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Recent Examples of croftCrossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich.—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.—Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025 Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967.—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
Pluralibacter gergoviae is a bacteria that has been linked to respiratory diseases, urinary tract infections, eye infections and sepsis, particularly in immunocompromised people, according to Melbec Microbiology, a microbiology testing company that specializes in cosmetics.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
Urinary Tract Infection A urinary tract infection (UTI) occurs when bacteria enter the urinary tract, causing infection and inflammation.
But the former homestead exemption still caught the attention of Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Beatrice Butchko Sanchez during a hearing in the residency case Wednesday morning.
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
Like with Proposition 11, districts that lose revenue because of the homestead exemption increase are eligible for additional state aid.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
Rosemount City Council approved a preliminary, final plat and rezoning from A-2 Agriculture to B-2 Employment for the project in February, said Adam Kienberger, community development director for the city.
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Mars King,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
That meant that the land could not be developed until a new preliminary plat was submitted and then finalized, a city planning supervisor, Bill Parsons, explained to the Statesman by phone.
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Rose Evans
September 12,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Sep. 2025
Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect.
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Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
For instance, this year’s manor includes a speakeasy-style cocktail lounge in the basement erected from scratch.
In the photos, the couple can be seen smiling and lying on a bed of grass surrounded by an array of white florals, and celebrating their happy news with a sweet kiss and a bottle of champagne.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
On October 12, Kelsey shared a TikTok video of the moment her dog stepped onto the grass of his very own yard for the first time.
The Spanish subjugated and enslaved the indigenous population of the Canaries—the Guanches—exporting some of them to Madeira or Europe, while others were forced to labor on Canarian sugar plantations.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Keswick is, of course, full of large estates; many were plantations in the 18th century, but have since been transformed.
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.
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Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
14 Apr. 2025
According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.
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