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Richard Neill, 86, grew up in the Angelsea section of North Wildwood, and left home to make his fortune at age 15. He is part of a memoir writing group that will give a free reading at the Ocean City Free Public Library, 1735 Simpson Ave., 4 p.m. on Aug. 28.
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Linwood’s Jenna Winarick, 22, will travel to South Africa in January, to volunteer with the International Volunteer HQ South Africa program. She will spend three weeks helping in a childcare program, alongside other volunteers from all over the world, an IVHQ spokesperson said.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May — a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment.
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