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Frugal Family: Stick with a budget and carry cash
Do you have problems sticking to a budget? Sticking to a budget is quite easy if you follow a few simple tips. I have always recommended if you want to stick to your grocery store budget to know ...
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Frugal Family: Living frugal can also mean living simply
As all of you know, I have a huge problem with the television show Extreme Couponing. It seems to be all the rage amongst the people that I hang out with. Several of my friends have stockpiles and ...
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When should you start taking Social Security
If you’re of a certain age, the new year means you’re that much closer to a day you may have anticipated with a combination of humor and resignation — specifically, the day you’r...
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Frugal Family: Great website for do-it yourself projects
am the first to admit that I am not crafty. I do not have a crafty bone in my body. However, recently I discovered a website that can turn the most uncrafty person into Martha Stewart and gives yo...
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Time to hang up on irritating cell phone use
Walking through a local mall one day during the Christmas season, I noticed several people with these fancy cell phone ear attachments hanging from their ears. With the microphone dangling in fron...
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Replacing elections with lotteries
There has to be a better way. Some of us reached that conclusion after discussing the mess our congressional and legislative governing systems have come to. Winston Churchill said that democra...
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by Janet Kangas
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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Some of you will say it is a holiday made up by the greeting card companies, florists and candy manufacturers. I’m Ok with that. It really doesn’t matter...
Does time heal all wounds?
by D.G. Martin
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Will John Edwards someday be the new Newt Gingrich? Where did this crazy question come from? To get the answer, read on. First, we should wrestle with the questions political experts have been...
Finding my words, a way to pay tribute
by Kelly Griffith
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A writer with no words has a serious problem. My brother, Maj. Samuel Griffith, was killed in action in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 14, 2011. For the last month, I’ve struggled to fin...
Time to hang up on irritating cell phone use
by J.T. Smith
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Walking through a local mall one day during the Christmas season, I noticed several people with these fancy cell phone ear attachments hanging from their ears. With the microphone dangling in fron...
Time for retirement plan distributions?
by John Braxton
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You may not have the pictures, suntan or souvenirs to show for it, but if you’re at least 70-1/2, you’ve just finished a “vacation.” And that means you’ll have to do some work — on determining how...
Give the gift of love all year round
by J.T. Smith
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The Holiday Season certainly is a time for spreading love and compassion among our family, friends and sometimes even strangers. However, we should make it our mission to keep the river of love th...
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Letter to the editor
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To the Editor: The N.C. General Assembly last week unwisely passed the ill-conceived and falsely promoted House Bill 384, which raises the fees charged to record real estate and business documents...
Thanks for being welcoming
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Dear Editor, As founding owner of Doggie Village, I would like to take this opportunity to extend a tremendous Thank You to the Holly Springs community for welcoming us into the area. Our busin...
Celebrate foster families this May
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Dear Editor, May is National Foster Care Month, a time for our nation to celebrate and honor the many foster parents who provide safe and loving homes for children who have been victims of child m...
Church reaches out to family in need
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Dear Editor, Like many others, our home was damaged by a tornado on April 16, 2011. Personally my wife and I were lucky to be out of town. Two of our sons (who live locally) came to our rescue....
Writer not pleased with politicians
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Dear Editor, On Saturday, Apr. 16, communities across our region were hit with devestating tornadoes. Lives lost, individuals with serious injuries, businesses and jobs lost. What taxpayer fu...
Organization provides support system
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I'm a student and also a teen. I've recently watched Raleigh’s residents re-enter their damaged community. At school, I saw all the horrific damages. Many students were affected by the tornado, so...
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Frugal Family: Make Sure you Check Out the Semi-Annual Sales
by Stephanie Eaton Harvie
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Tis the season to save money and it is important to keep your eyes open for great sales. Several major national clothing chains are having their semi-annual sales that drastically mark down their c...
Who teaches us how to live - and die?
by By D.G. Martin
1 month ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Alzheimer’s. Just the word scares you to death doesn’t. When I saw an article that described and gave examples of a new mental test that can make a very reliable preliminary diagnosis of early...
Time for retirement plan distributions?
by John Braxton
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
You may not have the pictures, suntan or souvenirs to show for it, but if you’re at least 70-1/2, you’ve just finished a “vacation.” And that means you’ll have to do some work — on determining how...
Give the gift of love all year round
by J.T. Smith
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Holiday Season certainly is a time for spreading love and compassion among our family, friends and sometimes even strangers. However, we should make it our mission to keep the river of love th...
Talk to your children (and parents) about shared financial picture
by John Braxton
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It’s Thanksgiving week. And if you’re fortunate, you can look around your Thanksgiving table and see several generations of your family. Of course, as you know, many types of cohesiveness are invo...
Occupy Christmas by shopping locally
by Kelly Griffith
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“If you really want to occupy Wall Street, shop locally.” That is the message used as the profile photo for the Fuquay-Varina Revitalization Association on Facebook. I saw the words a couple wee...
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