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Buy REO Homes Up to 50% Off
12/15/2011

The banks are selling homes in Utah faster than they can foreclose. Utah foreclosures do not stay at one price for very long. Not all foreclosures are great deals, but if you know what to watch for and when to make a move, you can strike gold. Homes that have granite, new carpet, fresh paint [...]

3 Tips 4 Buying Utah Short Sales
12/15/2011

Buying a short sale can be a great way to make a smart real estate purchase. There are a few items to think about to make your experience with Utah short sales more positive. More frequently, home buyers want to look at nothing but foreclosures, REOs, and short sales during their real estate search. However, [...]

Buy Sandy Condo for less than $450 month
12/15/2011

WOW, that payment includes principal, interest, mortgage insurance, HOA (water, sewer, trash and hazard insurance) and taxes. Sales price is LESS than $50,000! This property is almost 800 sq ft with one bedroom and one bath. Live off of 90th S in Sandy, Utah for less than rent payment. 100% financing with no money down [...]

Searching KSL.com Homes for Sale
12/15/2011

Are you searching for your next home on www.KSL.com?  Have you found a listing that is too good to be true.  It is.  Lately, I have had buyers ask me to find out additional details of homes that were listed for sale on this site.  While KSL has a great classified section and there are [...]

Sell Homes at Higher Price with DSLR Photos
12/15/2011

In a recent study done by Redfin Corp, it was discovered that listings marketed with high end DSLR photos sold for more money! And we’re not talking a few dollars more! According to the Wall Street Journal, the study showed that listings with DSLR photos gained any where from $1000 to $100,000 more at closing! [...]

New and interesting openings
12/14/2011

Cafe Madrid gets new digs The venerable Cafe Madrid is shortly set to re-open at it’s new location, 5244 S. Highland Drive, Holladay. While the new larger building (pictured left) also promises to be ...

Weekend events
12/14/2011

SLC Greek Festival Dolmathes, Gyro, Spanakopita: just three of the fabulous items available to sample during this weekend’s Greek festival in downtown SLC. The poplar event is now in its 36th year and entry will ...

News around town (09/01/11)
12/14/2011

Faustina goes EPIC Faustina in downtown Salt Lake is hosting a special evening with EPIC Brewing on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. EPIC’s brewmaster Kevin Crompton will be there to educate about EPIC Brewing fundamentals ...

On the road: Saam at the Bazaar
12/14/2011

Tasting menu review Throughout my years of writing for Gastronomic SLC, people have always asked me why I have never written about some of my more interesting meals, outside of Salt Lake City. I’ve often ...

Sous Vide class @ Tony Caputo’s Market & Deli
12/14/2011

When I first heard the term sous-vide, I heard the French meaning: under vacuum. Sous-Vide is a way of cooking where you vacuum seal whatever food you want inside of a plastic bag and place ...

Elizabeth’s Bakery & Tea Shop review (followup)
12/14/2011

Lunch review It has been approximately three years, not to mention many a repeat visit, since we last reviewed Elizabeth’s Bakery & Tea Shop back in 2008. Recently, spurred on by some great Groupon deals for ...

News around town (07/08/11)
12/14/2011

New Bar Bites menu at Bambara Bambara recently announcing their new “Powers’ Hours” in its adjacent club, The Vault, with new half-priced Bar Bites throughout the work week from 3 – 5 p.m. Executive Chef ...

Faustina restaurant review (summer 2011 menu)
12/14/2011

It’s funny how sometimes you forget about a restaurant. For some reason, it stops being in your “so where do you want to go tonight” list, and pretty soon it slides to the back of ...

Gourmandise Bakery $25 giveaway
12/14/2011

To celebrate their recently released summer menu, Gourmandise Bakery have kindly given Gastronomicslc.com a $25 gift card to giveaway to one lucky reader. One item from the new menu, highlighting the focus on quality ingredients is ...

Utah educators pleased with guv’s education recommendations
12/13/2011

Utah educators pleased with guv’s education recommendations

By lisa schencker The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 07:00PM MDT

Teachers could get raises, schools could get more money for new students and students could find themselves taking new types of tests if Gov. Gary Herbert gets his way. Herbert unveiled his budget recommendations Monday, saying he’d like to see lawmakers spend an additional $111 million on public schools next school year. That would amount to more than one-fourth of the projected $400 million in additional revenue the state is expecting. In all, he’s recommending $3.6 billion for schools next y...

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Ballet West ballet master dies of cancer
12/13/2011

Ballet West ballet master dies of cancer

By Kathy Adams Special to The Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 06:50PM MDT

Mark Goldweber, ballet master for Ballet West and director of Ballet West II, died Dec. 9 of cancer. He was 53. His life cast a long shadow throughout the local and national dance community. As the announcement of his death Friday spread on email and the Internet, Ballet West staff received emotional notes from dancers, administrators and dance writers across the country. Yet it was a highly personal loss that permeated the Utah studios on Monday morning, as Goldweber’s passing felt like a deat...

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Salt Lake County poised to quietly pass budget
12/13/2011

Salt Lake County poised to quietly pass budget

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 05:59PM MDT

No tax increase, no heated public hearing. That appears likely Tuesday evening, when Salt Lake County invites residents to weigh in on the proposed $640 million budget for 2012. The Republican-led County Council is expected to adopt the budget after the 6 p.m. hearing at the County Government Center, 2001 S. State St. Democratic Mayor Peter Corroon defused much of the potential vitriol when he abandoned a once-contemplated tax hike that would have restored revenue lost to inflation and the Great...

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GOP in trouble with Latino voters
12/13/2011

GOP in trouble with Latino voters

By david montero The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 04:54PM MDT

A national poll released Monday showed 73 percent of Latino voters view the Republican Party as either ignoring or being outright hostile to them — an illustration of the difficulties the GOP has heading into the 2012 election. But the ImpreMedia/Latino Decisions poll didn’t stop there with bad news for the GOP. According to the survey of 500 registered Latino voters, only 9 percent said they were certain they would vote for a Republican presidential candidate while 43 percent were certain they ...

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New Utah charter school hopes to serve refugees, immigrants
12/13/2011

New Utah charter school hopes to serve refugees, immigrants

By Rosemary Winters The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 04:42PM MDT

Granite School District has approved a charter for a new public school that plans to serve refugees, immigrants and students interested in an education with a “global perspective.” Utah International School (UIS), a secondary charter school, is scheduled to debut in August 2013 in South Salt Lake, leasing the site of Granite’s Hartvigsen School after it moves into new digs. There are 78 charter schools in Utah. Most are authorized by the Utah State Charter School Board, but several are approved ...

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Guv says education funding bump key to economic growth
12/13/2011

Guv says education funding bump key to economic growth

By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 04:36PM MDT

Bountiful • Gov. Gary Herbert pitched his budget blueprint for the coming year as a plan that ensures Utah has an educated workforce that attracts business and fuels economic growth. At its heart, Herbert’s proposal is an increase of more than $134 million for Utah’s public schools and universities to educate 12,500 students entering public schools next year and offering teachers a small raise. “I think it is absolutely imperative for our long-term economic stability that we fund education,” He...

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Former youth counselor pleads guilty to making child porn
12/13/2011

Former youth counselor pleads guilty to making child porn

By aaron falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 04:06PM MDT

A former counselor at a Panguitch facility for troubled teens has pleaded guilty to making child pornography. Eric Allen Glosson — who worked at Silverado Academy — entered the plea Monday in U.S. District Court. He faces a minimum of 15 years in prison when he is sentenced May 14 before Judge Ted Stewart. Glosson admitted to coercing a 16-year-old boy to engage in sexually explicit conduct while Glosson recorded it with a video camera. Glosson, 28, also faces charges in state court, where he i...

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One man dead, another critical after Salt Lake County shooting
12/13/2011

One man dead, another critical after Salt Lake County shooting

By Erin Alberty and Sheena McFarland The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 04:06PM MDT

As Tommy Varner’s adoptive family processed the news of his murder, the difficult reality of the days to come started to sink in. But among the police interviews and funeral arrangements and early stages of grief, one challenge loomed above the others: to find the woman who decades ago left Tommy — then 3 years old — to be baby-sat by the Varners and never returned. “That’s what I’ve been doing today: trying to find the lady and let her know that her son is dead,” said Tommy Varner’s older bro...

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No leads in hit-and-run fatality in Taylorsville
12/13/2011

No leads in hit-and-run fatality in Taylorsville

By Sheena McFarland The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 04:06PM MDT

The family of a man who was hit and killed early Monday morning is asking for any witnesses to come forward. Alexander Atkin, 22, was walking home from a friend’s home around 10 p.m. Sunday night after watching a football game. A 911 call came in just before 2 a.m., when Atkin’s body was found lying in a crosswalk at 4835 S. 2700 West, a location just blocks from where Atkin lived, said Taylorsville police Sgt. Cory Snodgrass. Police have collected some debris at the scene of the accident, and ...

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Drowsy driver hits West Jordan house
12/13/2011

Drowsy driver hits West Jordan house

By nate carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 03:56PM MDT

As a car hitting a house goes, this one was pretty minor. About 8 a.m., a woman going home from an overnight work shift fell asleep at the wheel of her car, said West Jordan police Sgt. Drew Sanders. The slow-moving car struck a house near 6400 South and 5000 West, breaking a window in the house. Damage was minor and there were no injuries, Sanders said. The woman was even able to drive the car away, Sanders said. ncarlisle@sltrib.com Twitter: @natecarlisle

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Utah, nation making progress ending homelessness among veterans
12/13/2011

Utah, nation making progress ending homelessness among veterans

By Kristen Moulton The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 12, 2011 11:23PM MDT

The number of homeless veterans dropped 12 percent between 2010 and 2011, moving the nation closer to the goal of ending veteran homelessness in 2015, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki said Monday. The numbers, which show a drop from 76,329 to 67,495 homeless veterans, are contained in a supplement to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report being released Tuesday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Utah had 330 homeless veterans on the day last January when the head co...

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