GENTLEMEN, MAY WE INTRODUCE YOU TO THE SHIRT & TIE

A lot of us don’t need to dress up for the office. Some of us just decide to. And with a little help from our old friends the shirt and tie, we show eight dressed-down professionals a new (and improved) way to dress for work.

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CONSIDER THE BUTTON-DOWN

Which, FYI, doesn’t mean a shirt that buttons down the front. The buttoning down refers to the coll

Seaside Park’s Lady Liberty statue to be unveiled

A celebration of Bridgeport’s finer things is planned for Sept. 10 when Seaside Park’s recreated Lady Liberty statue is unveiled at a benefit for the nonprofit City Lights Gallery amid a setting of rare vintage automobiles.

Dragone Classic Motorcars, 1797 Main St., Bridgeport, will be the setting for Friday’s event, sponsored by Pullman & Comley, one of Connecticut’s largest law firms.

The benefit reception, which runs from 6

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Always thank a girl after a dance, even if she steps on your toes 87 times.

Teachers at Lakeside Junior High teach rules like this and other manhood training tips to male students during regular meetings of the school’s Gentlemen Gators before-school club, which recently won a national award. The Character Education Partnership in Washington gave the Clay County public school a "Promising Practices" award for the innovative club, founded by assistant

Anemone varieties also beautiful in fall

When most people think of anemones, they often visualize spring-blooming flowers that come in many colors and grow low to the ground. Lots of people do not realize that there are fall-blooming anemones that stand tall and gracefully dance in the wind.

Toward the end of summer, when most flowers are fading, Japanese anemones come to life. These plants came to us from China through Japan, hence the name Japanese stuck.

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The newest romantic drama from 88-year-old French filmmaker Alain Resnais is at times confounding,thanksgiving teacher gifts, achingly beautiful, tedious and clever. "Wild Grass" is a great-looking,tiffany key rings on sale, emotionally messy motion picture.

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Learning to Discount All Those Juicy Discount Offe

Sometime this fall, Target will begin offering a 5% discount to customers who use its credit card for their purchases at the chain. So is this a good deal — or not?

Just about every discount offer raises the same question, since it is genuinely difficult to assess what a fair price really is. In most cases, discounts are intended to entice us to spend more, not less. Target says, for instance, that it hopes its offer will prompt its &qu

‘TIME FOR MUSIC’ REGISTERING FOR FALL, ADVANCE DIS

Marshall University issued the following news release:

Time is running out for parents who want to take advantage of the advance discount for "Time For Music," a popular program for babies and children up to age 5. The discount applies to registrations that take place on or before Aug. 9, according to Joni Pappas, director of the program, which is offered through the Speech and Hearing Clinic at Marshall University. Sessions begin the week of Aug. 23.

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BYE BYE BIRDIE, HELLO VALENTINE’S DAY ENTERTAINMENT

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will celebrate Valentine’s Day in style this year with a special musical production of “Bye Bye Birdie.” Direct from New York City, the production will grace the Columbia stage on Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. While last year’s Valentine Day production was a fundraiser for the [...]

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ISSUES DIRECTIVE REGARDING PROVISION OF MEDICAL IDENTIFICATION BRACELETS, PENDANTS

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