When Archie is six months old, Anna and Tom buy a puppy, which they send to a trainer, then, when the dog proves to be a handful, to a dog psychologist. The garden needs fixing, but the landscape architect they want isn t available, so they wait. But take another look and you notice something about their lifestyle that is dramatically different from that of families in a similar situation 10 years ago. They look at hiring experts as a modern lifestyle choice for a certain affluent stratum...

It's Pumpkin Festival time again. All interested parties, particularly art students, graphic artists, professional artists and graphic designers, are welcome to vie for the high-profile chance to have their work become part of the promotional poster for the 2008 Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival. All interested parties, particularly art students, graphic artists, professional artists and graphic designers, are welcome to vie for the high-profile chance to have their work become part of...

As Morgan and the children gardened, each step they took registered on plastic pedometers clipped to the left front pockets of their pants. Among minority children, 41 percent of black children and 38 percent of Hispanic children are overweight or obese compared with 27 percent of white children. At Hurt Park Elementary, where 65 percent of students are black and 96 percent qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, those statistics put a majority of the children at risk. It is not a...

SNAPS has been created in Pahrump as a solution to stop the killing of unwanted animals and offers low or no cost vaccinations, spaying and neutering of cats and dogs and humane traps. Drop off places for cell phones have been identified and collection boxes put in place for the convenience of everyone looking for a way of disposing unwanted, out-of-date cell phones. Highway 160, SCORE provides confidential free one-on-one counseling and assists in finding money or funding sources...

Over the centuries, strange lights were seen in the woods along Mary Dunn Road, so named for a former slave who lived along this route and who was burned to death in 1850 in her little cottage half-way between Hyannis and Barnstable on the Indian Trail according to historian Donald G. A manservant to a wealthy physician, Robert was implicated when the doctor turned up dead and the dead man s wealth in the form of gem s and jewelry turned up missing. Over the centuries, strange lights were...