Question: With school back in session, can you talk about school bus safety and what motorists need to know? Answer: School buses have yellow and red lights that flash alternately to warn drivers they are stopping to load or unload students. Bus drivers will activate flashing yellow lights ...

The older I get, the more I look forward to the red and gold of autumn. While the trees often sport these colors as the season rolls around and summer comes to an end, the red and gold that often accompanies this time in between that seasonal shift is a bit different. The areas around those ...

I was beset with numerous challenges back when I was a beginning dairy farmer. There were the ho-hum things such as wrestling with finances and farming with rickety, worn-out machinery. But there were also some really important issues like formulating the precise mixture of junk to haul around ...

We have been learning about Marland Burckhardt, who grew up in rural Russell. He and his younger brother, David, attended Russell Public Schools. Marland recalled challenges getting to school during the winter. “The farm was ¼ mile from the road with a driveway cut into the north side ...

Next week is National Assisted Living Week, a time to recognize the importance of senior citizen assisted living facilities. It’s an occasion that has personal meaning. I moved last month from a house to an apartment at Boulder Estates. I decided it was time. I put my name on the Boulder ...

The Taunton school district purchased land from the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Company for a school. The elementary school began in 1889. A four room school house was built in 1906 at a cost of $7,000. The building was located on block 13 of Main and 4th Street. A high school began in July ...