Service agency's Ken Weinberg balances job with antiques From Bizjournals.com Jewish Family Service, a nonprofit social services agency, he heads a historic organization that dates back to 1892. Since joining as an intern in 1975, while studying at the University of Washington School of Social Work, and taking the helm in 1984, Weinberg has seen the budget grow from $300,000 in 1975 to $10 million today.

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Enjoy the sweetest bounty of spring as five Sunapee area inns ... From NewHampshire.com Enjoy the sweetest bounty of spring as five Sunapee area inns partner with local maple sugar houses to make March 28 to 30 a full weekend event. Sunapee Region participating inns: Candlelite Inn, Bradford, NH, Rosewood Country Inn, Bradford, NH, Henniker House, Henniker, NH, Highland Lake Inn, Andover, NH and the Inn at Pleasant Lake, New London, NH.

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Thrifting, Antiquing & Art Shows From sandyberry.typepad.com/vintage_collage_quilts/ The Beave & I went antiquing & thrifting last week. It needed lots of TLC but I loved the carvings, key holes & drawer pulls so I snapped it up. I know I should sand it completely & restain but I'm too lazy for that & have bad wrists soooo I will sand it enough to paint in some shabby chic fashion.

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'It was the grandest place' From Utica Observer Dispatch Helen Collis Luke, 92, attended the grand opening of the Stanley Theater in 1928 with her father, Leon Collis, and is pictured Thursday, January 17, at her South Utica home where she lives on her own. "I felt special, that I was the one to go with dad, and special to sit in that seating," said Luke, who now is 92 and lives in South Utica. When it reopens Thursday, April 3, Luke will attend the grand reopening performance, St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre's "Romeo & Juliet," which is sponsored...

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Another Piece Of the Eli Manning Childhood Puzzle Falls Into Place From Deadspin I can't believe I didn't catch wind of this until now -- a nation gained a whole new perspective into the enigmatic Little Manning's upbringing: Some weekends, Archie would take the older boys to their games and Manning said he would ask if he could stay home with a baby sitter. When did KSK begin writing under the New York Times alias Karen Krouse?

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