UK — THEY say absence makes the heart grow fonder – and one former Blackpool couple are living proof.
Childhood sweethearts Vernon Fewtrell and Ann Thompson have been blissfully reunited after a staggering 52 years of being divided by a continent. »
UK — George Salisbury and Marjorie, the love of his life, this weekend celebrated their diamond anniversary. »
Michael and Marian met in an Ulster school in 1956. Now, after living separate lives for 50 years, they’ve found each other again »
My parents, Lynne and John Newman of Chambersburg, Pa., spend part of the year here in Rochester. This year they will be celebrating their 35th anniversary with us on July 7. My mother tells this story about how they met: »
The Midtown house that Yoneko and Wilbur St. John share with their daughter and son-in-law is filled with homemade quilts, old photographs, keepsakes made by grandchildren and Yoneko’s graduation certificate from a sewing school in Japan. »
Stan Ernst, 78, left his home in Nova Scotia first thing on Saturday morning. »
The course of true love never did run smooth - and that’s certainly true of one couple who have just celebrated their first wedding anniversary, 36 years after they split up. »
Steve Belgum wasn’t expecting much. »
When Frederick Thrower saw Charlonda Mathis at a San Antonio military-base hangout, he decided he needed a plan to get her to notice him. »
Jonathan had told me a couple from his church had made reservations for us at Cattail’s Restaurant (on top of Mudcats Stadium) at six o’clock that Friday night. This was supposedly given to us a Christmas present and for Jonathan getting his new job as a firefighter for the city of Wilson. Little did I know what was in store for me! »
Each year around the 4th of July, he stops trimming his full beard. Tom plays the role of Santa Claus for his church’s youth group fund raiser: “Breakfast with Santa,” and an outreach program: “Dinner With Santa” for underprivileged children of the community. »
A step off a curb can result in the discovery of the love of a lifetime. »
Jeff Ingram hunches over the countertop and peers at the Betty Crocker cookbook. »
Fate reunited childhood friends in marriage, giving two Portsmouth teachers special reason to celebrate St Valentine’s Day. »
The true heroes of America are the men and women who quietly overcome all obstacles to remain together as husband and wife. They are the cornerstone of civilization and deserve to be honored. When marriage fails, society crumbles. »
The two met as children at the roller skating rink in Marietta when January Adams was 12 years old and Randy Hines was 15. »
Romance came nearly two weeks early for Midlander Angel Muñoz, 29. »
Nell Hamm first saw the mountain lion when it had her husband’s head in its jaws. »
IT was all in the smile. And a bond that had begun in a bleak orphanage 50 years ago would blossom again in a busy shopping centre. »
Passers-by would have been forgiven for believing that this was an attempt to make it to one of the more ludicrous entries in the Guinness Book of Records, but they would have been mistaken. This was, in fact, an entirely new phenomenon that is sweeping through the Internet, called Free Hugs. »
Mouse droppings and rats’ nests covered a trunk Bob Kincheloe discovered in McLouth this past week. »
You hear a lot about big miracles during the Christmas season — an immaculate conception, a heavenly babe, angels in sheep pastures and a guiding star. Sometimes the stories of big miracles are so spectacular that we forget about all the little miracles that still happen in our lives every day. »
Since the fourth grade, Taylor Crabtree’s nonprofit has raised more than $100,000 to purchase teddy bears for 23,000 young cancer patients at 300 hospitals throughout the nation. »
A Clinton County woman now has enough money to pay for a good portion of her upcoming wedding. »
A man who was plucked from the waters of Lake Michigan onto the Lake Express ferry got married over the weekend on the same vessel. »
THE broad grins say it all. They’re in love… and never have two hearts been so well matched. »
Welfare officials yesterday backed down to allow a war hero and his wife to stay together after almost 69 years of marriage. »
Love me, love my dog. That’s the message for potential suitors from pet owners. »
Her house was ripped from its foundation and destroyed when the 17th Street Canal floodwall collapsed in August. But last month, Marlene Boudreaux discovered that all was not lost when she opened an ammunition box filled with sweet words, written a half-century ago by a young soldier to his bride back home in the Irish Channel. »