Think you’re sick? Maybe it’s just the food you’re eating. Dubbed the “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome,” many take-out or in-house dishes contain a blend of flavor enhancers, food dyes and coloring, preservatives and additives that are quite poor for consumption. You may not be aware of the symptoms or feelings of sickness, but if you take [...]

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Join us today as we visit the heart of Medina, where we catch up with Lyle Morse, who has lived and worked in town for most of his life. Today, he has managed to stay fit into his 50s. In the past Morse says he was too focused on sports, especially volleyball, but currently he [...]

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One of the biggest publishing phenomena of recent years has been the growth of a genre called “cozy mysteries.” A mystery can be called “cozy” if the sleuth is an amateur, (meaning not a trained investigator), if there is little graphic description of a murder or crime scene and if the story is liberally infused [...]

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I recently was stopped by someone at the store who recognized me from the articles I write for The Gazette. She thanked me for making all the technology I write about as simple as I can. I have been contributing the Cybertalk columns for a year now, and I enjoy writing them and receiving feedback [...]

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When I think about hollyhocks in the garden, my eyes see a little nook filled with shades of pink and cream blossoms climbing up large, leafy stems that tower high like a corn stalk, but floppier in the autumn wind. In my ideal vision, a cluster of hollyhock stalks would stand gladly and not topple [...]

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To reread a book is an expression of your pleasure in it. Your first reading, you might say, was discovery, and your second reading, exploration. You wanted to figure out why the book was so intriguing as to lead you to want to spend time more with it. If you read a book more times [...]

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With fall just around the corner, the Wadsworth Center for Older Adults is busy planning a whole host of terrific programs and activities for seniors.
Check out our line-up of one-day and multi-day trips, planned with every interest and budget in mind. Don’t miss our fabulous Hawaiian cruise, which sets sail in February 2008. Be sure [...]

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Q.: I am working for two employers and will make more than the maximum taxable earnings of $97,500 this year. When I reach the maximum, will each employer stop withholding Social Security taxes? What happens if I end up overpaying for the year? Do I receive some kind of bonus credits or will Social Security [...]

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I cry very easily. I once got all weepy-eyed during a McDonald’s commercial many years ago, as an older brother suddenly realized his little tag-along kid sister has grown into a lovely young lady. Tears are good, but at times, particularly in public, they can be too much of a good thing, so I constantly [...]

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MEDINA TWP. — It’s 8 a.m. on a muggy August morning, with a promise of rain later in the day, but at the moment, the sun still shines brightly on the golfers already heading out across the greens at Bunker Hill Golf Course.
With the ground a little soggy from recent downpours, golfers were cautioned to [...]

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