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Sharon And Chad Are Engaged!

Sharon Buck — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:03:07 +0000

It’s been just over a year and a half since I received his first text. A simple one saying that he and his band wanted to adopt a family for our B98.5 Salvation Army Christmas Castle. Little did I know that one text would potentially lead to a lifetime together. I was going through a [...]

Best Wedding Proposal!

Sharon Buck — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:58:08 +0000

You may have seen the BEST Wedding Proposal on YouTube. It has over 19,000,000 views! She DID say yes…. But do you know what happened AFTER? Here is the ORIGINAL video for the proposal: Now see what happened after!!!!!!! What a lucky family they are! Relationships take time, trust, respect and most of all LOVE. [...]

Wedding Survey Reveals You'd Better Start Saving for the Big Day Now

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:56:47 +0000

Before you walk down the aisle, you may want to walk down to the bank to make sure you’ve got enough money in your account. A new survey of 17,500 women married last year sheds some hard-to-believe light on just how much weddings cost. Hold on to your bouquet because the average wedding cost $28,427 [...]

Find Love in 2013? You Can!

Sharon Buck — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:00:05 +0000

Being a single mom and having been divorced…twice…you would think that putting myself out there to find someone to share my life would be a scary thing to do. Well, you are right. It is scary. Who wants to put themselves out there when they’ve had to deal with heartbreak? Who wants to have people [...]

First Year of Marriage the Hardest

Randy McCoy — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:30:50 +0000

According to a new study in Australia, the first year of marriage is the most difficult for new couples to get through. The study by Deakin University’s 'Australian Centre on Quality of Life' measured the happiness of 2000 people and found couples in their first year of marriage rated it very low at 73%, while couples married for more than 40 years rated their happiness at almost 80%, the happiest of all married couples.

Gardiner + Augusta Will Be Open Dec. 29 to Issue Marriage Licenses

Renee Nelson — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:26:07 +0000

Augusta and Gardiner will each open for three hours to issue marriage licenses Saturday, December 29. They are not normally open on weekends, but this is a special case. December 29 is the first day same-sex couples in Maine can get married.

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down 'Defense Of Marriage Act'

Andy Capwell — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:12:06 +0000

A federal appeals court in New York has become the nation's second court to rule that the Defense Of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. The law was passed in 1996 and it bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages and says states cannot be forced to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.

Randy's Parents Celebrate 64th Anniversary

Randy McCoy — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:13:16 +0000

I wasn’t going to mention this but the more I thought about it the more impressive it is. My parents, on October 6th, celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary being married in 1948. Most couples don’t stay together that long for a variety of reasons. Some die before they reach that milestone, some will get divorced before that milestone and some find they made a mistake and never make it together that long. Whatever the reason when a couple stays together that long you have to give them credit. These days it seems divorce is more common than ever.