Bridesville.com Web News Archive

Cumberland County Jail to begin charging for weddings (Boston Globe) - Cumberland County Jail inmates will soon have to pay for jailhouse weddings. That's because the jail plans to start charging $75 to host a wedding, the same fee charged by the Portland city clerk. In the past, the service was free.

Permit for Delhi park weddings (The Telegraph) - New Delhi, Jan. 10 (PTI): The state consumer commission has clarified an earlier restraining order on the booking of parks, gardens and public places for marriage functions by saying such functions will be allowed for one month.

The Mix (Asheville Citizen-Times) - Honeymoons are big business in the United States. With more than 2.4 million weddings occurring each year, those happy couples spend $8 billion a year on their honeymoon.

Make Out of Town Wedding Guests Feel at Home (Waynesboro Record Herald) - (ARA) - Weddings are a big occasion not only for the bride and groom, but for their friends and families as well. It is a great chance for people who don't see each other as often as they would like to reconnect.

Jail To Begin Charging For Weddings (WMTW Auburn) - Cumberland County Jail inmates will soon have to dig into their pockets to pay for jailhouse weddings.

Two weddings and a fun year (Philstar.com) - First off, congrats to Marc Gaba who won the 9th annual Boston Review poetry contest. His winning poems should have appeared in the publication’s November/December issue.

Father Jim ends 38-year career with a landmark ceremony (Hot Springs Village Voice) - On Saturday morning, Dec. 30, four couples from Holy Trinity Episcopal Church came before Fr. Jim McLean to have their civil weddings blessed. Because McLean was retiring the following day, all the couples wanted "their" priest to do the honors of the blessing.

Teen Fashion Designer Dreams About Her Own Wedding Day (Wellsville Daily Reporter) - (ARA) - It's no surprise that weddings are a serious business. They are, after all, a $25.3 billion industry.

Weddings and Engagements (Princeton Town Topics) - Collier-Reilly. Megan Collier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Collier Jr. of Montgomery Township, to Michael Reilly, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Reilly III of Narragansett, R.I.

News forms now available here (Perry County News) - The Perry County News uses forms to obtain information for events such as births, engagements and weddings, and now those forms are available online. Simply click on the “Online Forms” button under the “Sections” header on the left side of this page.