There are a lot of choices out there: Marc Jacobs or Louis Vuitton, Atkins or South Beach, Ford or Chevy, Corona or Sam Adams, CSI or Law and Order. Every day, circumstances arise which require you to make decisions. More likely than not, however, these decisions won’t matter four years down the road.

ARIES (March 21-April 20) Social activities and new forms of entertainment will now be pleasing. Some Aries natives, especially those born after 1976, may this week change their lifestyle or romantic expectations. Shared home agreements and long-term companionship are accented.

FOOTBALL

Many students returned to Salve the second week of September, armed with notebooks, pens, and pencils, ready to begin the fall semester. Most fall athletes, however, returned two weeks before the start of classes to begin the preseason. Ready to perfect their skills, athletes lived on campus and dedicated themselves to their sports.

Newport gets the Point on repairing one of the town’s most historic streets.

In early May of this year Riley Corporation, who has since changed its name to Lynch Botelho Corporation, was hired to fix 25 Newport streets, a job with a contract value of $1.

The streets were swarming, the beaches were filled, and this summer, 2004, I learned why Newport is a world-renowned vacation destination. The shops, restaurants, and festivals brought the streets to life and the warm, sunny weather drew the crowds to the beaches, state parks, and out onto the luminous water.