When the battle of the sexes is waged in the hen house. the fate of the rooster is nothing to crow about. While most backyard chicken owners are excited to have hens, “roos” are seldom as welcome.

The Bloomfield Branch Library has been a hub of activity lately. In December and January the Friends of the Library organized two events hosted by Janice Duffy of Serendipity Yoga, all about crystal ...

Seasonal sidewalk closures will come into effect on November 1st in various hamlets and some urban areas in Picton, Wellington, and Consecon.

I’ve been writing this column for the County Weekly News since January of 2012. That’s 13 years and almost 700 columns. It’s a gift to be able to share with you my thoughts and knowledge about aging ...

Discovery and purchase of a unique vintage-style lamp at County Traders has given a new spin on shedding light in my home. It has also brought back memories. In recalling lamps from childhood days on ...

On Saturday, January 18 members of the South Shore Joint Initiative will join us for a special edition all about “Winter Birds”. Although children may be familiar with the eye-catching “V” formation ...

Poets can be notorious for giving questionable advice. It was Robert Browning who exhorted his wife, Elizabeth Barrett, to “Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be”. Then there was poetess Karle ...

Canadian author Louise Penny continues to be one of the most popular at the library. Her latest release, The Grey Wolf is highly anticipated. As the Globe and Mail put it, “Rather than settling in to ...

From childhood days on The Commons (Hill Street), I remember that ours was the last house on the street to acquire a television set, a power lawn mower, and a clothes dryer. Having weathered the Great ...

Pretty much everything that we put in our body affects our skin. The integrity of our skin is very much determined by our diet, which provides the basic building blocks for cell renewal. Our cells ...

In the 1950s, meals on The Commons (Hill Street) sometimes included dishes with intriguing names, among them Apple Pan Dowdy, Sour Cream Pie, and Prune Whip. My grandmother, who was a “from scratch” ...

There really is no place like home for the holidays, a truth my late husband, Alan, and I discovered on a long ago Christmas Day. For many years, it had been our holiday tradition to enjoy a peaceful ...