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Saturday November 2, 2013

What’s going on at Neptune? we talk to George Pothitos, Artistic Director at Neptune Theatre. Cassie Williams, Hal-Con Manager, Media Relations talks to us about Hal-Con. Personal finance expert Gail Vaz-Oxlade is fed up she talks to us about launching a financial literacy program – mymoneymychoices.com. We take your calls: How did you learn important financial lessons? What do you wish you knew before things got bad?

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