State Rep. Tim Madden, a Nantucket Democrat, was sworn in yesterday as the first islander in the state Legislature since Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket lost their seats in a redistricting more than 30 years ago. A long-time House clerk joked with ...
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Facing what’s likely to be a difficult year for tourism, two competing vacation rental companies are teaming up to cross-market properties and rev up plans to target European travelers. Sea Pines Resort and Resort Rentals of Hilton Head have formed ...
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As 2009 begins with employment declining, home values falling, foreclosures increasing, retirement funds depleted and consumer and business credit virtually frozen, it's hard for Long Islanders to feel hopeful about their economic futures. Given the ...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - As Little Joe rode on Uncle Ed's shoulders, Uncle Ed passed the hat. Before long, fellow soldiers had donated $88 to build Little Joe a new house. The year was 1945. Little Joe, 9, had been fatherless since the Japanese bombed the ...
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Prefer pets to high-rise buildings? Then Florida’s St. George Island is the place to vacation. Fido can come along when you hang out at the beach, and no mega-story buildings will cast a shadow on either of you as you loll on the silvery Gulf of ...
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Developed into a resort by chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr., Catalina Island sits just off the California coast not far from Los Angeles . Catalina offers a refuge from the city's hurly-burly with fine beaches, horseback riding and tennis ...
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Facing what's likely to be a difficult year for tourism, two competing vacation rental companies are teaming up to cross-market properties and rev up plans to target European travelers. Sea Pines Resort and Resort Rentals of Hilton Head have formed ...
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