Dear Heloise: Here is a hint in time for the holidays, but good to consider anytime. When groups get together, we often toast each other with our glasses as a form of greeting and good luck. But what should you do if you have a crystal wine glass? Ring it instead, as in “ringing in the New ...

Dear Annie: I have found myself pregnant again, seven years after my first pregnancy. I allowed myself to have fun on vacation and came home pregnant. The second party is aware and unbothered. And that bothers me. I’ve been ignored and disregarded while carrying this child. I attend my ...

Open House at the Lighthouse event ESCANABA — Residents and holiday visitors are cordially invited to enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas celebration in the Sand Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse will be open on Tuesday and Wednesday, the two days after Christmas, for the annual Open House ...

ESCANABA — The Friends of the Escanaba Public Library are sponsoring a Book Sale on Tuesday, December 19 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. in the Children’s Story Room of the library. Good used books are $2 each. They are also hosting a do-it-yourself gift wrap station. The Friends provide wrapping ...

Floods, fires, historic storms — severe weather events are on the rise. If your home was hit by high water or a wildfire, would your important papers be safe? “Unfortunately, I’ve had clients who’ve been victims of fires, flooding, hurricanes,” says Sev Tamayo, an agent with ...

Dear Heloise: I’m 90 years old, and I’ve been saving bits of soap for years and wondered if you could tell me a way to process and use them again. Soap was hard to come by earlier in my life, so I hate to throw them out. I read your column daily. — Helen K., Lawndale, ...