CHESTERTOWN — Local singer/songwriter Ashley Chapa recently released two Christmas singles, "Christmas When We Were Together" and "A Love that Feels Like Christmas." These songs cap off an incredible ...

Sears, once America’s largest and most important retailer, could very be going into its last Christmas shopping season. The Sears chain had 2,000 stores as recently as 20 years ago and more than 200 ...

When Paul Meltzer bought his colonial revival house on Denton’s Oak Street, he was told his new property was a catalog home. His research revealed that the home, built between 1926 and 1927, was a ...

Craftsman has long been considered a household name. The simple yet enduring brand first entered the conversation after Sears purchased the rights to use the name in 1927 (for $500, worth a little ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Sale Real Estate Sign in Front of New House. Once upon a time—way before online shopping—you could order just about everything ...

Sears sold mail-order kit homes from 1908 to 1942, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. Few Sears kit homes were sold in Florida, likely due to shipping logistics and the homes' ...

Before there was Amazon and the internet, there was the Sears Catalog Big Book. It offered everything from ready-to-build home kits to clothes, furniture, tools, jewelry, appliances, and even opium in ...

A group of residents and design professionals has created a home catalog for Eaton Fire survivors, offering pre-approved home design plans to save costs and speed up rebuilding. The Foothill Catalog ...

Sears and Roebuck knew how to reach customers in the far corners of the country -- decades before the Internet. By the turn of the 20 th century, Sears had taken advantage of the nationwide rail ...

There was a time when Sears was the largest retailer in the United States with 3,500 stores. Now it has just eight. And for folks of a certain age, that is an incredibly somber fact. But it is a fact ...

Over the decades, the kit homes ranged in price from $3,000 to $10,000 depending on the size, design and scope. The companies also sold garages, boilers, chicken coops, bathtubs and built-in shelving.