On the Cheap: Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Solvent
David and Gina Giffels, who have been restoring a falling-down house in Akron, Ohio, for 12 years, have no credit card debt.
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Suffern, a two-square-mile village in the town of Ramapo along the New Jersey border, has a coziness reminiscent of the village from an earlier era.
Living In | Suffern, N.Y.: When the Town Line Is the State Line
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