Lifestyle Columns
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Disgruntled buyer condemns home inspectorsDec 20, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Your repeated endorsement of home inspectors should be taken with a large grain of salt. When I bought my home, the inspector approved the roof without ever having lo...
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Owner is responsible for balcony damageDec 19, 2020 6:00 am - Q: Our condominium association is in the process of performing extensive repairs on the balconies. During an inspection by the contractor, it was learned that an owner u...
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Trolls, tompten and the healing nature of Christmas magicDec 19, 2020 5:00 am - At Christmas we are very aware of those who are no longer with us here on Earth - our beloved spouses and partners, our parents and grandparents, some close friends and,...
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Constable: Roller coaster year ends on a high note for both kidney recipient and donorDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - College student Ally Hembd has spent most of 2020 sheltering in her Wheeling home, hooked up to a dialysis machine and hoping to find a donor who would give her a kidney...
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Sound check: Trans-Siberian, Barenaked Ladies livestreams keeping holiday traditions aliveDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - Trans-Siberian traditions Turn down the lights and fire up the widescreen: The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is bringing its "Christmas Eve and Other Stories Live in Con...
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2020 was a big year in birdingDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - You probably heard about "Rocky," the saw-whet owl discovered last month inside the huge Christmas tree on Rockefeller Plaza in New York. The adorable stowaway became an...
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Batavia mayor shares a sneak peek at restaurant comings and goings in the upcoming yearDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - When thinking about restaurants in 2021, the vision of a wagon train struggling through thick mud on a mountain slope comes to mind. There's a lot of blood, sweat, and t...
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Widescreen: Another holiday tradition taken away by 2020Dec 17, 2020 5:00 am - Ten years ago this weekend, I spent Friday morning seeing "TRON: Legacy" twice - once just after midnight, once just before noon - both times sitting in the front row of...
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Gerard Butler rides to the rescue in disaster film 'Greenland'Dec 17, 2020 5:00 am - “Greenland” — ★ ★ At first, I thought someone had played a practical joke on me. I had just started watching a digital press screener for Gerard Butler's new thrill...
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You can make shiny, tasty chocolates for giving or just eatingDec 16, 2020 5:00 am - If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, pay tribute to Girl Scout Cookies with these chocolate mint copycats