Magnificent photos of a horse in a bespoke suit, shirt, tie and flatcap were revealed Monday, and they quickly won Internet glory. The three-piece suit – billed as the “world’s first Harris Tweed suit designed specifically for a race horse” by the bookmaker that commissioned it ahead of a major racing event in England — […]

One of the most contentious debates in child development in the United States is what’s leading to the sharp rise in cases of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). More than one in 10 children ages 4 to 17 are estimated to have the diagnosis, and scientists are looking at the role things such as genetics, environmental […]

Experts say walkingwithout shoes helpschildren develop During an unseasonably warm day this past winter, my husband and I walked with our three boys to the playground down the street from our house. The sunshine was toasty and the boys were quick to take advantage of it. As soon as we arrived, all three of our […]

Your front door is like your calling card to the world. Its color reflects your personality and gives a hint of your style. So the quickest and most economical way to make over the front of your house is to paint that door a glossy new color.Sure, you could go with traditional but boring black, […]

Why do we adore hamsters but abhor rats? Cuddle kittens but curse raccoons? Pay to keep birds inside and bats outside? A big reason, say researchers, has to do with our grandparents, our friends, Hollywood and the Queen of England. In other words, our culture. Hal Herzog, an animal behaviorist who wrote the book “Some […]

WASHINGTON –It’s not free to charge your cellphone at the Pug, a D.C. watering hole. Customers who need a boost when their batteries die must pay a price. The price is their dignity. Tired of the perpetual requests to charge phones – and then track down the owners once the phones are juiced up – […]

I was just fine until I saw the numbers. Cable and satellite television was something that I’d been using for so long, I never even thought about it. Not until that moment of clarity when my wife revealed, through complex math and budget sorcery, that in the 12 years we’ve had DirecTV, we’ve paid somewhere […]

Fear of public speaking is a common phenomenon. Lots of people suffer from it. It’s just that most of them don’t run for public office where speaking is a must. That’s what Megan Parks did. The new at-large Lewiston School Committee member has been at work since November when she was voted in. She didn’t […]

Wayne Slattery, born and raised in West Minot, has owned the store for 37 years now. It sits on the corner where West Minot Road turns into Woodman Hill Road. Wayne’s father, Bill, used to own the store; he and his brother would work in the woods during the day while their wives ran the […]