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Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My 14-year-old daughter spends far too much time on social media, and I am beginning to see it affect her mood, confidence and sleep. She checks her phone the moment she wakes up and often stays online long after she is supposed to be asleep. If a friend posts a picture ...

To your good health

DEAR DR. ROACH: About four months ago, my doctor switched me from a combination of 5 mg of amlodipine and 100 mg of Losartan daily (which I'd been taking for several years) to 10 mg of amlodipine only. Things went just fine until very recently, when I started developing some annoying skin ...

Clarence Page

It is unfortunate but also ironically appropriate that national efforts to celebrate the nation's birth have been rattled by internal disputes over how that birth should be celebrated. "Who controls the past controls the future," wrote George Orwell in 1984. "Who controls the present controls ...

Veronique de Rugy

Congress loves to wrap legislation in the language of the public interest. This year's surface transportation reauthorization bill is no exception. Supporters describe the House Transportation Committee-passed package as a major safety bill designed to make America's transportation system ...

Holding Space for Good

Frederick Law Olmsted is well known for pioneering landscape architecture. We know him as the man behind Central Park in New York City, which was his first major park project. He is also well known for his work on the U.S. Capitol grounds and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. ...

Events and opportunities

July 6 • Trail skate, 7-8 p.m. Grab your wheels and meet at the Downtown Houghton Waterfront Pier by the PLDL. We will roll from there down to the Ray Kestner park and back! All skates, bikes, skateboards, or scooters welcome to join. This is a community skate to meet new friends and get outside! Contact: Susie Toivonen, slammer@keweenawrollerderby.com • MI-TRALE meeting, 7 p.m. Stannard Township Hall, Bruce Crossing. MI-TRALE will hold its monthly meeting at the Stannard Township Hall in Bruce Crossing. Anyone interested in maintaining ATV and snowmobile trails in the western U.P. ...