MARTHA DOES A DEAL WITH KB BUILDER HOOKS UP WITH STYLE QUEEN.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer SAUGUS - Her new prime-time TV show is slumping in the ratings, and she was banned from a Canadian fall fest because of her ex-con status, but Martha Stewart <noinclude></noinclude> Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. She is also a former stockbroker and fashion model. has been welcomed with open arms by the nation's largest home builder. KB Home is featuring Halloween decorations from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSLO, NYSE: MSO) is publishing and content provider founded by Martha Stewart. The Company's business activities center around the domestic arts. In 2005 MSLO reported revenues of US$209.5 million compared to US$187. in 500 of its model homes across America, including one in Tesoro del Valle's Canterbury Collection in Saugus. It's the smallest of the models there, not the ``big house.'' Silhouettes of skeletons and witches deck the windows and ghosts float overhead. Pumpkin pails highlight the kitchen, and spooky music filters through the sound system, all part of a monthlong Guess Who's House Haunting campaign. Never mind her recent past - the five-month stint in a country club of a federal prison - Martha is it when it comes to decorating, said John Musella, director of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most for KB Home. ``Martha Stewart is the premier expert for planning and decorating for the holidays,'' Musella said Friday. ``It makes perfect sense to partner with her.'' Prime-time viewers, however, haven't fallen in love with Stewart's Donald Trump  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. knock-off, ``The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.'' And the queen of the crafts was barred from this weekend's fall festival in Windsor, Nova Scotia Windsor is a small town located in central Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,778 and was at one time the shire town of the county. , where she was to have paddled a giant pumpkin across Lake Pesaquid, The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. reported. It seems Canadian immigration law prohibits ex-cons from entering the country. But KB is ready to give Stewart a boost. Home buyers will get a deal on her magazine, Martha Stewart Living Martha Stewart Living is a magazine and a television show featuring entertaining and home decorating guru Martha Stewart. Both the magazine and the television program focus on the domestic arts. , and those trekking through model homes can get decorating ideas featuring items that can be ordered online at www.marthastewart.com/shop. Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): Photo: KB Home has decorated its homes in Tesoro del Valle with Hall oween decorations from Martha Stewart Living. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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