Columnists
Savvy Senior
Pill Splitting: When It’s Safe, and When It Isn’t By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Is...
Mature Matters
Dark Days of Winter By Sarah Lemnah It is that time of year when it seems like the...
Well Seasoned
Auld Lang Syne by K.K. Wilder Many of us, especially Americans, think of the song...
Business
Williston store offers trip down memory lane
By Tim Simard Observer staff Taft Corners Shopping Center’s newest store offers...
Running Cedar Spring Farm More Than Horseplay
By Stephanie Choate Charlotte horse trainers Bonnie and Keely Sogoloff are either...
Vintage Jewelers Opens in Burlington
Dolores Kurjan opened Vintage Jewelers at 125 College Street in October. The new...
Fun and Games
Trivia
By Paul Paquet, CNS Product Placement You’ve probably heard that M&Ms were the original choice for the candy that ET follows in the Steven Spielberg movie, but passed. Junior Mint learned the lesson. The candy even agreed to be the product that falls into a surgical patient’s open chest cavity in an episode of “Seinfeld.”... [Read more of this article]
Grandparents
Help guide your grandchildren through deep financial waters
By Carrie Schwab Pomerantz, CNS A friend of mine, the mother of a 10-year-old, recently asked me for advice. “My husband and I have started to give our daughter an allowance,” she said. “But frankly, I don’t know how to teach her what money really means. What does she need to know? And what should I do?” As we talked,... [Read more of this article]
How to Find Safe, Quality American-Made Children’s Products
Now parents, grandparents and gift-givers can take back control instead of worrying about lead paint, choking hazards and other safety violations that have caused the recent recall of millions of imported children’s products. A new book, “Made Here, Baby!” (www.madeherebaby.com) is the essential guide to finding the best American-made products... [Read more of this article]

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