As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ian approaches, it provides an opportunity to reflect on the devastating impacts of the storm and the remarkable resilience exhibited by the communities affected. It also provides an opportunity to celebrate the progress...
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By Rebecca Fending
Flowers are a great way to spruce up your yard, but many people don't think about the positive affect that planting has on their local ecosystem. From helping pollinators to repelling invasive insects, flowers...
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By Crystal Willson
Dog lovers do everything to make their pets feel comfortable and give them a healthy lifestyle. Canines convey their mental status and intentions to the people around them by their body language. Identifying and...
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By Rebecca Fending
Essential oils have grown in popularity, their use ranging from purification to relaxation. However, all though these oils may smell great to humans while having great benefits, what many people don’t know is that...
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By T Michele Walker
It’s September and we all know what that means: "pumpkin spice" everything, back to school specials, shopping for new clothes and for those of us with children or grandchildren, photos of the first...
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From Brandpoint Content
You may have heard the story about how penicillin as discovered by accident: a Scottish researcher studying the influenza virus came back from vacation to find mold on a culture plate that actually prevented...
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By Terri Bryce Reeves
With the holidays behind us, phony scams like Letters from Santa, grandparent scares, fake charities, jobs and e-cards have slowed down temporarily.
But just when you thought it was safe to answer the phone...
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By Jan Larraine Cox
The Dunedin International Film Festival (DIFF) embarked on their second successful event with a tantalizing array of 170 diverse entries from 89 countries around the world. The exciting seven-day festival ran from January...
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Astrological Outlook for the Signs
Aries
It’s ruttin’ season, Rama Lama-ding-dong, and it begins on Sunday’s new moon. Time to change that bathing suit you've been wearing since July 4 and let your fabulous-flag fly high. You’ve got...
By T Michele Walker, all images submitted by writer.
When I was a young girl, every Saturday morning my father would stand at the foot of my bed with my list of chores for the day. “Time to get up,” he’d...
