Published:
12:50 PM March 4, 2021
Rachel Andrews, the owner of Roost which is relocating to a new premises in West Street.
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A north Norfolk florist, which has gone from strength to strength since it launched at the beginning of the pandemic is relocating to the centre of Cromer.
Rachel Andrews set up Roost in February 2020 less than a month before the country went into lockdown.
But despite the challenging trading conditions and various hurdles she has had to overcome, the 49-year-old s company has flourished, leading her to take the decision to relocate Roost from its current home in the North Norfolk Business Centre to 10 West Street in Cromer.
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Na Poâe Kokua, a Maui-based Native Hawaiian housing advocacy group, filed a whistleblower complaint Thursday against Bank of America, calling it a âlast warningâ for the bank to uphold its commitment to make $150 million in home loans available on Hawaiian Home Lands. Na Poâe Kokua said the next step would be a federal lawsuit. AP file photo
A Maui-based Native Hawaiian housing advocacy organization on Thursday filed a whistleblower complaint that it called the “last warning” for Bank of America to uphold a long-standing commitment to make $150 million in home loans available on Hawaiian Home Lands.
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Affordable housing is planned for a 14.75-acre parcel (right) along Kuikahi Drive in Wailuku. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
On the heels of a Maui County Council-backed workforce housing project in Kihei, local construction company Betsill Brothers is planning another 100 percent affordable development, this time in Wailuku.
A $66-million, 204-unit development is slated for nearly 15 acres off the mauka end of Kuikahi Drive in Wailuku. Designed as a mixed neighborhood, the project will comprise single-family, duplex, multifamily, live-work and tiny home units. A draft environmental assessment will be submitted in the next few months, and the project is about two to three years from having homes available, according to Doyle Betsill, Alaula Builders LLC president.
Comedians cast in Harlan Coben s Stay Close
Comedians Eddie Izzard and Andi Osho have joined the cast of new Netflix drama Stay Close from mystery writer Harlan Coben.
They join previously announced stars James Nesbitt, Cush Jumbo, Richard Armitage and Sarah Parish.
Ohso will play a retired ex-army sergeant who’s now pregnant with her first child. It is another major acting role for the stand-up and write following her casting in the forthcoming sixth series of Line Of Duty. The news also comes on the eve of the publication of her first novel, Asking For A Friend.
Jo Joyner, Daniel Francis, Bethany Antonia, Rachel Andrews, Poppy Gilbrty and Hyoie O’Grady have boarded the project.