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Daylight saving time

“Spring forward and fall back” is the easiest reminder when it’s “that time of year,” Daylight Saving Time. Daylight Saving Time actually refers to only the springtime change, this year on March 8, when most of the Continental United States turns clocks forward one hour. We “fall ...

Lasagna: Great way to feed a crowd

“I never met a lasagna I didn’t like” — Garfield Indeed – what’s there not to love about lasagna? It’s a favorite winter comfort dish. No matter how you make it, t’s a popular crowd-pleaser. Made with alternating layers of pasta, cheese, and sauce, with meat and/or vegetables ...

Breaking news in brief

“The Essex County Board of Supervisors finally voted this week to return a little over $64,000 to the operating budget of North Country Community College. “Voting in a roll call vote Monday in Elizabethtown, the supervisors agreed in a budget note for $64,617 from the State Bank of ...

Whining and screaming

Parents are often screaming for solutions that will help them handle their toddler going through the stage we call the terrible ‘twos’ —especially when the twos expand into the threes, the fours, maybe even the teens and adulthood. Yet the terrible twos really need not be terrible and ...

An occasion of note

Last week at Nori’s, after a hard day of hanging out, swilling coffee and swapping lies, I went out to my car and — Lo and Behold! — there was a note under one of my windshield wipers. For a very long moment I just stared at it, dumbfounded — I couldn’t remember the last time ...

The cat’s meow

Cats are the best. If you don’t have a cat, you should get one. If you can’t get one, you could visit the cat shelter or foster. I have two cats of my own. When I’m upset, I sit down, and one of my cats, Beats, will rub up to me and get in my face and purr, and I will pet her until I ...