Lifestyle Columns
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Constant worry may negatively impact brain healthJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - Is it possible to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by changing the quality of our thoughts? One medical study has demonstrated that people who repetitively have ne...
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Damage can occur when water pressure is too highJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - Q: I fail to understand how home inspectors come up with their findings. I mean, some of you guys are loose cannons with your opinions, and this can really mess up a rea...
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Attending virtual boad meetingsJun 20, 2020 7:00 am - Q: The board of our condominium association is conducting its meetings via video conference while the governor's COVID-19 executive orders limit in-person gatherings. Ow...
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Fallout shelters and other lessons from our pastsJun 20, 2020 6:00 am - These times remind me in certain ways of the era of fallout shelters, when people built a safe shelter in case of a nuclear disaster. You likely have heard about this or...
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Constable: Dad, family bring joy with daily duo photosJun 20, 2020 1:00 am - Fathers are famous for telling corny “dad jokes.” Ben Burke of Cary takes that humor to a new level, building a growing fan base for a running daily photo gag that start...
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Short sales typically require extension of deadlinesJun 19, 2020 7:58 am - Q: My husband and I are trying to buy our first home and we found a property that our real estate agent tells us is a short sale. We have been told this can take longer ...
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Widescreen: Sony steals the spotlight this weekend with 'Last of Us Part II'Jun 19, 2020 6:00 am - In the early 1990s, the home video game console wars had two main combatants: Nintendo, which built an empire with the help of an Italian plumber stomping on turtle shel...
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Retail incubator: Boardwalk Shops draw browsers to BataviaJun 19, 2020 6:00 am - It was quite apparent during last weekend's beautiful weather that many of us didn't really need a reason to get outside, but it didn't hurt for Batavia to be offering s...
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Kevin Bacon must protect his family from a possessive house in 'You Should Have Left'Jun 18, 2020 6:00 am - Help! We've been trapped in a live-action Escher print while bumming out on an acid trip! That comes close to describing the dizziest, disorienting depths of David Koepp...
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Try this twist on a favorite gathering nosh - the onion dipJun 17, 2020 6:00 am - Try this twist on a favorite gathering nosh - the onion dip