How to start a scrabble club

If you like to play Scrabble, but don’t have any friends who also like to play, the best thing you can do is start a Scrabble® club and try to attract people from your town. It may take a few weeks or even a few months to acquire many...

Life imitates art in western Maine

When most of us think of Maine, we picture coastal fishing towns, preppy island resorts, and vintage lighthouses. A tour of western Maine is an adventure through lakes and forests in a region filled with real and imagined ties to novelist Stephen King. Bridgton, where King raised his children,...

A brief history of advertising with promotional calendars

Calendar advertising has a rich history dating back to the 1850s, when The Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia began printing calendars containing advertising. Promotional wall calendars became even more popular as printing technology improved. In 1878, Andrew and Jacob Geiger opened a printing shop in Newark, New Jersey,...

A kitchen cart to spruce up any kitchen

Contrary to popular belief, adding a center island to your kitchen doesn’t have to be permanent or a huge investment. By using portable carts or kitchen islands, you can achieve the sophisticated look associated with a center island without having to do a major remodel or take out a...

Does your company website need to be audited?

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland If your company’s website hasn’t been audited in the last two years, you’re in for a lot of surprises, and I’m afraid they won’t be good ones. A website audit...

When to Hire an Unemployment Lawyer

Losing your job is hard enough. Your lack of income hurts not only your pride, but also your bottom line. While it may seem counterintuitive to pay an unemployment attorney when you’re already low on cash, it could actually be a great decision. Unemployment paperwork may seem very simple...