Lifestyles

Having a backscratcher on hand
Lifestyles
Nov 26, 2025
Dear Heloise: The hint about using a back scratcher to reach things in a store is something I have been doing for a while. I keep it in my purse. One ...
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Son invites his rapist father to wedding
Lifestyles
Nov 26, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My child "Logan" is the product of a sexual assault. He has located his father and formed a relationship with him. Logan didn't know the ci...
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Message about new husband arrives anonymously
Lifestyles
Nov 25, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I've been married to my husband for two months. I haven't told anyone I'm married except my close friends and family. Someone recently mess...
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Getting kids interested in heirlooms
Lifestyles
Nov 25, 2025
Dear Heloise: Eliza Jones from California said that her friend hired an estate sale company to deal with her "stuff." The leftovers were donated to a ...
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From Plymouth to present, harvest lessons still grow today
Lifestyles
By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
Nov 24, 2025
As we anticipate the Thanksgiving holiday, we remember the English settlers who in 1620 boarded the Mayflower to settle Plymouth Colony in what is now...
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Cooking for one
Lifestyles
Nov 24, 2025
Dear Heloise: I am 102 years of age and live by myself. Cooking for one is difficult. I have containers that hold a serving of mac and cheese, sliced ...
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Asking guests to pay for wedding
Lifestyles
Nov 22, 2025
Dear Heloise: Times have changed so much in regard to weddings, but common sense sure shouldn't change. How on earth would someone think about having ...
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Rotary district governor visits
Lifestyles
Nov 21, 2025
Port Allegany Rotary Club welcomed District Governor Aaron Sines with a dinner meeting at Eddie's on Main Thursday evening. From left are past Distric...
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Longtime reader writes in with hint
Lifestyles
Nov 21, 2025
Dear Heloise: I'm writing in today for my father; I am his daughter. My father is not a computer person and still reads the newspaper everyday with hi...
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Replacing the pumps of bottles
Lifestyles
Nov 20, 2025
Dear Heloise: When a container stops pumping, I remove the pump and replace it with a screw cap from another salvaged bottle. Then I store it upside d...
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Antique wood is of better quality
Lifestyles
Nov 19, 2025
Dear Heloise: One serious point about trying to replicate the wide plank floors of early American homes: The wood that you can obtain at a semi-reason...
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Getting children to read more
Lifestyles
Nov 18, 2025
Dear Heloise: I read with interest the letter from Robert D., who commented on schoolteacher Margaret's letter about children reading books. He is a m...
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