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A fake fireplace brought real happiness
Honestly, does anything shout Christmas more than a fake fireplace?
Consider small, meaningful gifts
In the last week I ve focused a lot on what to buy the people in my life for Christmas.
‘So much better than out of a can’
Austerity is over. No more privation, I told the Times Leader taste testers, playfully pointing out that my test kitchen offering this week was a beef stew in contrast to last week s meatless dish.
Enjoying ‘a simple kind of life’ for nearly a century
In June 1944 Louis Dal Santo was in the U.S. Army, crossing the Tiber River a few miles from Rome on a scouting mission for Co. B of the 45th Division, 180th Infantry Regiment.
Moving River Ministries’ live Nativity starts Friday
WILKES-BARRE The barebones wooden frame of a stable Pastor Adam McGahee will be using in a live Nativity this weekend has just enough room for a manger like the one the Bible says held the newborn J
Woolton pie ‘fit for the queen’
Out of all our newsroom taste testers, editor Roger DuPuis probably is the only one with a portrait of Elizabeth II on his living room wall. So maybe it s not surprising that this Anglophile recently
Review: How far would you go to right a wrong?
Editor s Note: This week Jacquie O Neil reviews A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins.
Entrepreneur with local ties encourages us to Feel the Brrrn
Jimmy T. Martin is a businessman who always lives life at full throttle. I love hearing the success stories of young entrepreneurs. I ran into my friend Jim Martin at a recent business event, and he t
‘Bill Town Express’ came alive with details
The tiny movie theater was my favorite part of our whole Christmas layout.
Don’t miss the “Count the Turkeys” contest in our Thanksgiving Day edition
Don t miss the Count the Turkeys contest only in the Times Leader T-Day edition on Thanksgiving Day!
Around Town: Chamber dinner a chance to reflect on positive changes
It was a glorious night on Thursday.
Tell Giselle: Do we need yet another discussion about COVID? Apparently so.
This is unfortunately an all-too-likely exchange between family members and friends:
Review: A complex family saga with focus on forgiveness
Editor s Note: This week Jacquie O Neil reviews Count the Ways, the most recent novel by New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard. Next week look for a review by O Neil s daughter, Times Lead
Tell Giselle: It takes two to form a loving relationship
This letter from a resident of Pennsylvania who signed the correspondence Wanting to Know What Love Is reflects a level of suffering and confusion that so often is co-created whenever a person enter
St. Anthony & St. George Maronite Church plans grab-and-go Lebanese dinner
As church volunteers prepared kibbe for an upcoming grab and go meal on a recent Friday morning, some of them recalled visits to Lebanon from years ago.
Rice Krispie peanut butter Jack O’Lanterns? Literally, I’m out of my gourd
Make a batch of mini-Jack O Lanterns with menacing fangs, stunned O -shaped mouths and jagged grimaces. Place them on a dark grey tray and present them at your next Halloween gathering and prepare fo
Review: A warm, loving family nurtured the Howard brothers
Editor s Note: This week Jacquie O Neil, mother of Times Leader Publisher Kerry Miscavage, reviews The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family, By Ron Howard and Clint Howard. Look for a review by Mi
Little Theatre plans four ‘Rocky Horror’ performances
Brad and Janet are about to get caught in a rain storm. They re going to approach that castle down the road, the one with the light on. And, after they step inside, their lives will never be the same.
Arcadia Chorale will present ‘Heroes Among Us’
If you re a health care worker, a first responder, a farmer or any other essential worker, the Arcadia Chorale wants to sing to you, for you and about you.
‘Vegetarian chili’ easily turns into pasta fagioli
People might not recognize that as chili, Mark pointed out as I transferred a few quarts of this week s Times Leader Test Kitchen offering from a Dutch oven into a slow cooker, where I planned to kee