AMVOX3 Tourbillon GMT (Europa Star)
The fruitful cooperation between Jaeger-LeCoultre and Aston Martin has successively given rise to the AMVOX1 Alarm, an extremely beautiful alarm watch, and to the AMVOX2, an exceptional chronograph, unique in its kind and vertically activated by simply pressing the watch glass.
Looking for new highs (Uxbridge Times-Journal)
UXBRIDGE -- An Uxbridge singing group is looking to hit some new highs. And some new lows. The Pineridge Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, is hosting a registration night...
First 'Green' Real Estate Company in Northern Virginia Announces Launch (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Adam Gallegos, formerly of RE/MAX Allegiance (Clarendon), has announced plans to launch a new "green" real estate venture, Arbour Realty.
First LPGA win for Pepperdine grad (The Malibu Times)
Katherine Hull celebrates her one-stroke victory at the Canadian Open on Sunday. Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images Former Pepperdine University golfer Katherine Hull overcame a six-stroke deficit on Sunday to post her first win on the LPGA Tour. She shot an 11-under 277, including a 3-under 69 on the final day, to win the Canadian Open in Ottawa.
Big bash planned at Algoma U. (The Sault Star)
Ontario's 19th full-fledged university will be officially welcomes into the world next week. Algoma University's board of governors and president Celia Ross will inaugurate the school with a door opening and ribbon cutting Sept. 4. The ceremony will include a sacred fire and pipe ceremony at the Shingwauk [...]
'Mike and Mad Dog' were entertaining (Kingston Daily Freeman)
According to my trusty, dusty Ouija Board, the period of mourning ends tonight. You would have to agree that 11 days is long enough for us to lament the death of the "Mike and the Mad Dog" radio show.
EBR superintendent’s marks slip (The Advocate)
The East Baton Rouge School Board has once again given Superintendent Charlotte Placide high marks for her job performance, but board members are slightly less enthusiastic this year, especially in the area of educational leadership.
Nonprofit accused of private meetings (The Advocate)
Two East Baton Rouge Parish School Board members claim that leaders of a local nonprofit group have proposed holding a series of private meetings with different board members, a move, if carried out, that might violate Louisiana’s open meetings law.
Keeping this gate locked does not address the real problem (Hampshire Chronicle)
SIR - On the issue of the locked gate between Oram's Arbour and Alison Way, in response to a letter (Chronicle, August 14), we wish to express sympathy with residents of Alison Way living near the gateway onto Oram's Arbour.
Marchers push EBR schools’ Yes We Can! initiative (The Advocate)
About 50 people, most wearing green and holding signs, walked Thursday from the parking lot of Westdale Middle School to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Office to present a community agreement to improve public education.
