Maffrey’s, says co-owner Jeff Starks, is dedicated to “good” goods.

Items from small American companies. Women- and minority-owned. Eco-friendly businesses. Socially-conscious businesses. Businesses that give back to their communities in some way. Businesses that make handcrafted products.

And just about everything you’ll find on the shelves in this small, but superabundantly inventoried boutique, boasts one or more of these traits.

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The animated “Win or Lose” follows a middle school softball team, and each episode is told from the perspective of a different character.

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Cast and crew members from the Disney Dream volunteered at a local non-profit organization, Bahamas Feeding Network last Friday while the ship was docked in Nassau. Disney Cruise Line works Continue Reading →

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Do you have a grandchild on the way? Are you hoping to assist when the new bundle of joy makes his or her debut? Here’s a way to make sure Grandma is rested and ready to be a part of the little one’s life. Put a Grannymoon on the calendar. Plan for yourself or

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BBC Studios and the Walt Disney Company will collaborate on a movie about the hit children’s character.

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We were excited to see that ABC/Disney was broadcasting the classic Sound of Music last Sunday night. For an entire evening we watched the mutilation of this beloved movie.  The number of commercials was disgusting. The fact that the same commercials were repeated over and over, and the placement of the commercials in the storyline showed that the editors had

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Now is the time of year when I try not to brag too much about how great the weather is.

Soon enough, my friends back home in the South will start posting on social media about ice, snow and bitter wind. Meanwhile, here in L.A., our fall is Goldilocks weather — not too

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No matter the style, the music world has long been bookended by rising young artists and seasoned veterans alike, wannabes and legends, chart-toppers, cult acts and the journeymen and women in between. Even so, it’s difficult to recall another year in which a new generation of performers and a long-established group of veteran acts each had such a formidable impact.

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This week’s special offers from Disney Cruise Line include dates from now through May 2025. Currently, there are 73 unique sail dates, available with special offers available across the fleet Continue Reading →

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It felt like 100 degrees on the job site by late afternoon.

“Truly unbearable,” was how Jonathan Baudilio Ramirez Salazar described Florida’s weather when he spoke to his wife on the phone the night before.

He’d worked one day in the thick July heat as a temporary laborer on a Fort Myers landscaping crew for TruScapes Industries Inc.

“Don’t go to work tomorrow,” his wife

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