April 19, 2025

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Ask Tamara: To Shack or Not to Shack

Rina Risper07 mins

Dear Tamara:

My fiancé has asked me to move in with him. We have been together for three years and engaged for almost a year now. We have not yet set a wedding date because we each have another year of school left and we both want to wait until we graduate college before getting married. In a way it makes perfect sense that we move in together.

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Travel Troubleshooter: Hotels Are Charging Even More for What Should Be Free

Rina Risper07 mins

 What could be more absurd than paying a surcharge for a wireless Internet connection at your hotel?

 
Paying even more for a wireless Internet connection at your hotel.

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Videoview

Rina Risper08 mins

  ”THE FIGHTER”: Mark Wahlberg shepherded this superb drama through the production process for years, but ironically, he was the only major cast principal not to score an Oscar nomination for the true story of Boston boxer-against-the-odds Micky Ward. Those up for the honors included Christian Bale as Ward’s fighter-turned-trainer half brother, Melissa Leo as their mother and Amy Adams as Ward’s tough-in-her-own-right girlfriend. Director David O. Russell not only draws superb performances from all of them, he also generates an indelible sense of the tale’s setting. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; audio commentary by Russell. **** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray)

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Rina Risper08 mins

  ”THE FIGHTER”: Mark Wahlberg shepherded this superb drama through the production process for years, but ironically, he was the only major cast principal not to score an Oscar nomination for the true story of Boston boxer-against-the-odds Micky Ward. Those up for the honors included Christian Bale as Ward’s fighter-turned-trainer half brother, Melissa Leo as their mother and Amy Adams as Ward’s tough-in-her-own-right girlfriend. Director David O. Russell not only draws superb performances from all of them, he also generates an indelible sense of the tale’s setting. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; audio commentary by Russell. **** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray)

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Mother Flippin’:One Funny Mother – Permissible Stilettos

Rina Risper08 mins

  By Tashmica Torok

 
A few months ago I signed up for a service called Shoe Dazzle.  It’s Kim Kardashian’s company that works kind of like a shoe-of-the-month club.  After taking a short fashion quiz, a virtual showroom is created for you that include both shoes and accessories.  The first week of every month new selections are placed in your showroom and you can decide whether or not to purchase anything or to abstain.  So far, I have yet to abstain.
 

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Mother Flippin’:One Funny Mother – Permissible Stilettos

Rina Risper08 mins

 By Tashmica Torok

 
A few months ago I signed up for a service called Shoe Dazzle.  It’s Kim Kardashian’s company that works kind of like a shoe-of-the-month club.  After taking a short fashion quiz, a virtual showroom is created for you that include both shoes and accessories

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Videoview

Rina Risper06 mins

 By Jay Bobbin

Tribune Media Services
 
STARTING THIS WEEK: “MEGAMIND”: What happens after a villain succeeds in eliminating the hero who’s long been pursuing him? That’s the question faced by the title bad guy (voice of Will Ferrell) in this sly animated fantasy, which was presented in 3-D in theaters. After getting rid of his pursuer (voice of Brad Pitt), Megamind needs a new purpose and has to chart a different course for himself; Tina Fey, Ben Stiller, David Cross and Jonah Hill also are in the vocal cast. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; audio commentary by cast and crew; deleted scene; animated short subject “Megamind: The Button of Doom.” *** (PG: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray)

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News Spotlight: Fenner Nature Center Celebrates the Arrival of SPRING, With the 2011 Maple Syrup Festival!

Rina Risper03 mins

The sweetest time of year is coming, when the sap begins to flow, and Fenner offers it’s Maple Syrup Festival!   The celebration of spring and syrup takes place at Fenner Nature Center, March 19 and 20, Saturday and Sunday, 11 – 4.  It a fun and educational family adventure!

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Ask Tamara: My 15-Year-Old is Sexting!

Rina Risper05 mins

Dear Tamara:

 
I just found out a few days ago that my 15-year-old daughter has been “sexting” on her cell phone with a boy from her school. Up to this point I have never checked my daughter’s phone or gone through her text messages. I just trusted her to be responsible and do the right thing? And although I disagree with her “sexting,” I feel bad that I invaded her privacy. I want to talk to my daughter about her actions, but I don’t want to jeopardize my daughter’s trust and even worse become one of those snooping parents that constantly checks up on her child and only causes her child to become even more secretive.
 

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