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With their gable roofs and symmetrical windows, colonial houses can make quite a statement. Classic, elegant, and charming, they've become embedded in the white picket fence, American dream imagery. According to Wentworth Studio, the colonial revival began in the 1880s and lasted until around

With their gable roofs and symmetrical windows, colonial houses can make quite a statement. Classic, elegant, and charming, they've become embedded in the white picket fence, American dream imagery. According to Wentworth Studio, the colonial revival began in the 1880s and lasted until around

Car break-ins: A Brewster Road woman reported her car had been broken into the previous night, and checks were stolen July 19. The car was parked in the driveway and possibly unlocked. While checking with a neighbor about a Ring doorbell camera that possibly caught the incident on tape, the ne

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I’ve been thinking a lot about the strange and unusual around us — what you might call “quirk.”

Quirk is both quicksilver and quotidian. It can pass in an instant or stand everyday everywhere.

It

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We may pine for spring, but to get to the flowers and warm breezes, we have to go through mud season. That’s pretty much March: rain, which equals mud; melting snow, which equals more mud.

Instead of hiding ins

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There’s still plenty of summer left, so it’s time to upgrade your backyard with one of these growing trends!

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THE Spice Girls will soon be returning to the screen.

I’ve learned that Emma Bunton, Melanie C, Geri Horner, Mel B — and even Victoria Beckham — have signed a deal for a docuseries about the record-breaking girl group.

It is being made by the team behind The Last Dance, the c

THURSDAY, July 28 — State health officials and McLaren Health Care are disputing a …

'The Realistic Joneses' is a refreshingly deep plunge into the reality of long-term …

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No summer walk in downtown Lansing is complete witho