Lifestyles

Getting rid of snakes
Lifestyles
Jul 23, 2025
Dear Heloise: It's that time of year in the Midwest — snake season! Do you or any of your loyal followers have any ideas for keeping snakes away from ...
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Lyme disease: Know the signs and symptoms
Lifestyles
Jul 22, 2025
DuBOIS — During the summer and fall months, people enjoy outdoor activities. Whether playing sports, camping, gardening or hiking, the risk exists for...
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Co-worker’s ‘raging crush’ must be tamed
Lifestyles
Jul 22, 2025
DEAR ABBY: After six years of working closely together, I have developed a raging crush on my co-worker and project partner, "Brett." It's a full-on, ...
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Say you’re on the ‘Do Not Call List’
Lifestyles
Jul 22, 2025
Dear Heloise: Most spam callers are not criminals, and if you say the words "Do Not Call List," you will never hear from them again. However, some of ...
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Making fresh fruit pops at home
Lifestyles
Jul 19, 2025
Dear Heloise: We make fresh fruit pops by freezing lemon-lime soda with different fresh fruits: pineapples, blueberries and watermelon. — Gaby E., in ...
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Selfish mother-in-law is playing for keeps
Lifestyles
Jul 18, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I am married to a man who is incarcerated. As you can imagine, it's been hard on our family. I have two kids with him. I was pregnant with ...
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Don’t leave purses unattended
Lifestyles
Jul 18, 2025
Dear Heloise: M.W. in California said she straps her cross-body purse into a shopping cart so that no one could steal it without taking the cart. I wa...
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The beauty and history of the rose
Lifestyles, Local News
By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
Jul 17, 2025
“Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow,” said Francis Hodgson Burnett.  For rosarians, nothing matches the beauty and the history of th...
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Husband’s gaslighting has reached a new level
Lifestyles
Jul 17, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for nearly 20 years and lived with him for three years before marrying him. How do you deal with a narcis...
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Should you rinse after brushing?
Lifestyles
Jul 17, 2025
Dear Heloise: My dentist is adamant about no rinsing after brushing. If the toothpaste has fluoride, he claims that rinsing will wash it away. — Charl...
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Hot sand, hotter reads: What these beachgoers are reading
Lifestyles
By HIRA QURESHI  The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Jul 16, 2025
(TNS) — On the first scorching Saturday of the season, the beaches in Cape May and Wildwood in New Jersey were packed with sun tents, towels, and fold...
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Don’t throw away cauliflower
Lifestyles
Jul 16, 2025
Dear Heloise: The greens and stems of cauliflowers are not only edible, some people think that they taste better than the rest of it. If I was going t...
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Pregnant wife questions her husband’s honest
Lifestyles
Jul 16, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for three years. Most of that time, it has been perfect. Six months ago, we received some amazing news: ...
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