Lifestyles

Getting hard-to-reach items
Lifestyles
Sep 10, 2025
Dear Heloise: I've been reading your (and previously your mother's) column since I was in grade school. I'm 77 now, and I currently read it in the Abi...
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Suicide prevention starts with awareness
Lifestyles, Local News
By HEATHER YOUNG  UPMC Behavioral Health 
Sep 09, 2025
Each September, we observe Suicide Prevention Month. It’s a time to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and remind one another that help and hope are alwa...
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Preparing kids for college
Lifestyles
Sep 09, 2025
Dear Heloise: When my children went off to college, I sent them off with a fishing tackle box that was filled with these items: a thermometer, Tylenol...
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Labeling navy and black clothes
Lifestyles
Sep 08, 2025
Dear Heloise: I am writing in response to Susan H., who said hat she would love it if manufacturers put the color navy or black on clothing tags. She ...
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Jazzing up the daily crossword
Lifestyles
Sep 06, 2025
Dear Heloise: I liked the idea of doing easy crosswords upside-down. Something I enjoy is to try to solve the puzzle using only the across clues. It m...
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When preparing precooked chicken
Lifestyles
Sep 05, 2025
Dear Heloise: I love precooked whole chickens from the grocery store as much as anyone, but I dislike the fat in them. So, I do this: When I buy one, ...
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‘The Office’ spin-off ‘The Paper’ shows promise
Lifestyles
By ROB OWEN  The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
Sep 04, 2025
(TNS) — Long-gestating mockumentary spin-off from "The Office," "The Paper" streams its entire 10-episode first season Thursday on Peacock. There's mo...
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Be aware of thieves at the store
Lifestyles
Sep 04, 2025
Dear Heloise: An article about purse safety just appeared in this week's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A woman came out of the grocery store, placed her gr...
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The living can enjoy funeral flowers
Lifestyles
Sep 03, 2025
Dear Heloise: Martha D., in Southfield, Michigan, missed the point about flowers at a funeral in a recent column of yours. Of course, the dead person ...
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Fall to-dos for the fair-weather gardener
Lifestyles, Local News
By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
Sep 02, 2025
September is a wonderful month. One week we welcome autumn, the next week we have the return of summer. In between we are all hoping for a nice quiet ...
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Use a toothbrush to clean filters
Lifestyles
Sep 02, 2025
Dear Heloise: I found that a toothbrush is a great tool to clean the dryer lint filter. It saves my fingernails from getting ruined and does a great j...
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