Columns
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Does association have to comply with utility company’s request?Dec 22, 2025 4:21 pm - Our homeowner’s association board recently received a request from a utility company to temporarily use part of our common area to access utility infrastructure in the existing public utility easement. They also want to use part of our common area to store equipment during the project.
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Keep spirit of gardening alive in winter by growing herbs indoorsDec 22, 2025 12:22 pm - Although the outdoor gardening season may be over except for pruning and monitoring for animal damage, you can still garden inside by growing herbs.
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Should we tell our home inspector about the mold?Dec 22, 2025 12:11 pm - We're about to buy a six-year-old home that originally had a mold problem. Are we required to disclose the initial mold issue to our home inspector, or should we wait to see if he notices any evidence of mold?
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The value of we: Social listening, authenticity and communityDec 22, 2025 12:00 pm - What makes Reddit different right now and why should small business marketers care about this channel?
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Marzipan and toasted cashews add sweetness, crunch to slimmed-down blondiesDec 22, 2025 5:25 am - Blondies with marzipan, toasted cashews and white chocolate? Yes, please. Almost two sticks of butter and a cup of sugar? Not so fast. Don Mauer slims down the “perfect bar cookie recipe” in this Best of Lean and Lovin’ It column from 2017.
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On ignoring (erasing) Native American historyDec 22, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Tom Montgomery Fate: This month marks the 135th anniversary of an iconic event in American history: the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
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Greenberg: Bears shocked the world, but not themselves, with Packers winDec 21, 2025 5:24 pm - Jon Greenberg: Who knew how to react after that improbable, insane, incredible Bears comeback and heart-stopping 22-16 overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers Saturday night. These types of wins don’t happen every season for this franchise.
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Dietz: A Q&A with concerned Blackhawks fansDec 21, 2025 5:10 pm - John Dietz: After a scintillating start, things have suddenly gone from bad to worse to downright depressing for the Blackhawks.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Area football recruits keeping busyDec 21, 2025 4:31 pm - Football recruiting analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran gives an update on local players.
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College Achievers: Batavia’s Buckley takes it to the house in Myrtle Beach BowlDec 21, 2025 8:00 am - College Achievers: On the first play from scrimmage Friday in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, Batavia High School graduate Jalen Buckley scored on a 65-yard touchdown run, the start of Western Michigan University’s 41-6 victory over Kennesaw State.