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Friday, December 21, 2012

A Cinnaminson Couple Will Say 'I Do' on Doomsday

Maureen Benetz and Chris Grabosky have been planning their end of the world wedding for three years.

  If the Mayans are wrong and today is not doomsday, it still definitely marks an end for Cinnaminson's Chris Grabosky. He’s getting married today. But the bachelor-no-more and his fiancée, Maureen Benetz, knew this day was coming; they planned a Dec. 21, 2012, wedding three years ago. “We knew what day we were getting married three hours after we got engaged,” said Benetz. Benetz and Grabosky, both 25 and from Cinnaminson, didn’t have a normal engagement, so why should their wedding be run-of-the-mill? Grabosky asked Benetz’s parents for her hand in marriage on Dec. 22, 2009. But Benetz’s sister stole the limelight when she and her husband were engaged on Christmas Day that year. Plans changed. Grabosky was then set to propose on New Year…

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Is Friday the End of the World? Nope, The Merion, St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church, and 1 more ›

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John

12:51 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Hope U do not go to the moorestown patch they spelled your name wrong.....cute idea hate-o-rade....U will have people like that all the time.....enjoy the holidays....   more ›

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Is Friday the End of the World? Nope

What the experts say about 12/21/12, Doomsday prophesies, the end of the Mayan calendar and why everyone's stressed over it.

Don’t make any rash decisions: Experts say 12/21/12 is going to be just another typical winter solstice. Killer solar flares aren’t expected. Another planet isn’t on a collision course with ours. And the Mayan “long count calendar” ending on this date has no real significance—they had to end it somewhere!  What is all the fuss about? There are a number of theories and predictions that call for earth’s demise on Dec. 21, 2012. They include: What are the experts saying? The intrigue created by multiple end-of-the-world predictions has made many scholars and even NASA address these claims with formal statements. From professors at Tampa Bay’s own New College to the scientific minds at NASA, they’re all saying the same thing: Go ahead and pay …

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New College Professor Analyzes Mayan Doomsday Predictions for Dec. 21 (in Sarasota Patch)

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Ric

10:19 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012

Sorry to inform you but eternal salvation takes a lot more than just reading the bible. By the way, the world will be here a 100 years from now as well as 10,000,00,000 years from now. You do know it took the universe over 13 billions years to get to this point.   more ›

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