Dear Annie: Every year, I host Thanksgiving for my family, and every year I start out with the same hopeful thought: “This time will be different.” I picture everyone laughing, passing dishes around, maybe even helping with the cleanup without being asked. But by the time the turkey is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am struggling with a decision process due to a lack of consensus among various physicians. I was fortunate back in January at 66 years of age to survive bilateral pulmonary emboli with syncope when my wife successfully performed CPR. The underlying cause is undetermined as ...

Dear Heloise: I am 102 years of age and live by myself. Cooking for one is difficult. I have containers that hold a serving of mac and cheese, sliced roast and gravy, meat sauce, etc. One pound of ground meat pats out to five or six patties. I place them on a cookie sheet to freeze, then put ...

HARRIS — Do you have a holiday recipe that everyone raves about? Here’s your chance to have it showcased on stage at the third-annual “Taste of the Island” Cooking Show – Holiday Edition, taking place Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Island Resort & Casino, W399 U.S. 2 in Harris. The ...

Eskymo Fan Club meeting ESCANABA — The next meeting of the non-profit Eskymo Fan Club will be at 6:30 p.m. today in the Escanaba Junior/Senior High School Library/Media Room, 500 S. Lincoln Road, Escanaba. Genealogy group to meet ESCANABA — The Delta County Genealogical Society will ...

Dear Annie: Hoping you can offer some advice! My son has been married for six years to a beautiful girl who rarely speaks to us and acts as though we don’t exist. Her distance has gotten much worse over time, and we have no idea why. We love her and are just as kind to her as we are to our ...