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Financial tips for the self-employed

Jul 20, 2022 03:05PM

Being self-employed has some benefits. You get to choose your own hours, you don’t have to count “vacation days;” and you’ll never worry about getting downsized.

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Booklovers’ Gourmet touts summer reading, events

Jul 20, 2022 03:03PM

In wishing one and all a “Happy July,” Deb Horan of Booklovers’ Gourmet, 72 E. Main St., Webster, recommends as seasonal reading “The Summer Place,” by Jennifer Weiner, set on the Outer Cape.

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Beaches; and how I added to the ocean’s sea glass

Jul 20, 2022 02:58PM

When did all the beaches become so crowded? My initial memories of visiting Misquamicut State Beach, Rhode Island with my family was when I was about eight years old and it really

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Webster voters OK Bartlett High renovation funds, 1095 yes to 611 no

Jul 20, 2022 02:44PM

It’s official, at the June town meeting and ballot voting thereafter, 1,706 Webster voters came out in full force to vote pro-renovations for Bartlett High School.

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Oxford’s Geoffrey Esper A-OK in dog-eat-dog world

Jul 20, 2022 02:37PM

An electronics teacher may be Geoffrey Esper’s principal occupation, but increasingly the 47-year-old, 195-pound resident of Oxford is better known as a Major League Eating dynamo.

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The DIY approach to getting car carpets clean

Jul 20, 2022 01:30PM

Q.I hope this isn’t a silly question. What is the best way to vacuum the interior of the car? My home vacuum doesn’t do a thorough cleaning. The car wash has vacuums, but still I can never

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Gay City State Park Part 2: A ghost wandering in the woods

Jul 20, 2022 01:14PM ● By Chuck Tashjian

Part One began to tell of the ghosts of Gay City State Park in Hebron, Connecticut. Here is the conclusion for anyone who might want to visit the ghost town and hopefully encounter one of its

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Samuel Slater’s to host night of comedy on July 29

Jul 20, 2022 01:03PM

Veteran Comedian Jimmy Dunn will be headlining a night of laughs at Samuel Slater’s Restaurant in Webster on Friday, July 29th. He will be joined by special guest Karen Morgan. Doors open at

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Christmas in July heads summer fun at Southwick’s Zoo

Jul 20, 2022 12:21PM

Temperatures are heating up and so is activity at Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon. Among the events scheduled in July and August are Christmas in July on July 30 and 31, Earth

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HAPPENINGS!

Jul 20, 2022 12:11PM

NOTE: Community bulletin board-type items are welcome for inclusion in the Happenings! section of the Xpress newspapers. Please allow enough lead time for publication. Emai your

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