by Autumn Gonsalves | Nov 3, 2023 | August 2011, Uncategorized
By LORRI FINTON When I was a kid my family would make the annual eight-hour drive to coastal Maine for a two-week holiday. Once there, I would inevitably spend time at my grandparents’ house painting anything and everything my grandfather would let me. It was usually...
by Autumn Gonsalves | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2011, Uncategorized
By SHEILA HURST Organic gardening promises to not only keep chemicals out of your garden and off your plate, gardeners also contend that an organic garden can be easier and cheaper to maintain. Patricia Torgersen of Sandwich became interested in organic gardening when...
by Autumn Gonsalves | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2011, Uncategorized
By DIANA T. BARTH It wasn’t the sparkles on the ceiling of my circa 1960s kitchen that bothered me the most, or even the warped doors on the light oak cabinets. My breaking point was the burnt orange Formica countertops. They were designed, I fear, for an era of...
by Autumn Gonsalves | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2011, Uncategorized
By JOANNE BRIANA-GARTNER Homework is a fact of life for most school-age children. Kids as young as 1st grade bring home spelling words, math worksheets, and longer assignments, such as making personal time lines, book projects, and interviewing older family members....
by Autumn Gonsalves | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2011, Uncategorized
By CHRISTOPHER KAZARIAN For many years the hybrid car was seen as a novelty in America, but when gas prices first rose to $4 a gallon about five years ago that started to change. “When we started to have those seasonal gas hikes people started to take a more serious...
by Autumn Gonsalves | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2011, Uncategorized
By CHRISTINE LYNCH Many songs have been written about autumn leaves, yet it’s a different tune when you’re facing a yard full of brown leaves. The upbeat approach is to tackle the job with a large rake and make some stacks for the family to plow through. Still, after...
