The Spices of India Grocery, marking its first anniversary this month, carries everything for a quick-fix microwavable lunch or a made-from-scratch, full-course meal. ...more

December 1, 2007

I have a solution for the school district's problem with chronically deviant students whose parents do not respond to suspensions. As an assistant principal and principal, I employed a policy in the Buffalo, N.Y., public high schools that we developed because we could not contact parents or guardians for recalcitrant, deviant students. Also we used this procedure with students whose parents, once found, were worse than the students. ...more

November 3, 2007

Avocadoes. You either love them or hate them. ...more

November 1, 2007

Well, I can still remember the Depression days, in 1930, when I was a small child. We all had it pretty rough. My father worked for the W.P.A., which was a government job, which was started by the government for poor and needy families. I remember as a small girl making trips to our local fire department for free milk and bread. The school board furnished us children our shoes and a milk lunch each day for the needy families. Yes, there were many charities in those days and our family was so thankful and grateful for their help. There was so much love and support in those days. ...more

October 26, 2007

A team effort throughout the day today will provide needy babies with a warm, safe place to sleep. ...more

October 10, 2007

Warren Beatty had two words to describe his reaction at learning he would receive the American Film Institute's career honor: 'Concealed weepiness.' ...more

October 7, 2007

Hillsborough High's Reed Shimberg swims the 100 and 200 freestyle, and he takes classes harder than most of us remember from high school. ...more

September 19, 2007