It’s not even October and my front porch is fully decorated for Halloween. It’s not just the overwhelming amount of spider webs, it’s the daddy-longlegs lurking on the walls. There was a brief moment in time when each one would scurry away when humans approached. No longer. We are ...

There’s plenty to be worried about with modern technology. Social media harassment, deep fakes and artificial intelligence robots who may become smarter than humans are just a few. But there are some positives as well. Readily keeping in touch with friends and relatives is at the top of my ...

My friend gifted me with 10 pounds of cucumbers from her garden. What to do? I managed to give a few away. These were not good for pickling. Pickling cucumbers are small and young, with a bumpy, spiny skin to absorb the brine and dry, firm flesh that doesn’t get mushy and makes firm, ...

David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), said at a congressional hearing on June 26 that faster, more decisive action from America’s top vehicle safety regulator is needed to reverse a drastic escalation in fatal crashes on the nation’s roadways. The ...

Thanks to Mike and Sheryl Madden, we have a chance to look back at Lake Placid’s sports-jammed schedule for the winter months ... 85 years ago. After an alert from former Enterprise editor Peter Crowley, we rushed to Madden’s Transfer & Storage, as it used to be called, where Mike ...

Parents have been asking me some hair-raising questions about what to do when their children experience excessive hair loss. Well, let me see if I can comb out some information on this topic. Believe it or not, we all lose about 50 to 100 hairs a day! This can happen through excessive ...