By AMY RINARD Oconomowoc -- After turning a dilapidated concrete-block beach house on Silver Lake into a swanky Italian villa-style restaurant, Tony Pipito expected to open his business soon.

By Amy Rinard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Mar. 17--OCONOMOWOC -- After turning a dilapidated concrete-block beach house on Silver Lake into a swanky Italian villa-style restaurant, Tony Pipito expected to open his business soon.

By Tonia Moxley, The Roanoke Times, Va. Jul. 6--Developers can't sue Blacksburg Town Council for applying new restrictions to a South Main Street redevelopment plan that includes a big-box store widely thought to be a Wal-Mart -- at least not yet.

By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Mar. 22--VIRGINIA BEACH -- The proposed boat slips in Sandbridge may be private, and the users could be considered a social club.

By Meghann Cotter, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Mar. 8--Filling Rocky Pen Reservoir is proving more difficult than Stafford planned. And construction hasn't even started. Utilities officials expected to start preparing the U.S.