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By Chelsia Rose Marcius New York Daily News

Over the past several weeks, more than 500 U.S. military veterans have been buried at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale and Calverton National Cemetery in Suffolk County without the customary ceremonial honors due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are eight of their stories as we honor their service on Memorial Day:

Edwin Garrison, 94 — Army; Calverton National Cemetery Edwin Garrison had written to his mother from England in the fall of 1944. The 18-year-old Army serviceman had heard World War II was coming to an end, and told her he would soon be home. Within three months, Garrison found himself in Vianden, Luxembourg, at the Battle of the Bulge — Adolf Hitler’s last major offensive campaign on the Western Front. “When we were youngsters, he never talked about the war,” said his daughter, Alice Garrison. “All we knew was that it was very cold and dark in those woods.” Garrison — a father of four, the husband of Elaine, and a member of the 1255th Engineer Combat Battalion that liberated Vianden — died May 7.

Keith Atkins, 59 — Private, Marine Corps; Calverton National Keith Atkins had walked proudly with his Marine Corps platoon at his graduation in 1979. He had just completed basic training in South Carolina, and Atkins, then 19, was in his formal dress blues featuring the Corps’ globe and anchor insignia. “We all piled in the van and drove down there to see him,” said his sister, Nicole Atkins, 51, who traveled with her family from Long Island for the big day. “I was a little kid, but I remember him having really shiny shoes. I thought he looked so handsome.” Atkins, of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, a father of four, stepfather to three, one of eight children and the husband of Adrienne Atkins, died May 11. “He loved life,” Nicole said. “His last days were some of the happiest, and that [gave us] peace.”

Jack Conyers, 94 — Sergeant, Army Air Forces; Long Island National Jack Conyers met his wife, Nohora, on a blind date four decades ago. A friend had set them up, and the pair — formerly married with children of their own — had not put much stock in finding love. That all changed when Nohora saw Conyers — a tall, dark and handsome man with a smile that made her melt. “Since the beginning, it was chemistry,” she said. “[It was there] until the end.” Conyers, of Valley Stream, L.I., died April 19 from coronavirus. He served in the Army Air Forces, the precursor to the Air Force, in Alaska during World War II. “The virus took my man away from me,” said Nohora, 81. “He was my best friend. I miss him every minute. I feel him around me.”

Beverly Cobbs Jr., 96 — Staff Sergeant, Army; Calverton National Beverly Cobbs Jr. sat with his son-in-law Barry Jackson on the Virginia Beach boardwalk about 20 years ago and told him about a time when he had to swerve out of enemy fire in the South Pacific. “His entire unit was driving down the road. The vehicle in front of him got shot, the vehicle behind him got shot, and all that was left was him,” said Jackson, 69, a Vietnam vet who had exchanged war stories with his “Papasan” — Vietnamese for “head of the family.’” “He saved the 10 people in his vehicle that day,” Jackson said of Cobbs — a World War II Army quartermaster sergeant from Charlottesville. “He was amazing … a totally gregarious, social Southern gentleman.” Cobbs, the husband of Geraldine, a father of three and one of six siblings, died April 16.

Alphonsus Apuzzo, 99 — Corporal, Army Air Forces; Long Island National Ten days after he tied the knot on May 17, 1943, Alphonsus Apuzzo left Manhattan for England to join the 8th Air Force 100th Bomb Group. Apuzzo, then 22, worked as a radar and radio operator on a B-17 bomber, flying 50 missions over Europe during World War II. When he returned to New York in 1945, he reunited with his wife, Anne, finished school at Fordham University and worked as a chemical engineer in the aviation industry. Apuzzo, a father of two from Uniondale, L.I., died May 12 — four months after the death of his spouse, and five days before their 77th wedding anniversary. “He called out my mother’s name, and then he died,” said his son Keith Apuzzo. “He had no desire to live. He just kept saying, ‘I want to be with your mother.’ ”

Cleveland Jessup, 73 — Specialist Fifth Class, Army; Long Island National Cleveland Jessup was drafted into the Army in 1966 as war raged in Vietnam. At only 20 years old, he had left his home in rural North Carolina and trekked to Georgia before heading to Virginia, Washington and finally to Germany — a journey that changed the life of this small-town Southern youth. “Coming from that part of the country at that time, it was a big deal for him,” said Jessup’s son, Kevin Jessup, 44. “He loved the entire thing — the traveling, seeing the world, the lessons that it taught him.” Jessup, a father of five and husband to Joyce Jessup, died April 19 from coronavirus.

Stephen Patti, 93 — S1, Staff, Navy; Long Island National Stephen Patti had watched his older brothers Paul and Sal head off to fight in World War II. At 17, he was too young to be drafted — but not too young to join. “He had to have his parents sign him in,” said Patti’s son, Stephen Patti. “He wanted to go.” Patti enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and sailed off to Normandy, France, as part of the D-Day invasion. Patti, a St. John’s University graduate, father of three and the husband of Joyce, died April 19 of coronavirus at his home in Brooklyn. “As a kid, I was proud that my father served,” his son said. “He believed in our rights, and he was willing to fight for that.”

Hyman Forte, 101 — Technician Fourth Grade, Army; Long Island National Hyman Forte had lost the will to live after his wife of 78 years died in April. He had married his sweetheart in Central Park before he left for World War II on his beloved’s birthday, Sept. 9, 1942. Forte had traveled to Fort Dix, N.J., and later to Hawaii, where he worked as a cook serving up chow to the troops. He returned to his wife, Mary, after the war, and stayed with her until her last breath. “He always used to call her ‘beauty.’ He’d say ‘that’s my gal,’ ” said Forte’s daughter, Monique Forte. “He just couldn’t live without her.” Forte, of Harlem — a father of five best known for his collard greens, honey glazed ham hocks, sweet biscuits and tender deboned turkey — died May 11.

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He Built a $10 Billion Investment Firm. It Fell Apart in Days. Until recently, Bill Hwang sat atop one of the biggest — and perhaps least known — fortunes on Wall Street. Then his luck ran out. Mr. Hwang, a 57-year-old veteran investor, managed $10 billion through his private investment firm, Archegos Capital Management. He borrowed billions of dollars from Wall Street banks to build enormous positions in a few American and Chinese stocks. By mid-March, Mr. Hwang was the financial force behind $20 billion in shares of ViacomCBS, effectively making him the media company’s single largest institutional shareholder. But few knew about his total exposure, since the shares were mostly held through complex financial instruments, called derivatives, created by the banks. That changed in late March, after shares of ViacomCBS fell precipitously and the lenders demanded their money. When Archegos couldn’t pay, they seized its assets and sold them off, leading to one of the biggest implosions of an investment firm since the 2008 financial crisis. Almost overnight, Mr. Hwang’s personal wealth shriveled. It’s a tale as old as Wall Street itself, where the right combination of ambition, savvy and timing can generate fantastic profits — only to crumble in an instant when conditions change. “That whole affair is indicative of the loose regulatory environment over the last several years,” said Charles Geisst, a historian of Wall Street. “Archegos was able to hide its identity from regulators by leveraging through banks in what has to be the best example of shadow trading.” The meltdown of Mr. Hwang’s firm had ripple effects. Two of his bank lenders have revealed billions of dollars in losses. ViacomCBS saw its share price halved in a week. The Securities and Exchange Commission opened a preliminary inquiry into Archegos, two people familiar with the matter said, and market watchers are calling for tougher oversight of family offices like Mr. Hwang’s — private investment vehicles of the wealthy that are estimated to control several trillion dollars in assets. Others are calling for more transparency in the market for the kind of derivatives sold to Archegos. Mr. Hwang declined to comment for this article. His is a proverbial American rags-to-riches story. Born in South Korea, Mr. Hwang moved to Las Vegas in 1982 as a high school student. He spoke little English, and his first job was as a cook at a McDonald’s on the Strip. Within a year, his father, a pastor, had died. He and his mother moved to Los Angeles, where he studied economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, but found himself distracted by the excitement of nearby Santa Monica, Hollywood and Beverly Hills. “I always blame people who set up U.C.L.A. in such a nice neighborhood,” he told congregants at Promise International Fellowship, a church in Flushing, Queens, in a 2019 speech. “I couldn’t go to school that much, to be honest.” He graduated — barely, he said — and pursued a master of business administration at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He then worked for about six years at a South Korean financial-services firm in New York, eventually landing a plum job as an investment adviser for Julian Robertson, the respected stock investor whose Tiger Management, founded in 1980, was considered a hedge fund pioneer. After Mr. Robertson closed the New York fund to outside investors in 2000, he helped seed Mr. Hwang’s own hedge fund, Tiger Asia, which focused on Asian stocks and quickly grew, at one point managing $3 billion for outside investors. Mr. Hwang was known for swinging big. He made large, concentrated bets on shares in South Korea, Japan, China and elsewhere, using ample amounts of borrowed money — or leverage — that could both supercharge his returns or, in turn, wipe out his positions. He was more modest in his personal life. The house that he and his wife, Becky, bought in Tenafly N.J., an upscale suburb, is valued at about $3 million — humble by Wall Street standards. A religious man, Mr. Hwang established the Grace and Mercy Foundation, a New York-based nonprofit that sponsors Bible readings and religious book clubs, growing it to $500 million in assets from $70 million in under a decade. The foundation has donated tens of millions of dollars to Christian organizations. “He’s giving ridiculous amounts,” said John Bai, a co-founder and managing partner of the equity research firm Fundstrat Global Advisors, who has known Mr. Hwang for roughly three decades. “But he’s doing it in a very unassuming, humble, non-boastful way.” Today in Business Updated  April 2, 2021, 3:58 p.m. ET But in his investing approach, he embraced risk and his firm ran afoul of regulators. In 2008, Tiger Asia lost money when the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy at the peak of the financial crisis. The next year, Hong Kong regulators accused the fund of using confidential information it had received to trade some Chinese stocks. In 2012, Mr. Hwang reached a civil settlement with U.S. securities regulators in a separate insider trading investigation and was fined $44 million. That same year, Tiger Asia pleaded guilty to federal insider-trading charges in the same investigation and returned money to its investors. Mr. Hwang was barred from managing public money for at least five years. Regulators formally lifted the ban last year. Shortly after shuttering Tiger Asia, Mr. Hwang opened Archegos, named after the Greek word for leader or prince. The new firm, which also invested in both U.S. and Asian stocks, was similar to a hedge fund, but its assets were made up entirely of Mr. Hwang’s personal wealth and that of certain family members. The arrangement shielded Archegos from regulatory scrutiny because of its lack of public investors. Goldman Sachs, which had lent to him at Tiger Asia, initially refused to deal with Archegos. JPMorgan Chase, another “prime broker,” or large lender to trading firms, also stayed away. But as the firm grew, eventually reaching more than $10 billion in assets, according to someone familiar with the size of its holdings, its lure became irresistible. Archegos was trading stocks on two continents, and banks could charge sizable fees on the trades they helped arrange. Goldman later changed course, and in 2020 became a prime broker to the firm alongside Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. Nomura also worked with him. JPMorgan refused. By the beginning of this year, Mr. Hwang had grown fond of a handful of stocks: ViacomCBS, which had pinned high hopes on its nascent streaming service; Discovery, another media company; and Chinese stocks including the e-cigarette company RLX Technologies and the education company GSX Techedu. Trading at roughly $12 a little over a year ago, ViacomCBS’s stock rose to about $50 by January. Mr. Hwang kept amassing his stake, people familiar with his trading said, through complex positions he arranged with banks called “swaps,” which gave him the economic exposure and returns — but not the actual ownership — of the stock. By mid-March, as the stock moved toward $100, Mr. Hwang had become the single largest institutional investor in ViacomCBS, according to those people and a New York Times analysis of public filings. The people valued the position at $20 billion. But because Archegos’s stake was bolstered by borrowed money, if ViacomCBS shares unexpectedly reversed he would have to pay the banks to cover the losses or be quickly wiped out. On Monday, March 22, ViacomCBS announced plans to sell new shares to the public, a deal it hoped would generate $3 billion in new cash to fund its strategic plans. Morgan Stanley was running the deal. As bankers canvassed the investor community, they were counting on Mr. Hwang to be the anchor investor who would buy at least $300 million of the shares, four people involved with the offering said. But sometime between the deal’s announcement and its completion that Wednesday morning, Mr. Hwang changed plans. The reasons aren’t entirely clear, but RLX, the Chinese e-cigarette company, and GSX, the education company, had both spiraled in Asian markets around the same time. His decision caused the ViacomCBS fund-raising effort to end with $2.65 billion in new capital, significantly short of the original target. ViacomCBS executives hadn’t known of Mr. Hwang’s enormous influence on the company’s share price, nor that he had canceled plans to invest in the share offering, until after it was completed, two people close to ViacomCBS said. They were frustrated to hear of it, the people said. At the same time, investors who had received larger-than-expected stakes in the new share offering and had seen it fall short, were selling the stock, driving its price down even further. (Morgan Stanley declined to comment.) By Thursday, March 25, Archegos was in critical condition. ViacomCBS’s plummeting stock price was setting off “margin calls,” or demands for additional cash or assets, from its prime brokers that the firm couldn’t fully meet. Hoping to buy time, Archegos called a meeting with its lenders, asking for patience as it unloaded assets quietly, a person close to the firm said. Those hopes were dashed. Sensing imminent failure, Goldman began selling Archegos’s assets the next morning, followed by Morgan Stanley, to recoup their money. Other banks soon followed. As ViacomCBS shares flooded onto the market that Friday because of the banks’ enormous sales, Mr. Hwang’s wealth plummeted. Credit Suisse, which had acted too slowly to stanch the damage, announced the possibility of significant losses; Nomura announced as much as $2 billion in losses. Goldman finished unwinding its position but did not record a loss, a person familiar with the matter said. ViacomCBS shares are down more than 50 percent since hitting their peak on March 22. Mr. Hwang has laid low, issuing only a short statement calling this a “challenging time” for Archegos. Kitty Bennett contributed research. Source link Orbem News #Billion #built #days #fell #firm #Investment

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Photos: USCG Secures DC's Waterways Ahead of 2021 Inauguration

The U.S. Coast Guard has closed down a ten-mile stretch of the Potomac and deployed multiple units in support of the unprecedented security effort for the 2021 presidential inauguration.

From January 12 through January 25, the Potomac is shut to all marine traffic on a ten-mile stretch between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. Unauthorized entry may result in a civil penalty of up to $95,000. 

The U.S. Coast Guard is tasked with the waterway security element of the inauguration event, using its counterterrorism authorities. The cutters Lawrence Lawson and Chock are deployed to patrol the river, accompanied by small boat crews from the Coast Guard's Maritime Security Response Team counterterrorism units. K-9, CBRN and other special-purpose units from around the country have also deployed to Washington to support the security effort. 

Lt. Brian Hillman, the operations section chief for the Coast Guard Enhanced Mobile Incident Command Post speaks with officers from Maryland Transportation Authority Police on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (USCG)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Tiemann and Petty Officer 3rd Class Killian Bonanno, crewmembers from Maritime Safety and Security Team 91106, prepare gear at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (USCG)

K-9 Jenny, a crewmember attached to Maritime Safety and Security Team 91108, sits with her handler after conducting a canine explosive detection team patrol (USCG)

Petty Officer 1st Class Weldon James and Petty Officer 1st Class Josh Marks of the Coast Guard National Strike Force Atlantic Strike Team practice the operation of an iRobot military robot (USCG)

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91112, based in New Orleans, and the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson, homeported in Cape May, N.J., conduct a patrol ahead on the Potomac River (USCG)

Petty Officer Sean Tocci, a boatswain’s mate with Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91110, based in Cape Cod, Mass., stands bow gunner duty during a security patrol (USCG)

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chock, homeported in Curtis Bay, Md., anchors in the Washington area for the inauguration security plan (USCG)

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Phyllis George, former Miss America and “NFL Today” broadcaster, has died at age 70

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’ “The NFL Today,” has died. She was 70.

A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington hospital after a long fight with a blood disorder.

Her children, Lincoln Tyler George Brown and CNN White House correspondent Pamela Ashley Brown, released a joint statement, saying:

“For many, Mom was known by her incredible accomplishments as the pioneering female sportscaster, 50th Miss America and first lady. But this was all before we were born and never how we viewed Mom. To us, she was the most incredible mother we could ever ask for, and it is all of the defining qualities the public never saw, especially against the winds of adversity, that symbolize how extraordinary she is more than anything else. The beauty so many recognized on the outside was a mere fraction of her internal beauty, only to be outdone by an unwavering spirit that allowed her to persevere against all the odds.” 

The new Miss America of 1971, Phyllis George of Denton, Texas is shown after she was crowned in Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 12, 1970. (AP Photo)

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Miss America in 1971, George got into television in 1974 at CBS on “Candid Camera” and joined Brent Musburger and Irv Cross in 1975 on “The NFL Today.” Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder later was added to the cast.

“Phyllis George was special. Her smile lit up millions of homes for the NFL Today,” Musburger tweeted. “Phyllis didn’t receive nearly enough credit for opening the sports broadcasting door for the dozens of talented women who took her lead and soared.”

George worked on “The NFL Today” until 1984 and also covered horse racing. She hosted the entertainment show “People” and later co-anchored the “CBS Morning News.”

George was briefly married to Hollywood producer Robert Evans in the mid-1970s and to John Y. Brown Jr. from 1979-98. Brown owned Kentucky Fried Chicken and the NBA’s Boston Celtics and served as the governor of Kentucky. 

Phyllis George (CBS sportscaster) on Nov. 28, 1976.

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“Phyllis was a great asset to Kentucky,” Brown told the Louisville Courier-Journal. “We had a great partnership. I think we enjoyed every single day.”

From Denton, Texas, George attended the University of North Texas for three years, then went to Texas Christian University after earning a scholarship as Miss Texas in 1970.

“A true pioneer who approached her job with enthusiasm, empathy and humor,” ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm tweeted. “She was herself-charming and funny .. helped her audiences connect with some of the great sports figures of the day.” 

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Why Did This Healthy New Mother Die After Childbirth?

A healthy New Jersey mother died after giving birth because of a health issue her care team missed. (Photo: Getty Images)

A heartbreaking story of a neonatal nurse who died 20 hours after giving birth has been circulating on the Internet, with many expressing outrage over her senseless death.

In 2011, Lauren Bloomstein was a 33-year-old first-time mom with a healthy, active pregnancy, according to the groundbreaking investigative story, “The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth,” published May 12 by ProPublica and NPR. Especially comforting to the Moorestown, N.J., mom was the fact that she would give birth at the Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, where she worked in the neonatal department.

When she was 39 weeks and six days along, Bloomstein and her husband, Larry, headed to the hospital for her to be induced, a common procedure that kick-starts contractions. Afterward, Bloomstein began experiencing “stabbing” pain near her kidneys or liver, so doctors increased her epidural dosage, and on the evening of October 1, she gave birth to her daughter, Hailey Ann Bloomstein. In a video of the mother and daughter, published in the story, Bloomstein can be seen lovingly gazing into her daughter’s eyes.

However, Bloomstein’s pain never subsided, and hospital staff, chalking up the problem to acid reflux, a common side effect of labor, administered an antacid and painkillers.

Soon, Bloomstein’s blood pressure spiked, so the hospital ran a test for preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication marked by high blood pressure that affects up to 8 percent of pregnancies. Her results were not abnormal for the condition; however, Larry kept pushing for answers. It was only when he called his own colleague for help that he learned his wife’s condition was most likely HELLP, a severe type of preeclampsia that if not treated immediately could lead to internal bleeding and stroke.

In Bloomstein’s case, her elevated blood pressure caused bleeding in the brain, and she had decreased levels of blood platelets (cells that help the body form clots to prevent bleeding). Making matters worse, the hospital didn’t have a sufficient supply on site to use in surgery.

A few hours later, Bloomstein died.

“[E]very year in the U.S., 700 to 900 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes, and some 65,000 nearly die — by many measures, the worst record in the developed world,” according to ProPublica/NPR. “American women are more than three times as likely as Canadian women to die in the maternal period [defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the start of pregnancy to one year after delivery or termination], and six times as likely to die as Scandinavians. In every other wealthy country, and many less affluent ones, maternal mortality rates have been falling; in Great Britain, the journal Lancet recently noted, the rate has declined so dramatically that ‘a man is more likely to die while his partner is pregnant than she is.’ But in the U.S., maternal deaths increased from 2000 to 2014. In a recent analysis by the CDC Foundation, nearly 60 percent of such deaths were preventable.”

Why do so many women die as a result of pregnancy complications or childbirth?

While it’s impossible to understand the entirety of the circumstances surrounding Bloomstein’s death, according to Hal Lawrence, MD, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), there are multiple general factors. “Women are having babies later in life, and advanced age often means underlying issues with diabetes and blood pressure, for example,” he tells Yahoo Beauty. “Obesity is also an issue — more than half of women in this country have BMIs greater than 30, which can complicate a pregnancy. And IVF rates have increased, which can lead to multiple babies and more high-risk pregnancies to begin with.”

Also concerning is inadequate federal funding that goes toward maternal care versus infant care — ProPublica/NPR reports that only 6 percent of block grants in 2016 went toward programs for mothers versus 78 percent devoted to infants.

For Bloomstein, miscommunication between hospital staff members worsened her odds of survival. Despite “abnormally high” blood pressure readings, she was inadequately monitored, including an eight-hour period when she simply wasn’t monitored at all. In a deposition following her death, Bloomstein’s ob-gyn admitted that she “might have been recommended to be monitored more closely, in retrospect.”

In 2012, Larry Bloomstein filed a complaint against Monmouth Medical Center, and the New Jersey Department of Health ultimately found fault with the hospital. Among its findings: “There is no record in the medical record that the Registered Nurse notified [the ob-gyn] of the elevated blood pressures of patient prior to delivery,” and “there is no evidence in the medical record of further evaluation and surveillance of patient from [the ob-gyn] prior to delivery.” And finally: “There was no evidence in the medical record that the elevated blood pressures were addressed by [the ob-gyn] until after the Code Stroke was called.” Larry Bloomstein also sued the hospital, his wife’s ob-gyn, and five nurses.

Their daughter, Hailey, is now 5 years old and lives with Larry and his new wife, whom he married in 2014. “By far the hardest thing for me to accept is [what happened] from Lauren’s perspective,” he told ProPublica/NPR. “I can’t, I literally can’t accept it. The amount of pain she must have experienced in that exact moment when she finally had this little girl. … I can accept the amount of pain I have been dealt. But [her pain] is the one thing I just can’t accept. I can’t understand, I can’t fathom it.”

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Faherty Shines Spotlight on Growing Women’s Business – WWD

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Women’s wear has become a major growth category for the Faherty Brand, and the casual lifestyle label is beefing up its team in hopes of continuing to expand its reach and product offering.

Jennifer Cote, who has worked for Global Brands Group, Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Kors and Theory, has joined the company as women’s design director to oversee the growing category.

Faherty Brand, which was founded by twin brothers Alex and Mike Faherty in 2013, cut its teeth in men’s wear, providing an East Coast-skewed alternative to the brightly colored California surf brands. The Faherty brothers, who grew up surfing in New Jersey, offered up a collection of sustainably sourced sportswear with a beach-inspired, muted color palette. Mike Faherty, who had worked for Ralph Lauren before launching the brand, serves as creative director, while his brother Alex has a finance background, and oversees the business end.

Alex and Mike Faherty  Victoria Stevens/WWD

While men’s sales are still strong, women’s has grown to the point where it now accounts for half of the company’s overall sales.

“We’ve had women’s since we started,” Alex Faherty said, “but men’s was the focus for us for the first five or six years. Last year, we really invested in women’s, built out the team and launched a full collection for spring 2020 — right before the pandemic.”

But thanks to its comfortable, relaxed and casual aesthetic, the brand managed to hold its own during the height of the coronavirus spread this spring. Although its 12 stores were closed, and its wholesale business took a hit, Faherty’s online sales remained solid.

“One year ago, online was 40 percent of the business, but now it’s approaching 50 percent — and we’ve seen a lot of momentum,” Alex Faherty said. He attributed that to the fact that Faherty’s clothes are “quarantine-friendly.”

In women’s wear, the most popular item is dresses, which account for 40 percent of all women’s sales, Faherty said. Washed cotton and linen fabrics and comfortable silhouettes are “one-piece, easy to put on and super simple,” said Henry Spear, vice president of merchandising and planning. “They feel easy and elevated, not frumpy or overthought.”

A women’s look from Faherty.  Courtesy of Faherty

Most recently, the brand collaborated with Onia on a collection of women’s swimwear that feature a selection of the brand’s vintage-inspired Hawaiian shirt prints.

Faherty’s own stores, which are located on the East and West Coasts in resort communities such as Martha’s Vineyard; Newport Beach and Malibu, Calif., and Spring Lake, N.J., as well as other popular spots such as Greenwich Village in New York City and Boston, account for around 20 percent of sales. Wholesale, which is 30 percent of the business, includes a strong specialty store client list and its “anchor customer,” which is Nordstrom, Alex Faherty said.

All but the store in Hudson Yards in New York have reopened, he said, and the locations in resort and beach communities are outperforming those in cities. At this point, there are no plans to add other units, but he said the company is “always looking,” and views this time as ripe to “see where opportunities might come up.”

Although Faherty feels mainly like a summer brand, “Our business is actually pretty split between spring and fall,” he said.

In the colder months, the brand switches from lightweight sport shirts and sleeveless dresses to sweaters, Spear said, in cotton and traceable cashmere, alpaca and other sustainable materials. “We like our clothes to be happy and have a sense of optimism,” he said.

Looking ahead, Spear said the goal is to continue to expand its women’s offering into other categories. “We’re going to continue to capitalize on the popularity of sweaters and dresses, and we see opportunity in fashion tops and knitwear including fleeces, zip-up hoodies with a novelty/retro aesthetic. That’s closely linked to outerwear, which we’re also hoping to expand.”

Overall, Alex Faherty is optimistic about the continued growth of women’s wear, saying: “We are finding a good lane and we feel really good about it.”

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Facing Trump, Democrats turn on another president: Obama

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This what I didn't understand about last night's debate. The candidates were attacking Obama's legacy which will be used by Trump (who's distain for Obama is well known), Fox News and Republicans in the general election. The winners of the 2nd round of debates (for me) are Warren, Buttigieg, Sanders, Inslee, Booker and lastly Biden(? for holding his own).

Facing Trump, Democrats turn on another president: Obama

By Michael Scherr | Published August 01 at 10:16 AM ET | Washington Post | Posted August 1, 2019 12:17 PM ET |

DETROIT — Democratic presidential contenders have opened a surprising new front in their effort to retake the White House — calling into question the legacy and leadership of former president Barack Obama, the party’s most beloved leader.

Like young adults seeking to break away from their father’s shadow, the candidates who gathered in Detroit to debate the party’s future this week repeatedly challenged Obama’s record, both directly and indirectly, as too timid, misguided or insufficient for the moral challenge of the moment.

“It looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn’t,” said former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro at a key moment in Wednesday’s debate, when he attacked former vice president Joe Biden, with whom he served under the former president, for refusing a more dramatic departure from his immigration approach.

Replacing Obama’s signature accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act, has become the primary policy goal of many of the leading 2020 contenders. Several others have attacked Obama’s efforts to secure a new trade deal with Asia, his decision to surge troops into Afghanistan and the practice of courting wealthy donors, which anchored both of Obama’s campaigns for president.

“We have tried the solution of Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Tuesday night, defending her plan to replace Obama’s health reforms with a single government plan. “And what have the private insurance companies done? They’ve sucked billions of dollars out of our health care system.”

The turnabout comes as the party enters a traditional molting period that accompanies open presidential nomination fights. Faced with the threat of Donald Trump’s reelection and unaddressed economic frustrations, the future of the party now appears more up for grabs than at any point since the early 1990s, when Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton emerged from the Democratic primaries by promising a new third way of political moderation.

The political messaging consensus that won Democrats control of the House in 2018 — defend Obamacare, oppose Republican policies and mostly avoid disruptive liberal ideas — has also faded over the last year as candidates try to placate this year’s crop of activists.

Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez, another former Obama Cabinet official, has been working to tamp down the rising tensions and keep the party focused on its common enemy: Trump.

“I think we have a 100 percent values alignment,” he said when asked about the new divides. “We can debate whether we are 85 percent or 90 percent up the mountain on universal health care. Every Democrat in the field wants to get there.”

Before the debate began Wednesday, he addressed the audience at the Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit, imploring them to keep their eye on Trump and his Republican allies. “Am I only one who misses Barack Obama in this room?” he thundered, prompting cheers.

But the unity did not continue into the main events. During Tuesday’s debate, the two leading candidates onstage, Warren and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), both offered calls for political and economic changes far more sweeping than what Obama offered. Both campaigns are anchored in the idea that the primary political crisis preceded Trump and was not solved by Obama — “a corrupt, rigged system that has helped the wealthy and the well-connected and kicked dirt in the faces of everyone else,” as Warren put it.

“There is a tension in the party now between the rank and file and a sort of rump element of establishment types who really answer to the donor class,” Jeff Weaver, Sanders’s 2016 campaign manager, asserted regarding the emerging split.

On Wednesday, with Biden standing center stage, attacks on Obama’s record became proxies for attacking Biden’s own rationale for the race, which is anchored in his relationship with the former president.

“Barack Obama knew exactly who I was,” Biden said. “He chose me and he said it was the best decision he made.”

But the other candidates challenged Biden for sticking too closely to the Obama script. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee bristled at Biden’s proposed climate change policy, which seeks a more gradual approach to ending dependence on coal, an echo of Obama’s embrace of “clean coal” in both of his presidential campaigns.

“The time is up,” Inslee said. “Our house is on fire.”

New York Mayor Bill De Blasio repeatedly challenged Biden to say whether he opposed Obama’s deportation policy, which expelled more than 3 million people over two terms. Biden declined to respond directly.

Biden’s advisers predicted that the onslaughts on Obama’s record could ultimately backfire.

“Many people on this stage spent more time attacking Obama than they did Trump,” said Anita Dunn, a Biden adviser who previously worked for Obama. “I think Democratic primary voters will make a judgment about this.”

Without a doubt, Obama remains enormously popular in the Democratic Party. He left office with an average approval rating of 83 percent among Democrats in Gallup polls during his tenure. A Pew poll this spring found 51 percent of Democratic leaning voters believed Obama was the best president in their lifetime.

The fusillade against the former president carries particular risk of alienating black voters, a key bloc that currently backs Biden over the more left-leaning alternatives.

“This whole suicide mission of going after Barack Obama smells like desperation, and I think it certainly shows that some of them are just not ready for where they are,” commentator and activist Al Sharpton said Thursday on MSNBC.

But even Biden has backed away from key parts of the Obama legacy, saying he would “absolutely not” continue Obama’s deportation policy, that the 2009 surge in Afghanistan Obama supported was a “mistake” and that he would seek a new approach to negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership, a trade deal with Asian countries that Obama had hoped to pass before the end of his term.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) seized on the complexity of Biden’s message, arguing that he should be burdened by the failures of the Obama years, particularly around immigration.

“You invoke President Obama more than anybody in this campaign,” Booker said. “You can’t do it when it’s convenient and dodge it when it’s not.”

The current president’s son and campaign surrogate, Donald Trump Jr., acerbically noted the Democratic candidates’new tune on Obama.

“It was nice to see Democrats finally go after Obama’s failed policies very aggressively. Wish they would have done that years ago,” he tweeted Thursday. “Maybe if they continue to change their attitudes and actually work with @realDonaldTrump they could do some good for American workers for a change.”

On Thursday, several Democratic candidates sought to assure voters that they could be critical of Obama, or support policies he did not, without taking away from the accomplishments of the administration.

Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) cast her own support for a Medicare-for-all plan, with allowances for some private insurance, as a continuation of Obama’s legacy, not a departure from it.

“Decades of presidents have tried to reform the health care system of American, Barack Obama actually did it. But in his own words he has said it is a starter house,” Harris said on MSNBC. “My plan is building on the success of what President Obama achieved.”

Booker defended the need to criticize Obama, while also praising his administration. “He ain’t perfect. Nobody’s ever pulled that off,” Booker said on CNN. “If he were running for president for a third term, I wouldn’t be running.”

Such reassurances did not assuage all Democrats who are worried about the shift in tone and strategy.

“Attacking the Obama administration is just nutty,” former senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who lost reelection last year, said on MSNBC.

Colby Itkowitz and John Wagner contributed to this report

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DUBLIN, CA–Dublin High School was one of 16 U.S. finalist teams selected to compete at the 19th Annual National Economics Challenge in New York, sponsored by the Council for Economic Education (CEE). More than 10,000 students competed nationwide to represent their states in the finals. Dublin’s team is coached by DHS Assistant Principal Jennifer Nickl.

The only one of its kind, CEE’s NEC builds critical thinkers and tomorrow’s leaders. The NEC recognizes exceptional high school students for their knowledge of economic principles and their ability to apply problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to real-world events.

“Not only does the NEC allow students to collaborate, but it offers them an engaging way to learn economics, which is so important in life,” said Nan J. Morrison, CEE’s President and CEO. “Each year I am so impressed by the caliber of students participating in the NEC. This competition ably demonstrates the intellectual strength and potential of tomorrow’s leaders.”

The competition covers microeconomics, macroeconomics, international and current events in both critical thinking and quiz bowl rounds, and students compete in one of either two divisions depending on their level of experience. The Adam Smith division is for advanced placement, baccalaureate and honors students. The David Ricardo division is for semester general economics students participating in the NEC for the first time.

The National Economics Challenge was emceed by Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial columnist for The New York Times and a co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box.

OneDublin.org: What was the process leading up to being selected to compete in NYC?

“We formed a team and first had to take a preliminary test online. After doing well on that test, we advanced to the state round in the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco with the top 8 teams from the state in each division. After winning the state round, we took a paper test at school for the national semi finals. The semi finals were all the state winners competing. After making top 8 in semi finals, we advanced to the national finals in New York where we placed 3rd out of the 8 finalists.”

OneDublin.org: For students thinking of participating in a future National Economics Challenge, what are the prerequisites? What advice do you have?

“The only prerequisite is to not have taken an econ class taught by a college professor or in a college other than that anyone can take it. No prior knowledge is required and you only need a passion to learn econ. For advice I’d recommend practice, practice and practice. There’s a lot of great resources online (like Mr Clifford) who make learning econ very fun and very engaging. Also just think about as many econ questions as possible …then do as many practice problems as you can.”

OneDublin.org: What are the key skills you learned through the experience?

“The key skills we have learned throughout the competition are teamwork and just economics knowledge. Econ is very important as it helps you make decisions about everything in life. It also teaches you a lot about government policy, how the world works, and how people react and behave. The economics we learn in school does not come close to what we learned from this competition and I think what we learned from this is very important and makes us more informed people.”

OneDublin.org: Finally, what did you expect going into the competition?

“What we did expect was to have a good and fun time in New York, see some cool places and meet some new people and I think we did all that. Getting 3rd was beyond any of our expectations especially when we first started and even when we were going into the national finals. Seeing what it takes to get to the top has just made us hungrier to grow and compete to win it next time!”

State champion teams that participated in the 19th Annual National Economics Challenge May 18-20, 2019, in New York City.

Adam Smith Division (for advanced placement, international baccalaureate and honors students):

Chattahoochee High School, (Johns Creek, Ga.)

The Harker School (San Jose, Calif.)

‘Iolani School (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Lexington High School (Lexington, Mass.)

Montgomery High School (Montgomery Township, N.J.)

Mounds View High School (Arden Hills, Minn.)

Mount Hebron High School (Ellicott City, Md.)

Obra D. Tompkins High School (Katy, Texas)

David Ricardo Division (for students who have taken only a single economics course):

BASIS Scottsdale (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

Dublin High School (Dublin, Calif.)

Greenhills School (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

‘Iolani School (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Lexington High School (Lexington, Mass.)

Mount Hebron High School (Ellicott City, Md.)

Olympia High School (Olympia, Wash.)

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North (Plainsboro Township, N.J.)

About the Council for Economic Education:

The Council for Economic Education’s mission is to teach K-12 students about economics and personal finance so that they can make better decisions for themselves, their families and their communities. We carry out our mission by providing resources and training to K-12 educators and have done so for 70 years. Nearly 2/3 of the teachers we reach in-person are in low- and moderate-income schools.

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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Following are the latest 2018 Holiday Season news releases and story ideas for reporters, bloggers and media outlets. These recaps, curated by Business Wire, provide reporters and bloggers around the globe instant access to the latest news releases, providing relevant and trending content to share with their audiences. Discover more news via Business Wire’s Hot Topic recaps or create a custom news feed specific to your needs here. This service is provided at no charge to members of the media and financial communities.

SALT LAKE CITY–In the Holiday Countdown, Will Your Shipping Strategy Bring Success? Source: Visible Supply Chain Management

ATLANTA–Trio of Hazardous Holidays Threaten U.S. Highway Travelers; Thanksgiving is Past, but Christmas and New Year’s Danger Looms Source: Road Safe America

PHOENIX–This Holiday Season, PetSmart® and its Shoppers Give More than Two Million Plush Toys to Local Communities and Generate $885,000 to Support Pets in Need Source: PetSmart, Inc.

ORANGE, Calif.–Western Dental Plays Santa Claus Source: Western Dental

WASHINGTON–Escape the Holiday Hustle and Bustle with a Sneak Peek of National Geographic’s New Series Valley of the Boom Source: National Geographic

MEMPHIS, Tenn.–Merry Maids Helps You Prepare for Inevitable Holiday Surprises Source: Merry Maids

ORANGE, Calif.–Western Dental Recommends Check-ups for Kids During the Holiday Season Source: Western Dental

PURCHASE. N.Y.–Mastercard SpendingPulse: Online Shopping Shines Bright This Holiday Season Source: Mastercard Investor Relations

The City Choir of Washington (TCCW) Extends the Holiday Season with Twelfth Night Celebration Source: The City Choir of Washington

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–Southeastern Grocers Exceeds Goal of 20 Million Meals* Donated to Feeding America® in 2018 Source: Southeastern Grocers, Inc.

BEDFORD, Mass.–NativeScript-Powered Portable North Pole App Exceeds a Quarter Million Unique Sessions Per Day Leading into Final Week of Holiday Season Source: Progress

PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO–Times Square Gets Cheesy This Holiday Season with Kraft American Singles Source: The Kraft Heinz Company

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.–The Cheesecake Factory Makes Last-Minute Holiday Gift Card Shopping Twice as Sweet with Double the Rewards Online for One Day Only, December 20, 2018 Source: The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

LOS ANGELES–MapleStory M Introduces New Evan Class and Mini-Games Source: Nexon America Inc.

MIAMI–An Effective Remedy to Curb Holiday Stress Source: Quietud Sagrada

HAMILTON, N.J.–How Retailers Handle Returns Influences Consumer Buying Habits According to Research from Voxware Source: Voxware

REDMOND, Wash.–Nintendo Switch is the Fastest-Selling Video Game System of This Generation Source: Nintendo

BURBANK, Calif.–DC Universe: the Ultimate Holiday Binge-Watching Destination Anchored with the Season Finale of Original Series Titans on December 21 Source: DC UNIVERSE

WASHINGTON–November Retail Sales Increase 5 Percent Over 2017, Putting Holiday Spending on Track to Meet NRF Forecast Source: National Retail Federation

BOSTON–College Savings: A Gift Idea That Lasts For Years Source: MEFA

REYKJAVIK, Iceland–Iceland Naturally Releases “Christmas is Coming” Video About Iceland’s Christmas Yule Lads Just in Time for The Holidays Source: Iceland Naturally

WASHINGTON–Historic Hotels of America Announces The 2018 Top 25 Most Magnificent Gingerbread Displays at Historic Hotels in the United States of America Source: Historic Hotels of America

LOS ANGELES–Iconic Holiday Curmudgeon Returns to Mobile in Jam City’s Panda Pop “Grinchmas” Takeover Source: Jam City

SEATTLE–Amazon Extends Holiday Free Shipping Promotion to December 18 and Expands Prime FREE One-Day Shipping (or faster) to 10,000 Cities and Towns Source: Amazon.com, Inc.

CHICAGO–Yule Forget About It: People Forget the Majority of Gifts They Receive, According to a New Groupon SurveySource: Groupon

SAN FRANCISCO–WILLIAMS SONOMA AND STREETEASY PARTNER WITH AWARD-WINNING GINGERBREAD ARTIST TO BUILD ‘GINGERBREAD CITY’ Source: Williams Sonoma

MIAMI–CareCloud Helps Ease Holiday Stress for Urgent Care Centers Source: CareCloud

MENLO PARK, Calif.–Christmas 2018 Powered by Deliv Source: Deliv

LOS ANGELES–Want a Bigger Bonus this Holiday Season? Be a Team Player, According to a Korn Ferry Sales Compensation Analysis Source: Korn Ferry

NEW YORK–Find the Perfect Last-Minute Gift at Macy’s Source: Macy’s

IRVING, Texas–Creative Gifting Made Easy: Michaels Kids Gift Shop Offers Perfect Last-Minute Gifts for Holiday 2018Source: The Michaels Companies, Inc.

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.–Kohl’s Offers Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers Around-The-Clock Shopping and Free In-Store Pick Up Through Christmas Eve Source: Kohl’s

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.–Has Santa Been Stumped? Americans Are Running Out of Gift Ideas, According to Survey by BJ’s Wholesale Club Source: BJ’s Wholesale Club

DENVER–SendGrid Publishes Industry’s First Inbox Protection Rate to Increase Cybersecurity and Privacy Transparency Around the Holidays Source: SendGrid, Inc.

LOS ANGELES–Holidays Can be Stressful for Children with Autism and Their Families Source: Alternative Behavior Strategies

SOMERSET, N.J.–Oticon Opn Hearing Aids Save Christmas for Santa Claus Source: Oticon

MONTREAL–CCM Inspires Youth Hockey Players to Do Good This Holiday Season Source: CCM Hockey

LOWELL, Ark.–J.B. Hunt Announces Participation in Wreaths across America for Fifth Consecutive Year Source: J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

WASHINGTON–Insurance Fraud Grinches: 9 Most-Brazen Insurance Scammers of 2018 Source: Coalition Against Insurance Fraud

NEW YORK–Gillette Venus Teams Up with YouTube Star Remi Cruz for Limited-Edition Razor Source: Procter & Gamble

AUSTIN, Texas–From Holiday Ecommerce to Personalized Learning Experiences, WP Engine’s Digital Experience Platform Enabled Customer Success in 2018 Source: WP Engine

BELLEVUE, Wash.–T-Mobile CEO John Legere Serves Up Leadership Advice and a Mean Pot Roast – in New #SlowCookerSunday CookbookSource: T-Mobile

DALLAS–Mr. Cooper Survey: Holidays Bring Spending Stress to Many Americans Source: Mr. Cooper

NEW YORK–MoviePass Subscribers Get Value-Added Options in 2019 Pricing Plans Source: Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc.

MELVILLE, N.Y.–Equifax Identity Theft Data Poses Risk for Retailers and Shoppers This Holiday Season Source: Intellicheck

SANTA PAULA, Calif.–Limoneira’s 12 Days of Citrus: Surprising Ways to Use Citrus Fruits to Give the Holidays an Unexpected Twist Source: Limoneira Company

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Psst, Boss, Here’s What Your Employees Want Most This Holiday — Meaningful Work Source: ServiceNow

NORRISTOWN, Pa.–Wild Lights Winter Holiday Festival Opens at Elmwood Park Zoo Source: GES Events

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–Holiday Survey Reveals Consumer Shopping Habits This Season Source: Quotient Technology Inc.

NEW YORK–Barnes & Noble Announces Top Gifts to Make the Holidays Special This Season Source: Barnes & Noble, Inc.

AUSTIN, Texas–Whole Foods Market Spreads Holiday Cheer With Return Of 12 Days of Cheese Source: Whole Foods Market

TANNERSVILLE, Pa.–A Heartwarming Story from FDNY Foundation and Camelback Resort to Brighten Your Holiday Season Source: Camelback Resort

ORANGE, Calif.–Western Dental Offers Tips on How to Maintain Good Oral Health During the Holidays Source: Western Dental

FAIRFAX, Va.–Apple Federal Credit Union Tips Help Consumers Avoid Email Scams this Holiday Season Source: Apple Federal Credit Union

CINCINNATI–‘Tis the (Flu) Season: Cintas Offers Tips to Reduce the Spread of Infection During Holiday Travel Source: Cintas Corporation

NEW YORK–B&H Launches Digital Gifting for the Holidays Source: B&H

NEW YORK–Celebrate National Believe Day At Macy’s With Double Donations to Make-A-Wish® and Wishes Across America Source: Macy’s

PITTSBURGH–IDI Consulting Launches Fourth Annual Toys for Tots Drive Source: IDI Consulting

MEMPHIS, Tenn.–FedEx Helps Deliver Holiday Joy with Mobile Gifting Truck Source: FedEx Corp.

LOS ANGELES–PuppySpot Advocates Responsible Puppy Gifting This Holiday Season Source: PuppySpot

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–Books-A-Million Announces 2018 Holiday Gift Guide Recommendations Source: Books-A-Million

LEXINGTON, Ky.–Holiday Gift Idea: A&W Launches Centennial Book to Benefit Disabled Vets Source: A&W Restaurants

NEW YORK–Majority of Americans Want to Buy Online and Pick-up In-store to Reduce Holiday Shopping Stress This Year Source: Synchrony

NEW YORK–Tim Hortons® U.S. Swaps Snowballs for Snowbits This Holiday Season Source: Tim Hortons®

WASHINGTON–WGL Energy Partners with Children’s National to Light Up Washington Region through ‘Light Up Dr. Bear’ Donation Campaign Source: WGL Energy Services, Inc.

NEW YORK–Barnes & Noble Announces Storytime Pajama Party Featuring The Polar Express in Stores NationwideSource: Barnes & Noble, Inc.

NAPLES, Fla.–Six Out of 10 Americans are Anxious About Bills and Nearly Half are Late on Paying Them, Study ShowsSource: ACI Worldwide

LEHI, Utah & SAN FRANCISCO–Ancestry Breaks November Sales Record Source: Ancestry

ARLINGTON, Va.–Online Shopping and Cyber Monday Break Records Over Thanksgiving Week, Says CTA Source: Consumer Technology Association

NEW YORK–Monetate’s Five Day Global Holiday Ecommerce Analysis Reveals A Drop in Shopping Cart Conversion RateSource: Monetate

SEATTLE–Amazon Announces Record-Breaking Holiday Shopping Weekend: Cyber Monday Once Again Becomes the Single Biggest Shopping Day in the Company’s History with the Most Products Ordered Worldwide Source: Amazon.com, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO–QUESTLOVE DEBUTS POPCORN COLLECTION WITH WILLIAMS SONOMA Source: Williams Sonoma

PHOENIX–DollarDays’ Nonprofit Purchasing Index Reports Top 10 Most-Wanted Items for the Holiday Season Source: DollarDays

WASHINGTON–Thanksgiving Weekend Multichannel Shopping Up Almost 40 Percent Over Last Year Source: National Retail Federation

LOS ANGELES–Top 5 Reasons to Give the Gift of Popcornopolis Source: Popcornopolis

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–Shop, Save & Ship: Holidays are Handled Thanks to Staples Source: Staples

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.–So Many Pains, So Little Time! BJ’s Wholesale Club Saves Members from Holiday Hassles with Convenient Shopping Solutions Source: BJ’s Wholesale Club

SEATTLE–“Alexa, Donate to Toys for Tots” Source: Amazon.com, Inc.

REDMOND, Wash.–Nintendo Hits Big Milestones from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday Source: Nintendo

BOSTON–Wayfair Reports 58% Increase in Direct Retail Sales for Peak Five-Day Holiday Shopping Weekend Source: Wayfair, Inc.

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Oasis Of The Seas To Make Big Apple Debut For Royal Caribbean’s 2020-21 Deployment

Royal Caribbean International is charting a new course with its 2020-21 deployment plans, touting a fleet of Royal Amplified ships sailing to exciting destinations. An amped up Oasis of the Seas will greet Lady Liberty and deliver new vacations from the Northeast with 7-night Caribbean itineraries that include an unforgettable day at the cruise line’s highly anticipated private island destination, Perfect Day at CocoCay, The Bahamas. Oasis will be the first ship in her class and the world’s largest to sail from the Northeast. For the first time since 2015, Anthem of the Seas will return to the U.K. to sail alongside Independence of the Seas, marking the cruise line’s biggest presence in the region to-date.

Celebrating its one-year anniversary in summer 2020, Perfect Day at CocoCay will welcome 10 ships from more ports than any previous deployment, including newly added Galveston, Texas, as well as Barcelona, Spain on Allure and Rhapsody of the Seas’ transatlantic sailings in November 2020. Adventure seekers from around the world will have more opportunity than ever to discover the thrill and chill experiences that await the whole family, including the tallest waterslide in North America, the Caribbean’s largest wave pool, and the highest vantage point in The Bahamas from a helium balloon that rises 450 feet in the air. Delivering on its promise of creating memorable vacations on land and on board, Royal Caribbean will tout seven ships in 2020-21 that have emerged from the global cruise line’s $1 billion Royal Amplified modernization program launched in 2018, introducing a wide range of bold, new adventures designed to appeal to all ages.

The Perfect Vacation for all Seasons: Caribbean & Northeast

Big news for the Big Apple – Oasis of the Seas, the ship that revolutionized cruise vacations in 2009 with game-changing industry firsts, from the unique seven-neighborhood concept to the iconic AquaTheater performance venue, will undergo a bow-to-stern transformation in 2019 and become the first Royal Amplified ship to sail from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, N.J., starting in May 2020. Oasis of the Seas will transport travelers to the clear blue waters of The Bahamas all summer with 7-night itineraries, as well as a select number of short cruises north to New England and Canada.

Adventure of the Seas will return to Cape Liberty, sailing a variety of 5- and 9-night summer and fall itineraries to Bermuda, New England and Canada, The Bahamas and the Caribbean. Travelers can extend leaf peeping season on Vision of the Seas, which will offer three 10- to 11-night open-jaw itineraries between Bayonne and Quebec City with an overnight in Quebec’s capital – a UNESCO World Heritage treasure and North America’s only fortified city.

Symphony of the Seas and sister ship Harmony of the Seas, the ultimate family ships, will return to PortMiami and Port Canaveral, Fla., respectively, offering 7-night itineraries to the Eastern and Western Caribbean. Both ships will feature visits to Perfect Day at CocoCay, the ultimate destination for thrill and chill, on nearly all sailings.

Brilliance of the Seas will light up Boston in the fall, sailing 7- to 10-night cruises to Canada starting in September 2020, while Grandeur of the Seas continues to offer 9-night itineraries to Canada and New England for fall foliage from her year-round homeport in Baltimore, Md. Grandeur will embark on a combination of 5- and 9-night itineraries to Bermuda and The Bahamas in the summer months, and transition to 9-night Southeast Coast & Bahamas and 12-night Southern Caribbean cruises for the winter. Northeast, Canada and Bermuda itineraries will be available to book as of Dec. 13, 2018.

In 2020, San Juan, Puerto Rico will welcome what will be the newly modernized Freedom of the Seas. The largest ship to ever homeport in San Juan will return for the third consecutive year to sail 7-night itineraries year-round throughout the Southern Caribbean, traveling beyond the typical getaway to exotic destinations like Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis; St. Johns, Antigua; Castries, St. Lucia and Bridgetown, Barbados. Rounding out the 7-night Caribbean offerings is Liberty of the Seas, which will continue to sail from Galveston to the Western Caribbean ahead of her own highly anticipated amplification in early 2021. The 7-night Bahamas, Bermuda and Caribbean itineraries will be available to book as of Dec. 13, 2018.

Memory-making Moments: Short Caribbean

No stranger to Perfect Day at CocoCay, two of Royal Caribbean’s Amplified ships – Mariner of the Seas and Navigator of the Seas – will continue to elevate short Caribbean getaways all year with 3-night weekend and 4-night weekday itineraries to The Bahamas. Reimagined in 2018, Mariner will continue to sail from Port Canaveral in Orlando, Fla., while an amped up Navigator will remain a resident of Miami, sailing from the cruise line’s state-of-the-art Terminal A. Navigator will be the third ship to be reimagined in February 2019, building on the successes of the brand’s Royal Amplified fleet modernization program to incorporate a lineup of firsts and Royal Caribbean favorites with new experiences, including an awe-inspiring Caribbean poolscape, two daring waterslides – introducing the longest aqua coaster at sea – the first blow dry bar the industry, elevated nightlife and dining, and thrilling activities. Short Caribbean itineraries are now open to book.

Sharing the Texas-sized spotlight, Enchantment of the Seas will, for the first time from Galveston, offer a lineup of sailings to Perfect Day at CocoCay for adventurous vacationers who want to wrangle first-time experiences that will top any bucket list. Enchantment will continue a mix of 4- and 5-night Western Caribbean sailings in the summer, perfect for short getaways and first-time cruise vacationers.

Fresh Adventures & Discoveries: Europe

The Old World will get a new spin with Royal Caribbean’s summer 2020 deployment. Longtime New York resident, Anthem of the Seas, will make the journey across the Atlantic to Southampton, England returning for the first time in five years. Anthem is set to embark on her biggest adventure yet as the Quantum Class ship visits coastal towns along the Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the Canary Islands, on 8- to 14-night itineraries. Modernized in 2018, Independence of the Seas will return to Southampton for the season and sail 7- to 14-night cruises around the Norwegian Fjords, Canary Islands and North Africa, Scandinavia & Russia, and Italian Mediterranean, including new destinations Agadir, Morocco and Ponta Delgada in Portugal’s Azores archipelago in the mid-Atlantic. Vacationers can also revel in the beauty of the Baltic with a 14-night itinerary – a first for a Freedom Class ship – featuring an overnight in Copenhagen, Denmark and two nights in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Royal Amplified will reach the far corners of Europe as Allure of the Seas and Explorer of the Seas debut multimillion-dollar modernizations as they journey across Europe for the 2020 summer and fall seasons to rediscover legendary landmarks, charming coastlines and the diverse cultures. Allure of the Seas will be the first Royal Amplified Oasis Class ship in Europe, offering 7-night Western Mediterranean itineraries that depart from Barcelona. From Rome, the reimagined Explorer will offer a mix of 7- to 12-night sailings along the Greek Isles, uncovering storied temples, amphitheaters and villages.

Vision of the Seas will join Allure in Barcelona for the summer and fall seasons to offer travelers 12-night cruises across the Mediterranean, as Rhapsody of the Seas returns to Venice, Italy for the summer to offer shorter itineraries, alternating between Greece & Croatia and the Greek Isles. Copenhagen will welcome Jewel of the Seas for the season, as the ship sails a mix of 7-night itineraries through the Norwegian Fjords and Scandinavia & Russia. Brilliance of the Seas will return to Amsterdam for a third summer, sailing 12-night Baltic itineraries and a special 12-night sailing around the British Isles. For a once-in-a-lifetime experience, adventurers can board Brilliance for a 15-night artic crossing as the ship repositions from Amsterdam to Boston, Mass. European itineraries will be available to book the week of Dec. 17, 2018. All itineraries will be open to book by Crown & Anchor Society loyalty members one day prior to the general opening date.

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In wide-open 2020 presidential field, Democrats are road-testing messages

By Michael Scherer, Washington Post, May 12, 2018

The future of the Democratic Party has been booking late-night TV gigs, waking up for morning drive-time radio and showing up at watering holes in rural counties to try out new material.

Before the start of a 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, at least 25 candidates--mayors, governors, entrepreneurs, members of the House and Senate--have hit the road to workshop their vision, experiment with catchphrases and test policy ideas that could keep President Trump from winning a second term.

Many deny that their actions have anything to do with a coming presidential run, but they unmistakably play off the chords of campaigns past, seeking a way to break through a political maw that has been focused more on the latest actions of the president and the coming midterm elections.

“I don’t want to speak to Democrats only,” says Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who recently appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to riff on the Founding Fathers’ vision of patriotism and love. “I’m talking to us as Americans, about how this is a moral moment.”

In front of policy conferences and campaign rallies for congressional candidates, former vice president Joe Biden has been updating his own paeans to the middle class, repeating his thematic refrain that “America is all about possibilities.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has broadened her calls for people to “fight back,” and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) has demanded that “we must speak truth.”

“This is like taking the play to Topeka and New Haven to see what works before you even get to Broadway,” said David Axelrod, a former strategist for President Barack Obama who hosts would-be candidates for public forums at the University of Chicago. “The season hasn’t opened.”

At stake in the rehearsals is nothing less than the future of the Democratic Party, which has yet to congeal around a positive vision. Party leaders privately talk about the next two years as a potential pivot point for what it means to be a Democrat.

“The Democratic trajectory right now is more uncertain than it has been since I started in politics in the ‘80s,” said Simon Rosenberg, a longtime Democratic strategist at NDN, a think tank. “And I think no one has a leg up.”

The questions are big ones--of style and policy--that can only be answered in the story told by the candidate who eventually captures the party’s imagination.

Some promote a vision of a youthful future, while others speak of their own wizened experience. Some use the language of the private sector, while others have begun to promote guaranteeing public-sector jobs for all unemployed Americans. Some speak of class as the defining American divide, while others focus first on racial and gender inequality. Some are brawlers ready to take on Trump, while others pose as healers to call the country back to better angels.

They have begun to grapple with the sense that Trump’s presence has erased all of the old rules, even for Democrats, and that the party should consider looking outside the standard roster of governors and senators--perhaps to a business executive-entertainer like Oprah Winfrey, who has so far resisted calls for her to run, or a mayor.

The potential candidates preach both national and party unity, decrying the “false choices” between appealing to white Midwestern voters and the more diverse and urban Democratic base. But in the next breath, they sometimes demonstrate how many different routes there are to reach that goal of restitching the Democratic coalition ripped apart by Trump.

“The economy doesn’t have a good answer for people who haven’t gone to college, and it hasn’t had an answer for a long time,” said Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden, who will host at least 10 potential candidates Tuesday for a policy conference. “Trump proved a wrong answer beats no answer.”

Mayors and governors have been talking up their liberal records of innovation in the states, aiming to contrast their competence to the dysfunction of Washington. “We have demonstrated that a policy ecosystem of progressive economic development works,” said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who has been traveling the country as chair of the Democratic Governors Association. “We have blown up the Republican trickle-down message of Donald Trump.”

Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., who is working on a book due out next year, has anchored his pitch in a broad vision of Democrats as “the party of everyday life”--a good job, health care and education included. “We’ve got to realize that a lot of this has to do with style,” he said. “That should be fairly obvious--we have a president who doesn’t even have an ideology, only a style.”

Others like Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper have begun to speak about the failures of past administrations, as the party struggles to identify an economic message in an age of low unemployment, strong market performance and continued kitchen-table insecurity.

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who hails from Youngstown, has argued for a focus on the economic threat of China, while cautioning against new government programs that displace the private sector. “We can be hostile to monopolies, oligarchies and concentrations of wealth,” he said. “But we can’t be hostile to capitalism.”

After the 2016 election, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced that he had been “humiliated” that the Democratic Party could not appeal to the white working class, “where I came from.”

Since then, he has tried to focus more on healing the rifts that emerged between him and minority communities. It has been a sometimes rocky road, such as when he awkwardly described Obama as a “charismatic individual” during a speech in Mississippi on the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.

Warren has also been reaching out to the black community in an effort to stamp out the impression, left from the 2016 campaign, that the financial regulatory issues at the core of her life’s work are not a central cause of minority communities.

“I know I haven’t personally experienced the struggles of African American families, but I am here to say that no one can ignore what is happening in this country,” she said in a recent address to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, which began with a discussion of housing policy and ended with her calling out, “Can I have an ‘amen’ on that?”

Several potential candidates, including Booker, Gillibrand, Harris and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have signed on to a bill that would create a pilot program, offering guaranteed jobs paying at least $15 an hour in 15 high-unemployment communities. Sanders has said he is working on his own version of the same program.

Others have charted more moderate paths. “I love Bernie, but I’m not Bernie Sanders. I don’t think 500 billionaires are the reason we’re in trouble,” Biden said in a speech May 8 at the Brookings Institution, in which he proposed free community college tuition, limits on worker noncompete clauses and efforts to broaden the geographic reach of venture capital.

Most of the potential candidates, including other outsiders such as entrepreneur Mark Cuban, have said they will wait until after the midterm elections to make any announcements about their 2020 plans. “It’s not about Donald Trump,” Cuban wrote in an email explaining his view of the coming campaign. “He is who he is and everyone knows who he is.”

Others, such as Hickenlooper, say they really don’t know if they are ready to put their families through the two-year strain of a campaign. For the moment, they still have time to work that out.

“What did St. Teresa say?” Hickenlooper asked rhetorically, referencing a quote often attributed to the saint. “‘There are more tears shed over answered prayers.’”

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Hampton Area Obituaries

Susan S. Clark

She was born Sept. 26, 1924, in Portsmouth, the daughter of the late H. Russell and Agnes (Emerson) Sawyer.

She attended Rye schools, St. Mary’s School in Littleton and Maine General Hospital School of Nursing in Portland, Maine. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire.

Mrs. Clark was a social worker for the New Hampshire Department of Health & Welfare, retiring with 15 years of service.

She was a member of Rye Congregational Church and was active in town and district affairs. She was an outdoor person, enjoying gardening, sailing, skiing and family camping.

The widow of Ernest E. Clark, her husband of 49 years, who died in 1993, she is survived by one son and his wife, Frederick R. (CWO U.S. Army, Ret.) and Kimiko Clark of Rye Beach; one daughter and her husband, Susan and Thomas Morin of Kittery Point, Maine; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by one son, Charles; a half brother, James Perkins; and a half sister, Molly Perkins Vinton.

Calling hours will be held Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton.

A graveside service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in Central Cemetery, Rye.

Memorial donations may be made to the Rye Fire Department Association, 563 Washington Road, Rye, NH 03870.

Roxanne M. Dockey

HAMPTON – Roxanne M. Dockey, 57, of 60 Hampton Meadows, died Saturday, May 1, 2004, at her home after a sudden illness.

She was born March 8, 1947, in Lyndon, Vt., the daughter of the late Raymond L. and Katherine T. (Blake) Guyer Barrett. She had resided in Brandview, Mo., Colorado and Washington state before returning to New England.

She was a 1968 graduate of Brandview High School and attended a local community college.

Mrs. Dockey began her career as a medical receptionist and moved on to become a nursing assistant working for many orthopedic surgeons and neurologists. At Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, she was responsible for coordinating the orthopedic nurse’s station.

She enjoyed spending time with her family, snowmobiling, camping, fishing, cooking and gardening. She attended painting classes and enjoyed arts and crafts and working with dried flowers.

She was an amateur radio enthusiast and was licensed in 1992. She supported various women’s shelters and participated in the Multiple Sclerosis annual walk. She was active in Alcoholics Anonymous and proud of her six-year milestone.

She traveled extensively to Spain, Switzerland, France and Mexico.

She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Robert W. Dockey of Hampton; one brother, Raymond L. Guyer Jr. of Taos, N.M.; one sister, Donna L. Bower of Grandview, Mo; one niece and two nephews; and several aunts and uncles.

Funeral services were held Thursday in the Robert K. Gary Jr. Funeral Home, Hampton.

Elizabeth F. Downey

RYE – Elizabeth F. (Dennehy) Downey died Saturday, May 1, 2004.

The widow of John F. Downey, she is survived by two sons, Joseph Downey of Stratham and Paul Downey and his wife, Sally of Rochester; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mae Nolan of Burlington, Mass., Louise Poole of Medford, Mass., and Dorri Van Bruggan of Waynesboro, Va.

She was predeceased by one son, John F. Downey Jr.; one brother, Joseph Dennehy; and two sisters, Rita White and Helen Price.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Thursday in St. Brigid Church, Lexington, Mass. Burial was in Westview Cemetery, Lexington.

Arrangements were by the Douglass Funeral Home, Lexington.

Marion E. Webster

EXETER – Graveside services for Marion E. Webster will be held Saturday, May 8, at 11 a.m. in Hillside Cemetery, East Kingston with the Rev. Daniel Weaver officiating.

Mrs. Webster, 94, of 277 Water St., died Jan. 4, 2004, in Rockingham County Nursing Home, Brentwood.

She was born Sept. 18, 1909, in East Kingston, the daughter of the late Leslie and Ada (Brown) Webster.

Arrangements are by the Brewitt Funeral Home, Exeter.

Jerry L. Schuster

NEWFIELDS – Jerry L. Schuster, 63, died Wednesday, May 5, 2004, in St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston.

He was born Nov. 7, 1940, in Auburn, Ill., the son of the late Carl and Grace (Hanson) Schuster.

He was a graduate of the University of Illinois with bachelor of science and master of science degrees in metallurgical engineering.

Mr. Schuster was president of Omni Technologies Corp. in Epping for 14 years where he developed many innovative processes for aluminum brazing. He began his career with Hamilton Standard Division of United Aircraft and was employed for 15 years by ALCOA Research and Development in Alcoa Center, Pa. He was later employed by Brazonics in Amesbury, Mass., Metal Bellows in Sharon, Mass., and EG&G in Salem, Mass.

He was an active, faithful member of the United Methodist Church in Amesbury; a member of the American Welding Society; The American Society of Metals; The Materials International Society; and Ark & Anchor Lodge No. 354 in Auburn, Ill.

He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Elaine Schuster; three sisters, Donna Garbacz of Waterford, Mich., Margaret Kaufman and Lynn Hunley, both of Auburn; two brothers, Carl Schuster of Albuquerque, N.M., and James Schuster of Morton, Ill.; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

Visiting hours will be held Monday, May 10, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Stockbridge Funeral Home, 141 Epping Road, Exeter.

A celebration of life service will be held Tuesday, May 11, at 11 a.m. in First United Methodist Church, Amesbury.

Burial will be Wednesday, May 12, at 11:30 a.m. in St. Adalbert Cemetery, Enfield, Conn., with visiting hours from 9 to 11 a.m. at Leete — Stevens Enfield Chapels, 61 South Road, Enfield, CT.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 140 Main Street, Amesbury, MA. 01913.

Robert B. Stockbridge

HAMPTON – Robert B. Stockbridge, 78, formerly of Exeter, died Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at the Haven Health Center at Seacoast.

He was born Feb. 4, 1926, in Exeter, the son of the late Earle R. and H. Myrtle (Brewster) Stockbridge. He lived in Exeter for many years, moving to Hampton in 2003.

He was a 1945 graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and attended Bryant & Stratton Business College in Boston.

Mr. Stockbridge worked for the former Exeter Banking Company for many years, and also worked for Exeter Visiting Nurses.

He was the business manager for the former Hampton Playhouse for 50 years and most recently was the business manager for Act One Theatre of Hampton.

He enjoyed life and traveled extensively in the United States and Europe.

He is survived by one brother and his wife, Philip R. and Cora Stockbridge of Seabrook; three nephews, Douglas R. Stockbridge of Kennebunk, Maine, Daniel B. Stockbridge of Hampton and David W. Stockbridge of Dover; one niece, Donna L. McBride of Exeter; and several grandnieces, grandnephews and cousins.

Calling hours will be held Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Stockbridge Funeral Home, 141 Epping Road, Exeter.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at — p.m. in the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Lane Cemetery, Stratham.

Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made to Seacoast Hospice, 10 Hampton Road, Exeter, NH 03833.

Paul Raymond LeBeau Jr.

NEWMARKET – Paul Raymond LeBeau Jr., was stillborn May 3, 2004, in Exeter Hospital, the son of Paul and Colleen (Hall) LeBeau.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Benjamin LeBeau of Newmarket; his maternal grandparents, Dr. Kenneth and Mrs. Helen Hall of McAfee, N.J.; his paternal grandparents, Charlene and Daniel Mitchell of Newmarket; his paternal great-grandmother, Dot Emond of Newmarket; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was predeceased by twin siblings, Catherine and Elizabeth LeBeau in 2000, and his paternal grandfather, Raymond LeBeau in 2003.

Graveside services will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in Calvary Cemetery, Newmarket.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Wendell’s Wish, Therapeutic Riding Program, 95 Halls Mills Road, Newfields, NH 03856.

Assistance with the arrangements is by the Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home, Newmarket.

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Arline M. Lemieux

HAVERHILL – Arline M. (LeMaire) Lemieux, 73, of 190 North Ave., formerly of Merrivista, died Friday, April 30, 2004, at the Kenoza Manor in Haverhill.

She was born in Newburyport, Mass., and had resided in West Newbury, Mass., for 30 years before moving to Haverhill.

She was a graduate of Newburyport High School.

Primarily a housewife and homemaker, Mrs. Lemieux worked in her younger years as an operator for New England Telephone and Telegraph.

She is survived by two sons, Richard Lemieux and David Lemieux, both of Atkinson; one daughter and her husband, Susan and Mark Farrell of Epping; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by one daughter, Debbie Schrempf, who died in 1994.

Graveside services were held Wednesday in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Amesbury, Mass.

Arrangements were by Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home, Plaistow.

Frances J. Mason

SEABROOK – Frances I. (Jennings) Mason, 91, of 63 Adams Ave., died Sunday, May 2, 2004, in Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, Mass.

She was born June 16, 1912, in Somerville, Mass., the daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Thompson) Jennings. Her parents died when she was 13 and she took on the role of parent and cared for her three siblings. She moved to Seabrook in 1953.

She was a 1930 graduate of St. John’s High School, North Cambridge, Mass.

Mrs. Mason was a real estate broker for Yankee Trader for several years. She later was the general manager of Tower Press in Seabrook, retiring after 17 years of service.

She was a member of the Seabrook Travelers and enjoyed going to Aruba, Texas, the Virgin Islands and Florida. She was a member of the Raymond E. Walton Post Auxiliary.

She enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking, and was a loyal Red Sox fan.

She is survived by four nephews, Frank Jennings of Somerset, Mass., Thompson Jennings of Atlanta, Ga., Stan Jennings of Dover and Steven Jennings of Somerville; three nieces, Irene Jennings of Nashua, Amy O’Neill of Portsmouth and Jaye Garnett of Exeter; one sister-in-law, Claire A. Jennings of Kensington; and many grandnieces, grandnephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by her first husband of 12 years, Mossie Kirk, who perished in 1953 in a fire in their apartment helping her to escape, and her second husband, Lee Mason.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Friday at 10 a.m. in Star of the Sea Beach Chapel, North End Blvd., Salisbury, Mass.

Memorial donations may be made to the Seacoast Community Action Program, 683 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, NH 03874.

Arrangements are by the Robert K. Gray Jr. Funeral Home, Hampton.

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