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This week’s Top 10 homes spotlight at www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/ includes the home where George and Martha Washington spent part of their honeymoon. It is the oldest home in Prince George County, Virginia and was owned by Washington’s first bibliographer – the guy who came up with the “I cannot tell a lie†story about Washington cutting down the infamous cherry tree at age six. The estate was on the market at $1.1 million, but is now going to auction on April 18th. Thomas Jefferson also stayed there.
In other home news:
The Miami Beach home that sent Al Capone to jail for tax evasion and was his alibi for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is for sale. Al purchased the home on Palm Island in 1928 and he was there on February 14, 1929 when seven members of a rival gang were gunned down on Chicago’s Northside. Continue reading GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, AL CAPONE, BUBBA WATSON -Toptenrealestatedeals.com
JERSEY CITY, NJ  March 23, 2012 – Gone is the staid demeanor one might find from attendees at the major fundraiser for the Jersey City Free Public Library Foundation. Welcome to the free-spirited character (or, characters?!) – known to dance, non-stop, at the fall fundraiser – to this year’s spring fundraiser.
Mark the calendar for Thursday, April 19 …Teaneck, NJ…THE GROUP HARMONY ALLEY on WFDU-FM fundraiser…A lineup of brilliant and distinctive live acappella, featuring The legendary PERSUASIONS – prodigious, versatile and masters of their craft; The MAGIC TOUCH with eclectic combination of material and styles anchored by the classic 50s/60s vocal group sound; The SHEPS – always known for unusual picks and collectors’ favorites; Philadelphia’s own — A PERFECT BLEND – debuting a brand new configuration, sure to surprise your ears (and eyes!) with that tight harmony sound that lives up to their signature standard of perfection; and THE VIC DONNA GROUP –with uniquely credible foothold in delivering solid collector standard harmony in total prolificacy! Plus…50/50 Raffle…and LIVE 10 minute AUCTION during intermission – auctioning a CHOICE performance (Jersey City’s Bad Boys of Acappella), gift baskets of Italian food items, R&R memorabilia, Imperial DAX Hair care products and art…maybe more. Cash or checks only for auction purchases. Plus a free piece of high-quality delicious cannoli cake for everyone – while supplies last. See poster below for details on ticketing, dinner, reservations or call Christine Vitale at 201-707-0418.
This week’s Top 10 homes spotlight at www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/ includes a beautiful old Victorian on Staten Island that some people say is haunted. Balthasar Kreischer owned a brick factory on Staten Island in the 1800s. He built two large identical mansions for his sons, Edward and Charles, but Edward later committed suicide and both the family business and one of the mansions burned down. In 2005, the surviving mansion was the site of a mafia killing ground where then-caretaker, Joseph (Joe Black) Young, was charged with the slaying of Robert McKelvey and sawing the body into pieces before throwing them into the furnace. Some say you can still hear Edward’s widow weeping in this mansion along with scratching sounds in a spot where children were punished, and a man and a woman ghost slamming doors. The home has been completely restored.
More Mitt Romney home news with details leaking about his La Jolla, California beachfront home scheduled to undergo an expensive renovation after the 2012 presidential election. The news that is getting a lot of late-night TV jokes is that Mitt’s new garage includes a car elevator, or as his campaign people described it to the New York Times: “a mechanism for storing cars in tight spaces.†The existing structure will be replaced by a new 11,062sf estate which will include a 3,600sf finished basement.