Create accordion birthday card in a box

#Middlebury Is there a birthday in your house? Make it special with this personalized “accordion card in a box” that spills out highlights of each year of the birthday boy or girl’s ... Continue Reading →

Now Here’s a Tip – June 29, 2021

#Middlebury Groceries and food shopping can eat up a tremendous portion of your budget if you aren’t careful. The best and most serious money-saving tip for home economists is ... Continue Reading →

Figural tin boxes once held English cookies

#Middlebury #Antiques The photo does not show a bookshelf full of books. It shows an antique tin box that held cookies (called biscuits) in England about 1905. Hundreds of different ... Continue Reading →

Salome’s Stars – Week of June 28, 2021

#Middlebury #Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You feel ready to face up to a major change, although it might involve some risks. A once-dubious family member comes around and ... Continue Reading →

Gardener shares home remedy

#Middlebury #Health DEAR DR. ROACH: Quite by accident, I have found a home remedy for poison ivy and poison oak. As an avid gardener, I get poison ivy once or twice a year. I always ... Continue Reading →

Stay hydrated in summer heat

#Middlebury #Seniors Editor’s Note: Due to the extreme heat this week, we are repeating last week’s column. If there is any mantra we need to repeat this summer it’s ... Continue Reading →

Tiny homes to fill Veterans Village

#Middlebury #Veterans #TinyHomes The older veterans stood in a semi-circle in the rear parking lot of the coffee shop, watching the activity and drinking coffee. What they were watching ... Continue Reading →

Couch Theater – June 24, 2021

#Middlebury By RACHEL ROSE “Queen Bees” (PG-13) – If it took you 20 years to finally get over the anxiety of high school cliques, “Queen Bees“ shows that it all comes back ... Continue Reading →

Celebrity Extra – June 24, 2021

#Middlebury Q: I’m really enjoying the new comedy “Hacks” on HBO Max. It’s yet another brilliant performance by Jean Smart, whom I’ve watched since her “Designing ... Continue Reading →

Three cheers for the red, white and green

#Middlebury A Fourth of July picnic, an ice-cold watermelon, patriotic songs and lots of loud, brilliantly hued fireworks are my idea of a wonderful holiday celebration. Watermelons ... Continue Reading →