 2009 – 3:57 pm

Thanks to all-star commenter Blog Olevich for pointing me toward this one. All this time looking at houses in Babylon and this is my first FSBO — that’s For Sale By Owner for those of who aren’t in the know. By the way, I’m thinking of adding a Babylon FSBO listing page to the site. [...]

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Casey Jones You Better Watch Your Speed

July 18, 2009 – 12:53 pm

Witness describes seeing passenger drive rush-hour train The man in the suit, after spending nearly 45 minutes inside the engineer’s cab of a morning-rush hour Long Island Rail Road train, emerged and said jokingly to a fellow rider, “How’d I do?” said the MTA Police’s key witness in the ongoing investigation of charges that a [...]

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395 Park Ave

July 17, 2009 – 3:43 pm

Here’s a golden oldie for those of you (like me) that like the 100+ year old houses. We saw this one last week with our Realtor, Tom McGiveron. 395 Park Ave MLS# 2196769 – Zillow Page Ask $370,000 3 bedrooms – 1.5 baths – Colonial Taxes: $5,982 – Village Taxes: $696.60 We got there a [...]

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Giant Shark!

July 15, 2009 – 4:34 pm

5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island A 26-foot-long dying shark washed ashore Tuesday on a Long Island beach, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said. The male basking shark, which weighed an estimated 5,000 pounds and was measured at 26 feet, 6 inches, died shortly after authorities arrived on [...]

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