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Bovey Coleraine Youth Center Fund Raiser

Mark your calendars for Satuday, Sept 5, 8 am to 1 pm, the Bovey Coleraine Youth Center will be having a rummage sale fund raiser at the youth center. There are lots of back to school clothing, and tons of miscellaneous. The Youth Center is located across from the Bovey post office, on main ...

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Free Tunes: Get a Free $2 Amazon MP3 Credit

Get a free $2 MP3 credit at Amazon when you tell Amazon what your current favorite song is and share it on Facebook. Once you share your song, you should see a $2 credit added to your Amazon account. ...

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Free Tunes: Get a Free $2 Amazon MP3 Credit

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Last week Comcast got a lot of attention for giving priority to its online video service Xfinity. That move makes even more sense (from a Comcast business perspective) and becomes more worrisome (from a Net Neutrality perspective) given Comcast’s recent decision to charge users who go over a monthly data limit. To be fair the limit seems pretty generous – 300 gigabytes for basic Internet plans.According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, only 1 percent of U.S. ...

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5th Grade Invitational showcases youth artists

Guests at May 4th First Friday Opening The BCAC was once again host to the 5th Grade Invitational in May 2012.  This annual exhibit features work from Central, Horace May, JW Smith,Lincoln, Northern, School Craft, Solway, St. ...

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