Like so many plants that became pests, oriental bittersweet was intentionally introduced in the 1860s in the U.S. — another proof, if we need it, that messing with Mother Nature rarely works out how ...

Demolition is underway in Pittsburgh this week at the synagogue where a man killed 11 worshippers in an antisemitic attack just over five years ago during the Jewish Sabbath. The shooting is ...

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A single wooden sculpture dominates the Nightingale-Brown House’s gallery space. Gail Whitsitt-Lynch’s giant, abstract carving called “BitterSweet” has been on display since May, and leaves the ...

What a good boy! He's showing so much restraint. The absolute cutest miniature Aussiedoodle really wanted to tackle his owner's Christmas tree. But that's a house no-no. So all the little guy can do ...

Business is booming for Christmas tree sellers in Eureka amid reports of supply shortages up north, but Jerry Gabriel was somber as he tended to his rows of trees at a lot on the corner of West Harris ...

TYNGSBORO — No, the 2010 Tyngsboro Festival of Trees wreath-entry, titled, “It’s All About Me,” wasn’t crafted by a selectman. The wreath, No. 29 in the second annual Christmas-tree festival’s ...

Q: My wife and I have been out driving around (when it hasn’t been raining) to see what fall foliage there is. And along many roads, both back roads and main highways, we see vines like grapes and ...

This article was published 12/12/2012 (4744 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. A Maples area couple had to say goodbye to a very special tree late last month. Frank and Sophie ...