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A Big January in Montecito’s Real Estate: A New Year and Something of a New Market
By Mark Ashton Hunt   |   February 18, 2025

Well, my fellow Montecitans, the Montecito Real Estate market started 2025 off with a bang, as January brought the largest number of sold homes in one month in well over a year. January!!! A month that is normally one of the slower of the year is now the benchmark for months to come. With 25 […]

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Slamming Our Foot in the Pod Bay Door
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Philanthropy
Freedom to Choose
By Steven Libowitz   |   February 18, 2025

Last Sunday night, actor Clarence Maclin spoke to a sold-out Arlington Theatre audience at SBIFF’s Virtuosos Awards about why he had spent years co-writing and then acting in Sing Sing, the feature film up for Best Picture at next month’s Academy Awards. The movie depicts his earlier life, when he was sentenced to 17 years […]

 

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