Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.

Well before the arrival of theme parks, convention centers and towering hotels, Central Florida was home to a rarefied form of hospitality reserved for the well-to-do. From the 1940s through the 1960s, Joan Pennington Cotter Lee was part of that world....

It's not even Thanksgiving, but already people are getting into the holiday spirit. Welcome to the Junior League's 24th annual Stocked Market shopping event. Every year, the Roanoke Civic Center transforms into a mall, of sorts, with speciality stores....

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Actor Pierce Brosnan and his wife, Keely Shaye Smith, are joining in one of coastal Malibu's summer rituals — putting their home up for lease. They have listed Orchid House at $250,000 a month. Just in case the renters scuff up the newly built 13,...

Shoe designer Donald Pliner and his wife, Lisa, have bought a Bel-Air home from the estate of Jean Webb Vaughan Smith, a confidant of former First Lady Nancy Reagan, for $4.26 million. The French-influenced house is entered through a two-story foyer...

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) and Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge) received honors recently. Portantino was named Legislator of the Year by the Junior Leagues of California, recognizing his introduction of several bills...

Jean Webb Vaughan Smith, a member of the Reagans' inner circle who championed volunteerism as national president of the Assn. of Junior Leagues, died Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes, her family said. She was 93. Smith joined the Junior...

Interested in teaching your chidren healthy habits? On April 16,  head for Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, where the Junior League of Daytona Beach and Halifax Health will present  “Kids in the Kitchen” – a free family event....