2012
Working on apple trees
Conventional wisdom has it that pruning apple and pear trees is best done before the flower and leaf buds open. This year many apples and pears are blossoming very early — even before we’ve had a chance to tune them up with an annual haircut. I spoke recently with University of New Hampshire Extension fruit […]
Sing and dance with infants and toddlers
BATH — Research shows that, musical or not, all parents can pass on the love of music to their children. Start by singing about getting dressed, picking up toys, buckling the car seat and going to bed. Make up words to old songs or dance to tunes. “Dee dee dums” will do for any melody. […]
Dinner with teachers enlightening, memorable
Ever since debuting “Dinner with the Smileys” in January, I’ve been providing obscure, teasing hints about upcoming guests for followers on Facebook. Some of the more popular clues have been: “One of our upcoming guests wears gold.” “An April guest shared a stage with C3PO (and, no, it’s not R2D2).” “In June we will have ‘Dinner […]
Surprise wedding gifts?
NEW YORK — As a young bride-to be, it never occurred to Jodi R. R. Smith to put a pitcher on her wedding registry. But one turned up unsolicited amid the other gifts. “At the time I thought it was lovely enough,” recalled Smith, of Marblehead, Mass. “The giver had taken the time to look at […]
Gray hair’s in fashion, but what about at work?
NEW YORK Jeanne Thompson began going gray at 23. She colored her hair for years as she worked her way into management at a large Boston-area financial services company, then gave up the dye for good about a year ago. The earth didn’t shake, and the 44-year-old Thompson was promoted to top management the following […]
The Brunswick Inn files suit to get the Inn at Brunswick Station to change name
BRUNSWICK — A dispute over the names of two inns in downtown Brunswick boiled over into U.S. District Court recently when the owners of the Brunswick Inn sued the owners of the Inn at Brunswick Station. The suit, which was filed March 29, demands that JHR Development, LLC, change the name of the Inn at […]
Area, Maine Sports Briefs
Mersereau earns conference award BABSON PARK, Mass. — The duo of Ben Burnap and Kyle Mersereau of the Springfield College men’s tennis team has been named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference men’s tennis doubles team of the week. Burnap and Mersereau finished 3-0 on the week as a team. Burnap is a […]
Ice cream (truck) headache: Driver charged with pot possession
RICHMOND — A Richmond police officer charged the driver of an ice cream truck for allegedly having pot aboard following a traffic stop Saturday morning on Main Street. Richmond Police Chief Scott MacMaster said Officer Josh Staples stopped the ice cream truck at 10:58 a.m., following a prior report that a suspicious ice cream truck […]