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| | Let commencements commence
05/07/2008
We are fast approaching the season where graduation speakers will remind us that commencement is not an end, but a beginning. (Try telling the graduates they have to start over.)
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| | Better late than never does not apply
04/29/2008
April 15, 2008: Voting for the local and regional school budgets and board of education members; polls close at 9 p.m. By no later than 10 p.m., the results are usually available.
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| | Read and shred
04/16/2008
Prefatory note: The title is not a suggestion with respect to either these words or this issue of Community Life; it's much more serious. It's about "identity theft."
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| | Ringling Bros. Circus performs at empty arena
03/21/2008
The surest, most absolute sign more reliable even than the fabled groundhog that spring is approaching, is the arrival of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus in its tour of local venues.
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| | Postcards from Petrograd: Part II
02/20/2008
On Jan. 16 of this year, I wrote about many of the joys I experienced in my recent trip to St. Petersburg, Russia.
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| | Postcards from Petrograd
01/23/2008
I typically take the first week of January and get away from the onset of the cold weather by lathering myself in sunblock at places like Aruba, the Bahamas, or Orlando.
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| | Gotta love those price clubs
01/02/2008
After much prodding from friends, I finally broke down and went along on a âshopping spreeâ to one of those less-than-elegant âprice clubsâ where, they promise, you can save a good amount of money.
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