Beaufort to celebrate 300 years

Come January there will be an unusual birthday celebration.  Perhaps you'll see 300 candles because that's how old the birthday girl will turn.  We're talking about the city of Beaufort.    


Brunswick appeals board approves downtown daycare

Maria Strine, owner of Precious Little Ones Daycare, will move her child care business to downtown Brunswick, taking the place of the former Book Crossing and Gifts store, at 2 E. Potomac St. She will rent the facility for birthday parties as well.


Sypher trial Day 3

The rape, "didn't last long, but it seemed like ages to me," Sypher said. After the rape, Sypher said Pitino told her he needed a ride home. She claims she was in shock and all she wanted to do was to


Don't be afraid of regifting ... let's see where the gift ends up

Everyone has a holiday "not-so-perfect" gift story: eight candles, 10 pairs of socks, four boxes of candy. And what about the gifts that just weren't right? You know the ones. Aunt Ginny's box set of


Heroes for Children makes immediate impact on families

Submitted Photo: Runners make their break at the annual 5K fund raiser for Heroes for Children. Sept. 25 will mark the sixth annual 5K with bounce houses, face painting and performer David the Chicken at the Shops at Legacy in Plano.


NEWS BRIEFS: ParentsCAN turns five

From all over Napa County, members of the Parent Child Advocacy Network, ParentsCAN, celebrated the network's fifth birthday on July 1, at a new, larger resource center at 1909 Jefferson St. in Napa.


Best of the Bay 2010 Editors Picks: Shopping

Well before colony collapse disorder became a phrase of terror, Bay Area bee geeks were eyeing their neglected backyard anise and eucalyptus plants as potential ambrosial fill-up stations for honeybees.


The Maid

Highly Recommended She's more or less family. The Movie In a palatial Chilean estate owned by a large upper-class family, the windows are covered with bars to protect the haves from the have-nots. The home is also surrounded by a gate to further isolate and protect the copious clan. The frequent imagery is fitting considering that--for the last 23 years--the estate has served as a prison for ...


Visitors, artists agree, Ann Arbor Art Fairs the place to be

Nancy Pickus of Lodi Township calls herself an art fair junkie.


Campus Flowers' Veteran Florist, Tina Saglimbeni, Reveals Savings Tips for Giving the Perfect Gift

TEMPE, AZ--(Marketwire - 07/27/10) - It's rare for the same gift to be appropriate for multiple occasions -- no one would give their manager, on boss appreciation day , the same gift they'd given their grandmother on her 80th birthday, right? According to Tempe-based Campus Flowers, it depends on whether or not they'd chosen the universal gift : flowers. Flowers have the unique ability to adapt ...