specifically, highly learned information such as your vocabulary and your memory of how to do things. Other parts of your mind? Maybe not so much. But the following two lapses are easy to help. Here's how. ...more

October 24, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Millie Dittmer celebrated her birthday for a week. Some may think that's extreme, but in Dittmer's case it's not every day she will turn 100. ...more

July 22, 2009

Name of Business: The 9th Hole ...more

April 19, 2009

Pick a major East Coast city at random, and you're likely to find a 200th birthday celebration for Edgar Allan Poe. ...more

December 28, 2008

Ever since John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his running mate, many have lavished praise on her decision not to have an abortion after she and her husband learned that their youngest child, Trig, would be born with Down syndrome. Do those telling Palin "attagirl" and "way to go" have any idea what challenges and struggles Trig's parents - and all of us who care for children with special needs - live with every day? Though everyone cheered the Palin family in Minnesota last week, will those people be there for that little boy and his family when their support is really needed? ...more

September 9, 2008

When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic? ...more

September 5, 2008

Martha Bleakley's grandfather helped design the water purification system for the Apollo space missions. ...more

August 27, 2008

Martha Bleakley's grandfather helped design the water purification system for the Apollo space missions. ...more

August 27, 2008

The family that plays together is going to have a new place to do it starting this month. ...more

August 3, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- The family that plays together is going to have a new place to do it starting next month. Monster Mini Golf, an indoor entertainment center at 6429 U.S. 19, just north of Main Street, is expected to open sometime in mid-August, putting a new look on an old favorite all-ages activity. ...more

July 26, 2008