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It is troublesome to read Times Observer letters and columnists, and listen to ultra right media views that are based on the assumption that America is or shoul

The one place you won’t find a Subaru is in Dear Richard’s driveway, our everyday car park. He’s a domestic sorta guy. We got chatting about our old car

When I got to thinking about the Christmas Eve celebrations, I realized that I had varied experiences. When I was young, I remember one Christmas Eve at home. I

The best Christmas gift I ever received was a roller coaster. It stood about four-feet high, had three steps up to the top and a cart that you sat on as you wer

The countdown continues until Christmas arrives. If it were a race, we’d be in the home stretch. So, what’s in store for us in this final week and two days?

Much has been reported about how difficult it is to enforce housing codes to deal with everything from junk and debris all over a property to rotting porches an

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. School-music programs feed talent into community organizations’ choral and instrumental programs. Just as sch

My mother considered herself a Christmas elf. She was a no-nonsense, practical woman who also happened to be 5 feet, 11 inches tall. Not exactly a pixie. But ev

Breathe in and savor the smell! That is what you do when you enter a bakery. Now I have to admit that scent does not permeate as much in the big box bakeries. I

*Note – Regarding last week’s narrative, my apologies for adding too many days to the celebration of Hanukkah which actually begins Thursday, December 7, an