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Al Fleury's pitch for a 94-unit apartment building in downtown criticized for being 'too big'

It’s a new chapter in the story of “Afterwork,” a book by two local financial planners about “the retirement lie” and how to make those golden years truly fulfilling.

This year the Hampton Holiday Parade is themed “It’s Only a Movie” in honor of the late Desi Lanio, former co-owner of Route 1's 401 Tavern.

There's the dream of retirement — and then there's the reality. Joel Malick and Alex Lippert are financial planners and two of the partners in Colorado Springs-based Steadfast Wealth Co. Over the years, they've seen a consistent theme: While people may have the financial side in place to enjoy retirement, they often ignore the emotional side, the reality of moving forward while having lost a key definer in their lives: their work. And so Malick and Lippert have written a book, "Afterwork," aimed at making the "golden years" truly that. (The book, available on Amazon.com, is subtitled "An H...

The African preacher was delivering a sermon on prayer to a small congregation in a remote village when he used a popular illustration he had found in American religious materials. “Prayer is part of a relationship with God,” the preacher told his flock. “Prayer is not like a vending machine, where you insert money, and out comes an answer.” The congregants nodded their heads, but they had no idea what the preacher was talking about. Their rural area has no electricity, and none had seen a vending machine. Africa is home to about 630 million Christians, more than any other continent. ...