But revitalization of the surrounding downtown is more complicated. Since 2017, limited liability companies tied to the Church of Scientology have bought about 176 buildings and lots within walking distance of the waterfront and have kept most of them vacant,…[Continue Reading...]
CLEARWATER — The city’s Community Development Board has approved a 64-unit luxury condo on Osceola Avenue, the first of roughly 15 projects that developer Rodney Riley is planning for the North Marina Area near downtown. The board’s approval on Tuesday was…[Continue Reading...]
DULUTH — Forty wooded acres of Grand Marais land owned by a business connected to a controversial religious faction is for sale. To the dismay of area residents, the land, listed for $189,000, has for several years been owned by…[Continue Reading...]
CLEARWATER — For more than a year, as former City Manager Jon Jennings negotiated a major downtown land swap with Scientology leader David Miscavige, City Council members were not privy to the details. Now that they have learned more, all…[Continue Reading...]
The Church of Scientology says it remains committed to turning a derelict nursing home in Gateshead into its North East base, more than 15 years after it acquired the property. The church bought the former Windmill Hills home in 2007…[Continue Reading...]
With a splendid acting career under his belt, Tom Cruise has amassed a great deal of fame and continues to reign supreme as the world’s top action hero. His recent success with Top Gun: Maverick has brought him to the…[Continue Reading...]
Almost 20 years after the fundamentalist Christian sect known as the Twelve Tribes started a commune south-west of Sydney, members are moving out and their local property holdings are being put up for sale. The sell-off of more than $6…[Continue Reading...]
A former Westville department store remains fenced off, empty and rundown — 20 years after the Church of Scientology bought the property, five years after the church last won permission to convert the site into a religious hub, and one year after…[Continue Reading...]
Last week, Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse and enough members of the City Council to constitute a Brown Act violation assembled on the 500 block of State Street to celebrate the grand opening of a new boutique hotel — the Drift — located in…[Continue Reading...]
The alleged cult that in 2021 bought a Wildwood mansion from Nelly is now trying to buy a 284-acre property in Florissant where Boeing used to operate its Leadership Center. According to an individual familiar with the Kingdom of God…[Continue Reading...]
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