Bridesville.com Web News Archive

Celebrating 100 years of weddings (Herald & Review) - OAKLAND - Like a bride showered with wedding gifts, the Oakland Historical Foundation has been inundated with items to display in its history of weddings exhibit.

Destination weddings ring up budget dilemma for guests (Denver Post) - These days it costs as much to have a wedding on average as it does to buy a new car. The Conde Nast Bridal Group, which publishes Brides, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride magazines, says the average amount spent on weddings has increased to $27,852, up from the average $15,208 wedding in 1990.

At second weddings, a second chance (The Trenton Times) - It seems only fitting to write about weddings now that it's June, the traditional month of brides and grooms. Besides, I'm a sucker for romance.

Church 'could be forced to bless gay weddings' (Daily Telegraph) - New Government proposals on equality could require clergy to bless homosexual "weddings" or face prosecution, the Church of England has said.

Prosecutor: Polygamist sect leader came home for weddings (CNN.com) - SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Arizona's attorney general believes polygamist leader Warren Jeffs recently returned to perform more marriages involving underage girls in his church's community along the Utah-Arizona state line.

Weddings (Corvallis Gazette Times) - Ruth E. Vincent and David L. Willis were married May 20, 2006, at First Baptist Church in Corvallis. The Rev. William Knopp officiated.

Weddings are costing more each year, and not only for the bride and groom (Asheville Citizen-Times) - These days it costs as much to have a wedding on average as it does to buy a new car.

Millom Town Hall to host gay weddings (North-West Evening Mail) - THE new owner of Millom Town Hall plans to give it a £250,000 face lift so the venue can be used for ceremonies such as gay weddings and speed-dating events.

WEDDINGS (The Pueblo Chieftain) - Jordan-Bassetti Marilyn Kimberly Jordan and Anthony J. Bassetti were married May 6 at Fellowship of the Rockies. The bride is the daughter of Jesse Jordan and Marilyn Jordan. The bridegroom is the son of Joe and Phyllis Bassetti. The newlyweds will live in Pueblo West. Garcia-LeFebre Amber Garcia and John LeFebre were married April 29 at Christ the King Church with the Rev. Thomas

Local engagements, weddings and anniversaries: June 11 (Bonita Daily News) - Debra E. Burke of Grass Valley, Calif., and Bruce D. Jones of Naples announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Dawn Burke, to Jeriah Hildwine, son of Jean M. Dickson and Gerald F. Hildwine, both of San Diego.