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Weston museum highlights history of the Katharine Gibbs secretarial school
The Boston Globe Now, a peek into their world of typewriters and carbon paper — and white gloves — is on display at the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History in Weston, on the campus of Regis College. Henry Lukas, the Spellman's education director, suggested … |
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Ritter approves extension of Habitat StampsThe Durango Herald, ColoradoSenate Bill 235 makes changes to the Habitat Stamp program that will mean some people who buy fishing licenses will pay more. The law extends the Habitat Stamp fee through 2013. Since it was started in 2006, the stamp has raised $3 million a year to … More:…
Linn’s Stamp News Star Trek forever stamps: When they will beam into United States post officesLinn’s Stamp NewsThe United States Postal Service's Star Trek forever stamps will be issued in a set of four on Sept. 2. The designs of the stamps show different elements of the Star Trek science fiction television series that debuted…
In 2008, Fewer Than 30 Million Used Food Stamps. Now 46 Million Do.Daily SignalAble-bodied adults receiving food stamps should be required to work, prepare for work, or do a job search. Look back at what happened in the 1990s. The great welfare reform of 1996 was put into law, reforming the largest cash welfare assistance…
Food stamps under fireGreat Falls TribuneWASHINGTON — The odds of winning one of Michigan's high-stakes lottery games are 1 in 10000, but the probability of two people hitting million-dollar jackpots and still be collecting food stamps has to be even more remote.and more » More: continued here
Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsAlbany Times UnionA stamp with the face of Britain's Laura Trott kissing her gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics is seen on an envelope ready to be sent by Herman Sanchez on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, in London. London has been issuing stamps every day with photos…
New stamps created for May rate increaseNewsOK.com, OKBy AP WASHINGTON — With postal rates going up in May, the US Postal Service is readying stamps to cover the new prices. The price of a first-class stamp will go up by 2 cents to 44 cents May 11, and several other rates will increase. … More: continued…