Dear Annie: This Thanksgiving I will be meeting my new boyfriend’s family for the first time, and I am already a bundle of nerves. His mom is hosting a big traditional dinner at their home, the kind with a perfectly roasted turkey, gravy from scratch and about 10 different side dishes. She is ...

Dear Heloise: One serious point about trying to replicate the wide plank floors of early American homes: The wood that you can obtain at a semi-reasonable cost is not the same as the antique stuff. It is of a different quality. It is wetter as it is not well-seasoned and often an entirely ...

St. Anthony raffle winner ESCANABA — George and Carol Noel of Escanaba are the winners of the St. Anthony of Padua calendar raffle for the week of Nov. 17, receiving $100. Program on home care, hospice STEPHENSON — The Menominee County Library, 319 Railroad St. in Stephenson, will have ...

Dear Annie: My 12-year-old son has always loved playing soccer. He is not the most talented kid on the field, but he works hard, listens to feedback and truly enjoys being part of a team. Unfortunately, his new coach seems to have taken all the joy out of it. From the first practice, this ...

Dear Heloise: I read with interest the letter from Robert D., who commented on schoolteacher Margaret's letter about children reading books. He is a member of Kiwanis and spoke about how their club puts books in places like doctors' offices for parents to take home to their children. I am ...

Compassionate Friends chapter ESCANABA — The local chapter of the Compassionate Friends will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the third-floor meeting room of the First Presbyterian Church, 819 First Ave. S. in Escanaba. Compassionate Friends is a nonprofit self-help bereavement support ...