Globe North listings (Boston Globe) Comprehensive listings for galleries, plays, music, and other happenings in the area. Items may be sent three weeks in advance to carson@globe.com or mailed to Sharon Carson, Boston Globe North, 1 Corporate Place, Suite 200, 55 Ferncroft Road, Danvers 01923. Listings are not accepted over the telephone....more...Faces for our 80th anniversary (Europa Star) The watch industry is, above all, a vast community of men and women who work, day-in day-out, at imagining, elaborating, producing, decorating, distributing and selling watches....more... OUR CRITICS PICKS: Our Critics' Picks (Nashville Scene) Gov?t Mule, Devil?s Dungeon, Dracula , Magicpalooza, My Fair Lady and more...more... Historic Odd Fellows clock again keeping time (Santa Paula Times) It wasn?t quite the stroke of midnight on New Year?s Eve, but the level of excitement Saturday as the Clock Tower struck 11 a.m. was just as high as the refurbished Seth Thomas whirled and its bell clanged above Main Street....more... '57 Chevys leave owners wonderstruck, ex-owners wistful (Dallas Morning News) As Joe Geer's father lay dying, he turned to his son with one final piece of advice. "Sell the '57," Glynn Geer said....more... The Way We Were (Newtown Bee) Newtown's Board of Selectmen will keep its lines of communication open with all parties interested in possible town purchase of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company's 32 acre Morgan Pond property on Castle Meadow Road, but Wednesday decided it would take no action on the matter at this time....more... A true master craftsman (New Straits Times) LIKE wine, a Rolex wristwatch is worth more as it ages. A case in point, an 18-jewelled Rolex watch which cost RM11,000 17 years ago, can fetch up to RM28,000 today....more... 2007/10/11 (New Straits Times) OLD IS GOLD: Wee Pao Chin?s shop is a small museum of watches. It has some of the oldest clocks in Malaysia, including these two alarm clocks which date back to pre-Merdeka days....more... Florida events: October (Miami Herald) Oct. 1-31: Fishing Rodeo, Destin. The ultimate fishing tournament, with more than 30,000 anglers competing throughout the month for prizes in excess of $100,000. All participants are in the running for daily, weekly and overall prizes in men's, women's and junior anglers' categories. 850-837-6734; www.destinfishingrodeo.org....more... |