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Are you also the type of person who, in this age of information overload, tucks tidbits of interest into the files of your brain, i...

Since last week’s tragedy in Newtown, it's been harder to let the kids out of the house. The instinct is to keep them under l...

Living so close to the second-largest mall in New York State just makes me want to hide in the house on Black Friday.   It’s hard for m...

Spread the word!  We're kicking off the holiday giving season this year with a new national tradition called #Giving Tuesday.  I'...

Now that Hurricane Sandy has passed, life is finally getting back to normal.   Our area was hit hard, but we were lucky – just a few ...