Where we live

As our communities get smaller, so does membership and attendance at local churches, clubs and other non-profit organizations.

A friend of mine stopped me the other day to ask if I was still involved with the Summit Hill Council because he had a question.

I love the water. I love to look at it, hear it, touch it, and I really love to float on it.

By RON GOWER

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By CHRIS PARKER

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It's a rainy afternoon, and we're watching old television episodes of Leave It To Beaver.

Throughout my six years here at the TIMES NEWS, I have written about my friends, family and many of our readers who have given their heart to this

Today's world of cell phones, email, text messages and twitter accounts, handwritten letters can seem hopelessly old fashioned.

By DAVID WARGO

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By KAREN CIMMS

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Children grow up so fast.

That's an expression I've heard a lot through the years. I know this to be true now that I have grandchildren.

It's 93 degrees and natatorium-humid, so I'm sitting in our library, one of the two air-conditioned rooms in our old farmhouse, taking a break from

Nearly two decades ago, I left my heart by the ocean.