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Five Things You Need To Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. 1. The NHS Drama Club will be giving haunted tours of Norwood Saturday starting on the Town Common at 6 p.m. The tours cost $15 for adults and $10 for children under 13, and are a fundraiser for the club's trip to perform at the 2013 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Click here for more information. 2. Join local runners for a birthday tribute to the United States Marine Corps. It will be an easy and fun 3 mile route from the Charles River Running store at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Cake will be served to all participants …
Chance encounters are nice, but sometimes you need a ringleader to make it a real event.
Last week, I talked about how different childhood was thirty years ago than it is today - how scheduled and hectic life is. The same goes for us as parents. When I was a child, my mother and her friends always had time to get together. Most days, upon dropping us at school, they would go to the Apollo restaurant, now a function hall. My younger brother was even given the nickname "Mr. Apollo," for at the age of two he was always the only male among between five and fifteen women. If they weren't at the Apollo, they could be found at the "The Mug" - The Mug and Muffin - lingering over coffee and a "grilled blueberry." Both restaurants were always full of groups of friends doing much of the same - spending time together before going about …
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Broadway Liquors
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Mug-N-Muffin Shop
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