All Teens Want for Christmas…

All Teens Want for Christmas…

BY MARY LIMA The mind of the teenager is a mysterious place. It’s often hard to have a conversation with that particular brain, let alone try to divine what that mind would deem an appropriate, acceptable, and (for those of us who shoot for the moon) exciting gift....
New Appliance  Options Abound

New Appliance Options Abound

By DEBORAH G. SCANLON You’re in the supermarket doing your weekly shopping and can’t remember if you need milk and orange juice. Darn. Oh wait, you can check the app on your iPhone for your Samsung Family Hub fridge touch screen. It will show you a photo of the inside...
Tips For Better Home Movies

Tips For Better Home Movies

By CHARLES TASHIRO Photography and videography are powerful tools to capture those holiday moments that we treasure over time. The results often disappoint, however, because the execution does not equal the events’ emotional importance.  That’s because as powerful and...
Homework Helpers

Homework Helpers

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....
Hybrid Cars Go Mainstream

Hybrid Cars Go Mainstream

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...