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Safer schools in session

The scene outside Edwin H. Vare Middle School last Thursday was a parent's dream. Two police officers arrived promptly at dismissal, monitoring the throngs of children exiting en masse. Approximately 10 minutes...

Finding life after death

For Barbara Green's 29th wedding anniversary, husband Henry took her and their 24-year-old daughter, Melissa, to Hawaii. When Barbara awoke that first day on the idyllic island, she started to cry. ...

Tasty gift choices for cooks

Americans are a funny lot. The top bestselling nonfiction books in the country are diet books and cookbooks. Go figure. The holiday season is a big time for cookbooks. Publishers have been...

Material girl

When you are an actor playing a bird or a mole, what do you wear? Such questions are the territory of Alison Roberts, costume supervisor for the Arden Theatre. Roberts, a Whitman...

Families, in their own rights

Like most happy couples, Doug Metcalfe and Brian Lahmann consider their relationship to be a beam of light that guides them through dark days. Two years ago, they further illuminated their life...

Ristorante Terra Nostra

Frank DeCotiis, chef/owner of La Stanza and the former Foggia, worked with his brother, Marco, at the newly expanded restaurant at 20th and Oregon. Marco DeCotiis recently opened Ristorante Terra Nostra, at Second...

Now we are 6

Navigating the highway in my Mazda6 Sport Wagon recently, I was overtaken by an equally sporty Dodge Magnum wagon. The two are peas in a pod, both extremely low-slung and aggressive-looking. The overall...

Serving a higher purpose

A former federal police officer with the Department of Defense, Frank Wiedeburg is homebound and suffers from heart and lung failure as well as gout. Unable to go as far as the...

Give to a good Claus

Monica Belser was despairing over her empty bankbook when she remembered her children's words: "It's not the big things. It's the little things that count the most," Belser said her three kids...

Have a skate time

I found a show that I can wholeheartedly recommend for the entire family this holiday season. The Victorian-style restaurant and showplace at Lily Langtry's is featuring a colorful, fast-paced and hilarious piece of...
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