The Deal With Two Wheels
Long-popular in Europe, electric bikes are starting to catch on in the States. Electric bikes look just like regular bicycles. You can pedal them to get around, and when you get to a rather steep hill...
View ArticlePlanning for our Future Economy
Planning for our future economy or trying to hit a moving target. --A regional planner might start with the population, predict how many people will be born, how many will die, how many will move into...
View ArticleHome Instead - Senior Care
Good elder law planning can provide much-needed peace of mind to many seniors by addressing concerns directly--educating the senior and family about what could happen if something does go wrong and how...
View ArticleThink Spring
“Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year...."
View ArticleGive New Meaning to Spring Cleaning
...make sure local or special needs are met before you do a drive-thru dumpster donation, okay? Donate creatively.
View ArticleApril 15th is Coming Quickly
Understanding the tax process can make the filing process a little less intimidating. Planning for the upcoming tax year can help you prepare for an upcoming tax balance.
View ArticleMaple Syrup Time
The best time to capture the sap is when the temperatures are mild during the day, but still below freezing at night. Forbes said he usually starts tapping by February 12, but the heavy snow delayed...
View ArticleAll About Light Bulbs
The incandescent bulb is notoriously inefficient. Incandescent bulbs give off most of their energy (more than 95%) as heat rather than light.
View ArticleRochester Historical's Spring Fling
The Rochester, MA Historical Society is sponsoring a SPRING FLING DANCE as a fund raiser for its organization.
View ArticleFamous Ladies of the South Coast
March is National Women’s History Month, and the South Coast has been home to some pretty amazing women, going all the way back to colonial times.
View ArticleEmerald Canines
The month of March is not only a great time for the Irish, but also a wonderful occasion to celebrate the many fascinating dog breeds that originated on the Emerald Isle.
View ArticleNutrition Month
My kids eat far healthier than I do and I wonder how I went wrong along the way. Was it my upbringing? College? Single life that made me just eat whatever I wanted?
View ArticleTake Part in Art
The South Coast artistic menu is rich. There is not only variety from gallery to gallery, but oftentimes there is a variety within the galleries themselves.
View ArticleRunning the Trails
Join us on the first Friday morning of each month from May to November for the watershed trail running series, open to runners of all abilities!
View ArticleA Place to Learn and Play
After being a traveling exhibit for its first decade of operation, the Children's Museum moved into the former Superior Courthouse at 441 North Main Street two years ago.
View ArticleBook Picks - My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
In My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice. --review by Laura LaTour -...
View ArticleSt. Patrick's Day Facts - Kind of
For one thing, according to “St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography,” the real St. Patrick wasn’t even Irish. He was Pakistani, and drove a cab in South Boston.
View ArticleExplorium on the Move
The Explorium's living exhibit of aquatic species will move into the zoo's existing aquatic center. Its Hemisphere exhibit, a six-foot-tall computerized screen globe also known as the Sphere, will be...
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