The Main Building at the Trudeau Sanatorium has stood empty for years. But listen closely when you walk by, and you might just hear the sound of applause coming from the dining room. During the Sanatorium days, patients who were well enough to get out of bed dressed for dinner and walked to ...

My niece stole my imaginary wedding day. Finally someone in the family with some imagination. Her Halloween wedding had all the fun of a costume party because it was one. My husband didn’t foresee the ease of planning a Halloween wedding. We dress as the bride and groom, get married by a ...

One of our dogs crossed the rainbow bridge this week. Sophie, our little Chiweenie, has been slowly failing for a while, so it wasn’t unexpected. That doesn’t mean that it was easy. By accident or design, I have become Mother Reaper; the person in our family who oversees our dogs’ final ...

It’s the end of October. Last week, the weather was unseasonably warm. Now most of the leaves are off the trees. It’s time for ... Halloween this coming Thursday. All Saints’ Day is Friday, Nov. 1. All Souls’ Day is Saturday, Nov. 2. It’s time for spookiness. It’s time for ...

Some drivers have never been in a collision — some have been in many. In either case, the odds are that you will be in three to four crashes within your lifetime. There are more than 300,000 traffic crashes in New York state each year. Nationwide there are approximately six million ...