Coastal Carolina Senior Theatre presents two one-act plays, "Dear Mrs. Martin" and "Gin and Tonic." Both are directed by Yolanda Poff.In "Dear Mrs. Martin," Barbara Martin is surprised when her new cleaning woman, Gloria, begins writing her personal notes about her son who plays football, her trips to a psychic and belief in an afterlife. Mrs. Martin gets caught up in the letter writing and a warm friendship develops...
(SHNS) Editors' note: Americans spend billions of dollars each year buying peace of mind in the form of insurance - some of it from companies that won't, or can't, pay claims. These are the second in a three-part series of articles by Scripps Howard News Service reports on the nationwide problem, a problem that may not affect New Hampshire, according to state officials.They don't all use the same secret handshake but the small society of...
They don't all use the same secret handshake but the small society of insurance swindlers bilking American consumers out of billions in unpaid claims often learn their most successful tricks from the same masters. The grand master of all, most fraud cops say, was Alan Teale.Teale fleeced 5,500 policyholders out of $72 million. He was described in one FBI report as being "as hard to trap as a glob of mercury on a pane of glass."Teale died of heart...
They don't all use the same secret handshake but the small society of insurance swindlers bilking American consumers out of billions in unpaid claims often learn their most successful tricks from the same masters.The grand master of all, according to most fraud cops, was Alan Teale. Teale fleeced 5,500 policyholders out of $72 million. He was described in one FBI report as being "as hard to trap as a glob of mercury on a pane of glass."Teale died of...
WEST BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield-area senior center, Mature Minglers, is changing its name and expanding its services as the communities it serves grow grayer. The Greater Bloomfield Senior Association, as it is now called, serves one of the largest senior populations in Oakland County, which, in turn, boasts one of the largest senior populations in the state."Really, the focus is on expansion. The number of people in need of services is growing the number of seniors is...