The Complexities of Keeping It Small and Simple

Away

By LINDA BAKER

Published: November 9, 2007

One couple’s modest Oregon getaway is a model of compact green construction

Homeowners’ Reduced Equity Raises Fear of Slow Spending

Business

By PETER S. GOODMAN

Published: November 8, 2007

In an ominous portent for the national economy, which is largely based on consumer spending, fewer people can borrow against the value of their homes.

Logging Is Part of a Plan to Preserve Adirondacks

New York Region

By ANTHONY DePALMA

Published: October 29, 2007

Environmentalists cheered when a conservancy acquired 161,000 acres, but not all the land will be preserved.