Colorful career: Hagues retiring from paint business after 42 years on Main Street
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Brenda and Randy Hague have sold so much paint during their 42 years in business, they could fill up……
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Prairie Fire ignites rental scene in Newton
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now There’s no place like home, at least in the case of folks living in Kansas and particularly at Prairie……
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Newton-area residents have brushes with fame
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Newton-area people meeting the rich and/or famous. The first article printed on April……
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Lupe’s a tradition in Newton since the 1970s
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Imagine a large fried corn tortilla, smothered in beans, lettuce, orangey melted cheese and pork chili the color of……
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How to make taxes less taxing
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Hesston resident Bruce Claassen advised people to perhaps not be so eager to file their taxes every year. “A……
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A listening ear: Weigelt’s Insight helps area people
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Marva Weigelt has an office that resembles a living room. There’s a couch, a couple of chairs, a coffee……
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American Pickers: Smurrs have full-time retirement business
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Newton residents Mike and Deb Smurr like hearing the “cha-ching” of a cash register on their cell phones late……
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Not spilling a drop of coffee: Collins recalls years being a Harvey Girl
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Dressed in her perfect white uniform, with all her waitressing training behind her and possessing job qualifications of being……
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Selling things on the web: People can make a lot of money on eBay
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now It’s a worldwide virtual market where people can buy almost anything, from a meteor for $950,000 to Air Jordan……
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Beautifying downtown: Local group spearheading effort to get murals in Newton
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Not only does the Newton Murals and Arts Project want to paint the town red, it wants to paint……
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