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Grocery Deals (June 29 – July 5)

Each Thursday, I’ll match Hastings grocery store sale items (as promoted in Hastings Tribune and other area newspaper inserts) with internet and manufacturer coupons.

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Home & Garden

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Cleaning out the CLOSETS!! Oh My!!

The closets in your home need cleaning and decluttering. Here are some tips and warning about how to clean out the closet, plus step by step instructions.

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Art & Events, Feature, Generations

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4th of July at Fisher Fountain

I’m not sure when the YWCA started holding their Independence Day celebration at Fisher Fountain, but I sure wish it had been going on when our two were little. On the other hand, maybe it’s even more fun to attend and take in the festivities without finding costumes, decorating the tricycles or wagons, and figuring out whether the pet should be in the parade.

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Feature, Food & Dining

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Breaking out in the sandwich business

This is one of a series of stories on Hastings entrepreneurs that recently appeared in the Hastings Tribune. Thanks to the Tribune for allowing us to share these stories on TheHWord.com!
Enjoy!

Breaking out in the sandwich business

By Tony Hermann
(Story & Photo Courtesy Hastings Tribune)
Michael [...]

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Generations, Hobbies & Leisure

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Cats and the Heartland Pet Connection

I talk about my cats like they are people. I am probably one four legged friend short of being a cat lady, as some of my non-cat friends have pointed out, but I’m okay with that. I got my cats from Heartland Pet Connection last July when they were having a kitty sale.

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Grocery Deals (June 22-28)

Each Thursday, I’ll match Hastings grocery store sale items (as promoted in Hastings Tribune and other area newspaper inserts) with internet and manufacturer coupons.

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Feature, Generations

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Happy Father’s Day

There’s this photo with a certain rarefied air about it that I keep looking at these days. It’s one that depicts my great grandmother wearing some sort of helmet that looks like it might have been better suited for an astronaut. The photo exudes a mystical quality, both in look and sentiment, as though it were a scene fabricated in a dream.

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Feature, Food & Dining, Shopping

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The business behind opening a new business

This is one of a series of stories on Hastings entrepreneurs that recently appeared in the Hastings Tribune. Thanks to the Tribune for allowing us to share these stories on TheHWord.com!
Enjoy!

The business behind opening a new business

By John Huthmacher
(Story & Photo Courtesy Hastings Tribune)
Starting or re-inventing [...]

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