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The bonnet is gone. These days, Laura Ingalls Wilder – frontier girl, homesteader’s daughter and original “tradwife” – wears ...

Discover 15 surprising public library services that prove your card unlocks more than books. You can check out prom dresses and telescopes!

As of this writing, it is 99 degrees outside my home, and I am in *no mood* to go out there.

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost ...

Value World Thrift isn’t just massive; it’s the kind of massive that makes you wonder if they accidentally built a thrift ...

Jannik Ehret You drive past something a dozen times, barely registering it, and then one day you actually stop and walk inside and your whole afternoon disappears. That’s exactly what happens at the ...

Candy-filled parades, volunteerism, fireworks and small-town traditions united Banner Elk, Elk Park, Spear and Plumtree, ...

Lighten your pack this summer—skip the sleeping bag and carry one of our favorite ultralight backpacking quilts instead.

Bring English country cottage charm home with these 15 designer-approved vintage finds, including ironstone, quilts, pine ...

Child development expert Siggie Cohen, who has worked with over 5,000 families, shares one communication mistake she sees ...

A precise, chemical-free method for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers has now been developed. A precise, chemical-free method for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers has been ...