IF YOUR family is dysfunctional, and you're willing to let a national TV audience tut-tut over your pitiable parenting skills, "SuperNanny" wants you.The popular ABC show is seeking Pennsylvania f...

Early or late,everyone wants to participatein a Dr. Suess birthday party!THE LATE Theodor Seuss Geisel, renowned children's author, was born March 2, but party animals can arrange their schedules ...

The next few months bring a bounty of theatrical productions to countyTHERE'S PLENTY to do in Lancaster County for the next few months when young thespians from across the county take to the stage...

THREE NEW children's picture books recall a journey on the Underground Railroad to a free life; the beginning of the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott; and the cross-country flight of the first Afri...

It's time to harvest the maple sugar that drips with mouth-watering promisesDURING SCHOOL hours, Mary Lee Zechman of Millersville spent decades educating students in the Penn Manor, Hempfield and...

Check out some sweet storage for sugary treatsIT'S TIME to sweeten the pot.Bring on the tempting, time-honored candy dish.And if you put it out, they will come.There's something magnetic about tre...

VALENTINE'S DAY is around the corner and you really don't have to spend a lot of money to share your love sentiments - you can craft your love.And your sweet thought doesn't have to be for the o...

Successful gameplan is simple: finger foods, great dipsDON'T FUMBLE when it comes to satisfying the hearty appetites of your armchair football fans this Super Bowl season.As the teams square off ...

YOU KNOW them as masters of the kitchen in some of the area's most popular restaurants. But what do Lancaster County chefs cook on their days off?Do they bring their restaurant skills home, or d...

DISASTER CAN bring out the worst in human nature, and it also can bring out the best.Earthquake-ravaged Haiti has found many partners that are sending money and much-needed supplies in the after...

Pa. Museum displays mastodon and moreABOUT 12,000 years ago, a hefty 4-plus-ton mastodon took a wrong turn into a bog at what is now Marshalls Creek, near the Delaware Water Gap in northeastern ...

Youngest member of MT clan needs intestine transplantTHE FORTE family has a big wish for the new year.The Manheim Township residents hope 2010 brings medical salvation - in the form of an intest...

KRISTAN McKINNE hiked down a wintry hillside near Lancaster and pointed with a mittened hand. Scat.She wasn't instructing a cat to vamoose. She'd spotted the pelletlike droppings left by a deer.Dr...

Here are capsule reviews of some of the latest books for children and young adults:• "Ivy & Bean: Doomed to Dance," by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall. (Ages 5 and up.)Pals Ivy and Bea...

  TWO-TIME NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and Newbery Medal winner Katherine Paterson was named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington last wee...

Organic food is a relatively new area of research, emerging only over the last decade or two, with little funding and often-conflicting results.A headline-making British study, published last summ...

Consumers pay a premium for organic food. Organic romaine lettuce can cost about 60 cents more than conventional. A pound of organic grapes runs 50 cents to $1 more. And at around $4, a half-gal...

Only foods produced and processed by certified operations, according to National Organic Program standards, can be sold, labeled or represented as organic.Operators who knowingly violate NOP reg...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture accredits 100 domestic and international agencies to certify organic farms and operations.Certification hinges on an annual inspection. Individual certifiers de...

Program underfunded, recommendations aren't followed, pesticide testing rarely done Synthetic pesticides don't belong on organic produce.But studies published in Consumer Reports and academic jou...

These foods are not always what consumers think they are. Some are not chemical or pesticide free. Health benefits are questionable. Only certain thing? They cost more. Heather Fenimore is conv...

BY CINDY STAUFFERStaff Writer   Ring in 2010 by getting a swine flu vaccine. Free vaccines will be available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 8 and 9, at two Lancaster Count...

After the death of her only child, LoriJo Peters transforms profound personal loss into tangible hope for others around the world.       THE FIRST CHRISTMAS without their son ...

Experts say H1N1 down, but not out.   THEY'RE CALLING IT the "third wave."   The first wave of swine flu hit last spring and summer. The second wave hit in late October.   The...

ATLANTA - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday. The recal...

KITCHENS ARE FILLED with the aromas of pies, cookies, cakes and breads during the holiday baking season.Families and friends gather to bake together and enjoy each other's company, catch up and ...

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT throwing a Christmas or New Year's Eve party that brings out the inner Martha Stewart in some people. And not always in a good way.Although Stewart has her act honed to t...

Editor's note: In addition to managing the newsroom for the Sunday News, Barbara Hough Roda is the proud parent of a hardworking Marzipan dancer in a local production of the holiday ballet "The Nu...

Parents seek booster for young children.   AT LAST MONTH'S state-run H1N1 clinics in Lancaster County, many of those being vaccinated were young children. And because the Centers for Disea...

MADISON, Wis. - Before you go over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house this holiday season, consider what a University of Wisconsin-Madison infectious-disease specialist calls k...

  Nostalgia for Watt & Shand heyday will play part in city's holiday event.     MANY LANCASTRIANS YEARN for Christmases past, when Santa made his annual arrival by climbin...

Hinkletown students meet the $10 challenge REBECCA HOOVER RECENTLY LEARNED about the power of zucchini.Last spring, the 9-year-old fourth-grader at Hinkletown Mennonite School bought $10 worth ...

  FOR WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER, the process of having photos taken to document their treatment or celebrate a recovery can turn an overwhelming experience into an empowering one.   ...

Several L-L League girls' volleyball programs with athletes and coaches whose lives have been touched by cancer will join forces this month to raise awareness of the disease.     AS...

October 1, 2009:  IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to pick up a popular women's magazine that isn't running a feature story on breast cancer.  And yet, common misunderstandings and myths surrounding bre...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site, http://cdc.gov/h1n1flu/, is updated regularly with information on swine flu, or the H1N1 virus.   By staying informed, you can help ...

What to look for, what's hot, what's new in the world of back-to-school THE RACKS OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL items can be overwhelming, but with some expert and parental advice, tackling the sea of backp...

The Jenkins School pulls up roots, gets set for relocation ON AUG. 31, PRINCIPAL KATHY BAILEY will turn off the lights and lock the doors of The Jenkins School in Millersville for the last time....

‘Artists in the Park' learn comic creation with Lancaster Newspapers WHERE ELSE WOULD FANATICAL dogs, futuristic glorified stick figures, massive bodybuilders and mini neon-colored heroes ...

The tooth fairy carries on, even in a bleak economy DEVON ROBERTSON HAS ONE LESS tooth in his smile and five more dollars in his pocket.Last month, the "tooth fairy" stealthily retrieved the 6-y...

TOPS Helps Parents Make the Grade with Healthy Back-to-School Lunches MILWAUKEE, WI - Before school bells start ringing again, parents should consider doing some homework of their own on nutrit...

PENN KETCHUN WANTS everyone who comes to the movies to have a great time.So the managing partner of Penn Cinema in Lititz has a new initiative to help people with autism, and other developmental ...

  Many essay papers pertain to a person - his works, contributions, and generally a written account of his life. These papers are called biographies.   One needs to research to be abl...