Dear Annie: If you had told me five years ago that I would fall in love with my ex-boyfriend’s brother, I would have laughed you out of the room. And yet, here I am. I dated “Mark” for two years. He moved into my home, and even after I ended the relationship, he stayed another six ...

Dear Heloise: We'll be spending hours wrapping Christmas and Hannukah gifts in a few weeks, using a lot of paper sourced from forest trees that would be better left standing. I hate wrapping! I've come up with an alternative that has saved me hours of work — and saves trees as well! I buy ...

St. Anthony meat pie sale ESCANABA — St. Anthony's will have a meat pie sale on Thursday and Friday. Pies will be half pork and half ground chuck. There is a cost and they must be preordered, ideally as soon as possible. To order, call or text Debbie at 906-399-4259. Pick up will be at St. ...

Dear Annie: My 11-year-old son, “Max,” used to eat, sleep and breathe baseball. He wore his glove to the grocery store, slept in his favorite team T-shirt and spent hours in the backyard throwing a ball against the fence, narrating imaginary World Series games. This year he finally made ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had my first mammogram and was found to have a lesion. The mammographer said that I should follow up in six months with another mammogram and sonogram, but I have a grandmother who died of breast cancer. So, instead of waiting, I underwent a biopsy that showed a ...

Dear Heloise: I read your column in the Arizona Daily Star. I, too, had no idea who was calling me — whether it was a "friend or foe" so to speak. I have a Samsung phone, and I categorized my contacts, such as all doctors, family members, auto services, and medical groups (i.e., radiology and ...