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Before you can add a corncob pipe, a button nose and two eyes made out of coal, you have to build a snowman that stands, so here are a few tips to help you get…
In the early years of Grape Sense, I’d frequently include specific wine choices I could highly recommend. It dawned on me recently I hadn’t done that in a couple of years. Thanksgiving Wine: The first…
The Chronicle Halloween coloring contest winners, Sophia Smothers (age 4) of Portage and Elisa Baughman of Hobart (age 8). The winners received a “Day of Fun” at Bellaboo’s and a $20 gift card.
By StatePoint Cooking is only part of Thanksgiving prep. For many hosts, carving the bird represents the most intimidating feast feat. Don’t chicken out! There are some quick tips you can follow to demystify the…
By StatePoint Of the 24 million veterans in the U.S., nearly one in 10 is a small business owner and veterans as a whole are 45 percent more likely than those with no military experience…
Sometimes in your retirement years you get the opportunity to do things that you never thought possible that you wished you had done when you were young. You don’t have to give up the hope…
On January 28, 2015, I wrote a letter to a hospital to stop its attempt to collect $120.40 from a senior citizen client. I can show you the body of the letter without disclosing the…
Along with average number of sunny days, factor in cost of living, residents’ sense of well-being, quality of health-care, crime and, yes, humidity, and the best destination is (surprise) South Dakota, according to a 2014…
If there’s one downside to fabulous, food-filled holiday celebrations, it’s the gurgles and groans of post-feasting indigestion. “We assume it’s because we overate, but for a lot of people, that pain and sick feeling may…
The Portage Community Historical Society will host its 2014 Christmas On The Farm Open House on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6 and 7, at the Alton Goin Museum, located at Countryside Park, 5250 U.S. 6…