The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is encouraging automakers to make advanced seat belt technology and other safety innovations the norm in the back seat. And IIHS put that to the test, requiring the better protection for second-row occupants for its 2025 Top Safety Pick and Top ...
Amelanchiers are purplish-black berries with many names: serviceberry, June berry, saskatoon berry, shadbush, are just a few. Their bright white flowers are among the first to bloom in spring and provide nectar for bees and other insects. The berries ripen in late June or early July in our ...
I had to skip a week for Centennial part II to slip in the story about the Hanmer Races. I was proud to be part of the Centennial Committee; but the entire story was written by that great local historian, John J. Duquette. Having space for only a small portion of the book, we will have to ...
Amanda Lefton: We briefly spoke in Newcomb when my friend’s body was airlifted from the Adirondack backcountry. The state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers “Week in Review” dated July 2 stated Assistant Forest Ranger Brendan Jackson passed away while camping. I ...
Parents have been nickel and diming me as to what to do when their child swallows a coin. Let me see if I can cough up some information on this topic. It turns out that as children explore the world, usually between the ages of 6 months and 4 years, it is almost inevitable that they will ...
To the editor: Whereas men everywhere regard their political instruments as mere parchment, bound by time and self-interest, there is one proclamation whose utterance commands a reverence profound and enduring—the American Declaration. Mark how this mortal instrument rises beyond its inked ...