Service drives tech company (Detroit News)
Creative Computer Solutions of Michigan is a Troy-based high-tech service and sales company. Owner David Hoose said the firm specializes in computers of all kinds, Web hosting and site design.
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Wine bar hosting fundraiser for woman with cancer (Redlands Daily Facts)
REDLANDS - Time in a Bottle wine bar will host a fundraiser Thursday, Sept. 11, for a Redlands High School graduate who is fighting cancer.
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Pugs to picnic and play at Shiawassee Park (Farmington Observer)
Michigan Pug Rescue is hosting its annual reunion and picnic for Pugs, their human friends and families from noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 7 at Shiawassee Park in Farmington.
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Your faith: Cook County (Daily Herald)
The Ministry of New Beginnings, part of the Phoenix Group, is a 31-year-old, Catholic-oriented, nondenominational social support organization for separated, divorced, widowed and single persons.
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Portsmouth area community calendar (Portsmouth Herald)
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Local briefs (Grand Island Independent)
Briefs on Byco robbery, Heartland Lutheran Septemberfest, 47th Battalion reunion, Palmer turtledove hunt and feed, Ravenna auto parts swap meet, prairie restoration tour, benefit poker run, UNL marching band
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Confidence with a Flourish :New boutique's owner uses her artistic touch to cater to all women. (South Bend Tribune)
Already at 5 feet 9, Vanessa Cooreman Smith gives a longing look to a pair of white shoes with candy striped heels that sparkle and shine on a shelf.
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Michiganders to party as Obama speaks (Detroit Free Press)
At restaurants, bars, homes and in one giant Detroit block party, thousands of Michigan voters will enjoy a common experience Thursday night -- watching Sen. Barack Obama deliver his historic acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
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Portsmouth area community calendar (Portsmouth Herald)
MUSIC IN MARKET SQUARE begins its 26th season July 11 to Aug. 29 in North Church, Market Square, Portsmouth. Concerts begin at noon and are free. Bring a lunch and a friend. (857) 225-1550. Handel, Gerschwin, and the kitchen sink, featuring Trillium...
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Take a walk for fitness (Times Herald)
This weekend thousands of people will pour into Mackinaw City and St. Ignace for the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness community walk across the Mackinac Bridge.
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