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Support Island Moving Company this holiday season by shopping at Patagonia on Thames Street. Receive free git wrapping.
View ArticleHoliday Vows
On a low-key day not so long ago, my mind had a moment to consider the holidays, and I suddenly felt compelled to make a list of things I would do this holiday season. For any good list to be...
View ArticleWatch What You Buy
For parents, one of the greatest joys is watching your children excitedly pulling back the wrapping paper to reveal the toy they’ve been wishing for all year. You can’t help but relive your own...
View ArticleThere is a Story in the Numbers
As a young girl I developed a love for reading....Now I’m an adult, with a career in numbers....Every tax return, pile of paperwork or box that gets dumped on my desk tells a story.
View ArticleTwinkies, RIP
Early last month, while I was munching on a handful of organically grown, roasted pumpkin seeds, I heard of the Hostess Company’s imminent demise, followed shortly thereafter by news of their failed...
View ArticleCool Ideas, Hot Soup
There’s nothing more comforting than a steaming mug or bowl of homemade soup on a frigid winter day.
View ArticleIn Brief...
The Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut laid off more than 300 employees due to declining revenues and in- creasing competition.
View ArticleIf We Build It...
There's a lot of building going on in the South Coast. That's a good thing.
View ArticleClifton
The elegant cornerstone of the Clifton campus is its Assisted Living building, perched on the hill above the nursing center. Here, the health care staff promote an active lifestyle. Varied apartments...
View ArticleI Have This Thing...
Then the pain abates back there after a few days, but sneaks around the sides for a bit, then the front, then it goes away. Until the next time. And at 59, pushing 124 in goalie years, there is always...
View ArticleGIFTS TO GIVE Keeps Giving
Jim Stevens, a gregarious man of retirement age, shares his skill for mentoring budding philanthropists and volunteers and does not give any indication of slowing down during his sunset years. He’s the...
View ArticleThe Perfect Gift - Wine, of Course
The most popular bottle of wine to give for the holidays, as you might expect, is a nice bottle of bubbly. It doesn’t not need to be a genuine French Champagne, but that will always be most impressive.
View ArticleSee the Light
One gadget I've always liked is the flashlight. I like them more than ever now because nights and poorly lit areas seem a whole lot murkier to me than they once did.
View ArticleMessage in a Bottle
Two years ago, Mary Lou Manley of Mattapoisett put a message in a bottle and then threw it into the ocean from a friend’s sailboat. In August, it washed ashore in a Norwegian village above the Arctic...
View ArticleAre You Ready for Winter?
A person can survive three weeks without food, three days without water, but only three hours without shelter from severe cold.
View ArticleBuckle Up, Baby Boomers
I’d always thought of retirement as a destination, a semi-final resting place. I’m getting re-educated. We could be entering uncharted territory here. We Boomers may be the unwitting pioneers of...
View ArticleSippican Choral Membership
Spring 2013 Singer Recruitment The Sippican Choral Society welcomes singers for its 2013 Spring Concert, with rehearsals beginning January 14, 2013. Rehearsals are held weekly at 7:30 ...
View ArticleUniform Probate Code - Changes in Mass
One of the most important “lifetime” estate planning documents is the Durable Power of Attorney. A Durable Power designates someone who can act on your behalf with respect to legal and financial matters.
View ArticleThe Rebirth of an Entrepreneurial Nation
A critical part of being in business is accurate bookkeeping and tracking of business expenses to significantly lower the business owner’s tax liability.
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