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Well the snow is here and it seems like it might stay. We have published the winter parking rules and the snow emergency rules, but it appears necessary to remind everyone that it is also illegal to place snow in the street.
Section 135 of the City of Northwood Ordinances deals with...
Christmas is a most wonderful holiday. It’s holy for many but just a day off for others. It’s great fun for children and also for adults…everyone loves presents and decoration and lights. It’s friends and family, dogs and cats, snow or not…but no matter how you celebrate there is food. It doesn’t...
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Loafers’ Club Meeting
After Thanksgiving, I feel sorry for my pants.
What role did green beans play in your Thanksgiving dinner?
The casserole.
Driving by Bruce’s drive
I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. My morning got off...
Dear Savvy Senior,
I started a walking program a few months ago to help me lose weight but I’ve been having problems with my legs and hips hurting during my walk, although they feel better once I stop. I thought it was just because I’m getting old, but my neighbor was telling me about a leg vein...
Ladies’ Home Journal was a great favorite of women everywhere who enjoyed cooking, decorating, parenting and many other “female” passions. The first issue was published in February 1883 as a monthly magazine, it morphed into a quarterly with an “update” in 2014 and totally ceased publication in...
While we’re just over a week away from the next big holiday, there are plenty of other days to celebrate in between.
For instance, today, November 16, is GIS Day, National Button Day, Have a Party with your Bear Day, Indiana Day and National Fast Food Day.
We’re in the middle of Human-Animal...
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting
I’ve got 20 goldfish living in my bathtub.
What do you do when you want to take a bath?
I blindfold them.
Driving by Bruce’s drive
I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. I was three days early in completing...
Dear Savvy Senior,
Can you recommend any services that can help my elderly mother with her financial chores? My dad always used to handle the bill paying and paperwork, but he passed away last year, and mom struggles to keep on top of things. And I don’t live close enough to help her on a regular...
Hawaii, America’s own paradise state, teams with flora, fauna and food. Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley are two cookbook authors who came up with the ingenious idea of preserving the best recipes from all 50 states. They harvested recipes from the best community and fund-raiser style cookbooks and...
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting
I shouldn’t have eaten that fourth jelly doughnut.
Wasn’t it just this morning when you told me you were going to start eating right and exercising regularly?
It was, but that was 4 hours ago. I was younger then and had more energy.
Driving by Bruce’s drive...