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I recently happened across a picture of Esquire shoe polish. The flat, round metal can of pasty cream helped me recall any Saturday night...

Halloween was not really a major holiday during my childhood. We colored pictures of jack-o-lanterns at school or made them from orange construction paper....

Expanded hours are coming to the Mechanicsburg Public Library. Jan. 4, 2016, launches expanded hours of Monday through Friday: open at 10 a.m. and...

“We are Ohio State University Extension trained volunteers empowered to educate others with timely research-based gardening information.” That is the mission of the Ohio...

There is just something in us that covets whatever is “in,” “all the rage,” or “the latest.” As a Boomer and a teacher, I...

Last week the man farming the field on the other side of my backyard fence harvested the corn that has been growing there all...

As you know, the health care industry has experienced some very significant changes over the past year. While some of these changes certainly have...

We’re excited to share our new digital resources. Use your Mechanicsburg Public Library card to get instant access to popular magazines with Flipster, find...

Question: Several of our children’s friends’ parents are divorced. Some of them seem to work through parenting issues easily, but others seem to have...

A good friend, whose political awareness I admire, suggested I write an article about the current lack of statesmen, in Washington specifically and in...