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City of Winter Garden presents: Shop, Dine, & Stroll – March 27th

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City of Winter Garden presents: Shop, Dine, & Stroll – March 27th

Sidewalk Sale in Celebration of National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day! All-Day (Open to Close) Location: Winter Garden Downtown Historic District, 300 W. Plant St. The Love Local campaign, launched by the City of Winter Garden last fall, continues in 2021 with a line-up of programs and activities to help small businesses recover from financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The intent of the Love Local campaign is to build awareness of the importance of shopping and dining local to support small businesses and community organizations that are vital to the city. Winter Garden is well-known for its...

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One of my favorite magazines is the creativity-based Uppercase

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One of my favorite magazines is the creativity-based Uppercase

This quarterly publication offers a look at various artists, art forms, and design across the world, and it’s packed with colors and shapes that make it not just fabulous to read, but inspiring to simply page through. Each issue contains an A–Z feature on a topic and no matter what the focus is, I find myself revisiting this particular piece again and again. It’s a highly designed double spread, and always leads me to leaning new things about arts and crafts I never knew before. I wanted to take that idea and see it applied to the book world, running...

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By Michael Bilow

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By Michael Bilow

A second inmate has died from COVID-19 at the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI), according to a statement from the RI Department of Corrections (DoC) on the afternoon of Friday, December 25. Motif previously reported the first inmate death on Saturday, December 19, and the first staff death on Monday, December 14. “The inmate requested ‘Comfort Measures Only’ and that no extraordinary measures be taken to keep him alive. He was 79 years old,” the DoC said. “The inmate had other serious complicating health conditions that contributed to his death. He was being treated at Rhode Island Hospital for complications of...

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The most precious cargo that a parent will ever carry is his/her baby

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The most precious cargo that a parent will ever carry is his/her baby

It’s not really surprising then that a baby stroller is one of the first things written on a soon-to-be parent’s checklist. Strollers certainly make life easier when you’re going around running errands or meeting up with friends and family. There are even strollers you can take with you jogging. Strollers can also handle carrying all of those items you need when going out of the house with your baby – change of clothes, diapers, milk, wipes, and whatever else you think the baby needs. Since we’ve already established that a stroller is in order for any new parent, how does...

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