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- Best Bets: Mixed Paper Recycling Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:58AMKeep Moore County Beautiful, Inc. is sponsoring a mixed paper recycling drive Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kangaroo Station in the Fresh Market Shopping Center, Southern Pines.
- NAPAfire, FIREGEL Gel Fuel Recalled Following Injuries Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 2:25PMFollowing a number of injuries, a massive recall of about 460,000 bottles and jugs of Pourable NAPAfire and FIREGEL Gel Fuel has been announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recalled Pourable NAPAfire and FIREGEL Gel Fuel was distributed by Napa Home & Garden, of Duluth, Georgia and sold at Bed Bath & [...]
- Recalls: Calphalon Cutlery Knife Block Sets Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 3:08PMGet Business Mobile Text Alerts : Text BIZ To 37798 Calphalon is recalling 217,000 cutlery knife block sets because of a laceration hazard.
- Clinton Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 3:40AM10-YEAR-OLD CELEBRATION GAME: from the Clinton Minor League will be held on Friday, June 17, at 5:30 p.m. at field 1 of the Ash Street playing fields. All 10-year-old players, who will not be returning to the Minor League next year, should be in attendance to play in this game in their current team uniform. At the end of this game, they will be presented with their graduation jackets. Younger ...
- Garden goings on Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 10:24PMCommunity Garden plant giveaway
- Crystal Ball, May 4, 2011 Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 8:34AMGarden battles Why is it, the first plant to poke its head out of the cold, damp spring soil has to be a dandelion? After months of living with a white, frozen landscape or at least one dominated by brown and gray, it’s exiting to see the first green, growing thing return. Oh look! Something’s [...]
- Restoration Hardware Brings Entire Product Assortment to the iPad Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 1:45PMRestoration Hardware is introducing a seamless new way to interactively shop the company's entire selection of premium home furnishings with the unveiling of its first iPad application, enabling clientele to browse Source Books, flag pages of interest, search for specific products, and make purchases with a touch.
- New Urban Outfitters warehouse in Stead expected to create hundreds of jobs directly, indirectly Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 10:10AMGov. Brian Sandoval and officials from United Construction and Dermody Properties announced Wednesday that Urban Outfitters will be locating to Reno. Construction will begin this month in the Dermody Properties Silver Lake Business Park in Stead.
- How can I manage my forget-me-nots? Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 9:36PMQ: I have a beautiful array of forget-me-nots. How do I care for them after they bloom? The plant itself turns black when it's done blooming.
- Martha Stewart: Leave scrapbooks in original form, but preserve them Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 2:27AMQ: I have an old album with photos and newspaper clippings glued to the pages. Is it possible to remove, preserve and store these items without destroying them? A: It's probably best to leave the photos and clippings where they are.
- Urban Outfitters Announces Leifsdottir to be Sold Exclusively at Anthropologie Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 4:42PMPHILADELPHIA -- Urban Outfitters, Inc. , a leading lifestyle specialty retail company operating under the Anthropologie, BHLDN, Free People, Leifsdottir, Terrain, and Urban Outfitters brands, today announced a change in the Leifsdottir brand strategy and provided a quarter-to-date total company consolidated net sales update for the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
- BRIEFLY: April 27 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 9:24AMRead about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
- Community Calendar Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 4:23AMSubmissions for Community Calendar are required 14 days preceding the date of publication. Send to: Nile's Managing Editor, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495 or e-mailed to mbottari@pioneerlocal.com.
- Capture spring showers before they get away Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 11:14PMFlowers have begun popping up all over the area, and mailboxes are bursting with hopeful seed catalogs. With April showers underway, the Pittsgrove Township Environmental Commission offers some easy tips to help you make sure you have plenty of water for summer gardens.
- Getting a jump start Saturday, April 9, 2011 @ 11:21PMEMIGRANT — About the time many gardeners are leafing through seed catalogs, Jill Brackenbury, horticulturalist at the B Bar Ranch above Emigrant, is already harvesting baby greens and fresh herbs.
- Dreams of a Would-Be Farmer Saturday, April 9, 2011 @ 11:13PMA catalog the size of a phone book popped into my mailbox the other day from some outfit called Northern Tool. I’m not sure how they got my name, except possibly I’m on everybody’s list.
- Gladwin Earth Day celebration set Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 11:28AMThe Gladwin County Master Gardeners group has scheduled an Earth Day celebration "Art in the Garden" for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the cafeteria of Gladwin High School, 1400 N. Spring St.
- Library Ebook Lending Under Attack Sunday, April 3, 2011 @ 10:54PMLibraries are getting the short end of the stick in the ebook market. The options libraries have are poor and our customers are frustrated. There are numerous restrictions on lending, device incompatibilities, proprietary systems, interface issues, privacy issues, and more. How can librarians work with publishers to build a sustainable ebook model that works for libraries? With the world moving ...
- Workspaces Become More Fashionable This Spring with OfficeMax's Launch of DiVOGA Seraphina Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 2:30PMSpringtime brings the opportunity to rejuvenate, get organized, and take a fresh approach at home and the office. OfficeMax® , a leader in office products and services, is helping people accomplish this with the launch of its limited edition Seraphina pattern, the newest design available under its stylish premium line of DiVOGA® desk accessories and office products.
- Wareham-area happenings Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 4:29PMClasses/seminars Soule Homestead Education Center Preregistration is required for all programs, unless otherwise indicated. To register, call 508-947-6744 or e-mail soule1@verizon.net. Leave your name, title of program, number of people attending, children’s ages (if applicable), and a phone number where you can be reached in the event of a cancellation or postponement.
- Campus Notes Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 5:10AMSchool Notes
- School Notes Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 4:42AMSchool Notes
- Amon Carter's new director let love of American art guide him to his new home Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 4:33PMAndrew Walker's office at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art is as empty and impersonal as a cheap hotel room. The walls are stripped bare, and there is nothing on the oversize desk. Only the bookshelves are full, sagging under the weight of years of exhibition catalogs.
- Things to Do Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 11:08PMToday
- Decorating on a budget takes some strategy Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 12:18AMWhat's the dirtiest word in decorating? That's right: budget. Whether you have just a few hundred dollars for a room makeover or tens of thousands, you'll need to plan carefully and make tough choices to meet your bottom line.
- Williamson Garden Club offers a Ready, Set, Grow lecture Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 4:27PMNow that spring is at least peeking into Wayne County, and with seed catalogs arriving in the mail, anyone with an interest in growing vegetables, or possibly learning some new techniques, should come to the Williamson Free Public Library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23.
- Seeds for Dreamers of Spring Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 10:14AMForget winter. Forget the mountains of snow, forget the splintered hedges under the drifts, erase the walkways pummeled with de-icer from your memory bank, it’s all in the past. Think green. Inhale the perfume of warming earth. Let the sprouting begin.
- Certified: Green Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 10:06AMIt may be only March but a noteworthy graduation ceremony takes place next week. On Thursday, March 24, the first group of local businesses that participated in the Green Core Company program will receive official recognition of their efforts to go green.
- Sunday, March 13, 2011 12:00 am Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 3:52AMPlanning to open in April in Post Falls, Bi-Plane Brewing Co. will celebrate the feats of early aviators and high-flying exploration with hand-crafted ales. The brew pub will offer brewed beer in pint glasses and a snack menu at 4082 E. Primrose Lane in Highway 41 Plaza north of Interstate 90.
- Serving Niles since 1886 Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 9:43PMThe Niles Garden Club held its March meeting Tuesday, March 1 at the Niles Law Enforcement Complex. The meeting was called to order at 1 p.m. by President Wendie Stephenson. Carol Peters was introduced as a guest and the newest member to the club.
- Going to (vegetable) seed, in the best of ways Saturday, February 26, 2011 @ 9:11PMBeing new to cultivating much besides shrubs and flowers, Plant Life columnist Valerie Easton spent the last year asking every vegetable gardener she came across where they buy seed. Here are the results of her informal survey.
- The joy and aggravations of community gardens Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 9:29AMGrowing veggies in a Chicago community garden is only partly about growing and much about getting along with other members of the community.
- Hands-on help for gardening, beekeeping Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 9:56AMDidn´t you resolve that this would be the year you’d finally give vegetable gardening a try, maybe even do a little beekeeping? Or maybe it’s your kids who have been campaigning for one of these projects.
- Draine: Feed your garden fever with spring classes Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 4:54PMIf the arrival of seed catalogs has sent spring gardening thoughts whirling through your head, put a fine point on your frenzy and enroll for some gardening classes.
- School Digest Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 5:19AMSchool Notes
- Local news briefs Tuesday, February 1, 2011 @ 4:11AMJackson County commissioners will present a community service award to Charles and Betty Burgess, co-leaders of the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 2, in the courthouse auditorium, 10 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford.
- 101 things to do in Wyobraska Sunday, January 30, 2011 @ 8:17AMNothing to do? No way! For years we’ve heard the lament that there’s nothing to do in Nebraska. At the Star-Herald, we don’t believe that.
- Nancy Szerlag: Take refuge in a vast garden of plant catalogs Friday, January 28, 2011 @ 1:42AMWhen sad things happen, like the loss of a loved one, I take refuge in my garden. Working in the soil, weeding and grooming plants bring me solace and help me deal with the pain of things I cannot change. In winter, I'm frozen out of my garden sanctuary, so when I suffer from a heavy heart, I substitute plant catalogs, along with magazines and books, for the real thing. Thinking about spring ...
- Welcome Spring with Pussy Willows Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 8:50AMI saw an old buddy recently and wasn't surprised to find him true to form. My friend Lou, know in these parts as "the pussy willow man," was speaking to a garden club about his favorite plant and reminiscing about the era when his passion for the genus... Read More Resources Joy of Gardening Symposium: Magnificant Gardens Layering Read More Reminders Shop Online Save Seed-Starting Supplies Make ...
- Calendar Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 4:49AMSubmissions for "Community Calendar" are required two weeks preceding the date of publication. Send to: Mary Ann Bottari, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; mbottari@pioneerlocal.com. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495.
- Gardening seminar set for Jan. 29 Wednesday, January 19, 2011 @ 10:11PMReservations are needed for the Citywide Gardening Seminar planned for 9 to 11 a.m. Jan. 29 at Muskogee First Assembly, 3100 Gulick. Sign-in between 8:30 to 9 a.m. for doughnuts and coffee while registering for door prizes. Free seed catalogs and literature will be available.
- Seeds: Bushels of advice at gardening workshop Friday, January 14, 2011 @ 5:45PMSacramento gardeners are one determined bunch. A little rain or chilly weather can't keep us from getting to work.
- Readers flood inbox with tips for specialty seed, start sites Thursday, January 13, 2011 @ 12:44AMThere seems to be nothing like a column on seed catalogs to get readers' horticultural juices going. I received lots of e-mails, both asking for places to get specific kinds of seeds as well as with suggestions for catalogs/webalogs to pass on to others
- Winter Gardening Reads Wednesday, January 12, 2011 @ 2:30PMThe poet Edwin Markham wrote “He fed his spirit with the bread of books.” It’s that time when we settle in for winter, peruse the gardening catalogs and take the time for good winter reads.
- CES 2011: RealNetworks Steps Past Apple & Google to Offer Cloud-Based Music Thursday, January 6, 2011 @ 8:11AMHow long have you been hearing about both Apple's and Google's much-anticipated cloud music and media offerings? While we spent much of 2010 waiting to see which of the two Internet giants would get there first, another player was lurking in the background and is now stepping into the fray with an offering of its own. RealNetworks , the company behind RealPlayer , previewed Unifi at the Consumer ...
- Mychal Wilmes: I'm much too old for Velcro Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 6:07AMWinter is also a time for rebellion, a chance to stand against the cold and authority. That is one reason for growing a salt–and–pepper beard.
- Seed catalogs out; spring gardens not far behind Saturday, January 1, 2011 @ 10:25PMThe last frost date looms 72 days ahead, and the catalogs are coming. Its time to salivate over seeds and daydream of spring.
- Garden resolutions for 2011 Sunday, December 26, 2010 @ 12:00AMNew Year's Day is approaching. Have you made garden resolutions for 2011? If not, let's review a few possibilities.
- Start planning with seed catalogs Friday, December 24, 2010 @ 12:25AMSeed and garden catalogs are meant to entice gardeners on cold winter days, and they are full of helpful information on new varieties and products. The catalogs include pictures and descriptions of the best heirloom and newer varieties of flowers, fr ...
- 101 things to do in Wyobraska Sunday, December 19, 2010 @ 5:04AMNothing to do? No way! For years we’ve heard the lament that there’s nothing to do in Nebraska. At the Star-Herald, we don’t believe that.