Home and Garden
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Samsung aims for smart-home market with speaker, AR glasses
Jan 11, 2020 5:19 am - Samsung Electronics kicked off 2020 with an array of gadgets from prototype augmented-reality glasses to a new smart speaker that the company hopes will kick-start a fre...
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The pros and cons of paper receipts vs. digital copiesJan 10, 2020 6:00 am - Like many soon-to-be empty-nesters, Vered DeLeeuw and her husband have been thinking about downsizing. Surveying her garage, DeLeeuw noticed boxes of documents, pay stub...
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Easy ways to brighten rooms in winterJan 10, 2020 6:00 am - When home designer and builder Marnie Oursler talks with clients about building their dream homes along the Delaware coast, their No. 1 request is having bright spaces w...
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What you'll need to be ready for winter, from 5 expertsJan 10, 2020 5:00 am - It's the season for family gatherings, getting cozy in front of fires and baking cookies. Hygge only happens, though, when a home is prepared for the cold, ice and snow ...
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Wild Ones to host screening of 'Living the Change' Jan. 23Jan 07, 2020 10:00 pm - The Northern Kane County chapter of the Wild Ones invites the community to a screening of the 2018 documentary "Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Fu...
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'Let's do it': Couple's retail dreams come true with Red Hive Market in BataviaJan 05, 2020 6:29 am - Tom Freeman makes it sound like a bit of an epiphany when saying he and his wife, Bridget Johnson, walked out of Briana's Pancake House in Batavia one morning last fall ...
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Christmas decor choices for next yearJan 05, 2020 6:01 am - Having recently visited the White House for the administration's annual Christmas party, I couldn't help feeling mesmerized by the holiday decorations. This year, the tr...
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Recycle your Christmas tree, provide shelter to birdsJan 05, 2020 6:00 am - After Christmas, your live cut tree can be moved outside and be redecorated for the birds. Anchor the tree in a bucket full of damp sand or tie to a fence or tree. Add s...
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Blankets to put you in the comfy zoneJan 05, 2020 6:00 am - Author Lucy Maud Montgomery, of “Anne of Green Gables” fame, loved a good blanket. “I like to hear a storm at night,” she wrote. “It is so cozy to snuggle down among the...
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What to do when a window won't stop leakingJan 05, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Last winter, one of our windows leaked for the third year in a row. We've tried caulking and have even installed an awning over the window: all to no avail. Each time...