Guests took in Italian opera and the Belle Isle String Quartet while also enjoying watching living statues on Oct. 24 at Christian Youth Theater Richmond’s...

At Costen Floors, if you walk around the outside of the building three times, you’ve walked a mile. Employees are encouraged to put in those laps...

Wellness Sometimes we’re so concerned with simply getting through the holidays that we don’t take time to think about the little things that...

Q:What can you tell me about online dating? My 34-year-old daughter met her husband-to-be on the Internet and has been encouraging me to give it a try....

Clichés and rhyming weather lore passed down through the generations supposedly predict weather patterns and seasonal changes. Naturalists and amateur...

We invite you to submit entries for our Holiday Calendar, which will appear in the Sunday Flair section Nov. 29. Please put “Holiday Calendar”...

DEAR ACCIDENTAL CHEF: I’ve been following your column for a while now, and you’ve given some great advice, especially when it comes to cooking...

Q:I had a good laugh at the idea of putting soap under the sheet. Five weeks later, I am not laughing anymore. I have been on Requip for more than four...

I remember hearing that we should save the first 10 percent to 15 percent of our earnings. As a business, Southwest Airlines is known for spending less...

Army tank commander William Lester “Les” Duty and his men were fending off an enemy assault on T-Bone Hill during the Korean War in 1952 when...

Bond, Mrs. Veronica Scearce, 95, of Richmond, a retired employee of H.W. Goodwyn & Sons, widow of Dr. William R. Bond. Chandler, Natalie Marie, of...

Q:There is a message circulating on the Web about putting an unpeeled onion in a room to attract flu viruses. Apparently, this is supposed to protect people...

Veterans Day ceremonies and activities in the Richmond area. TODAY Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 W. Cary St. Pre-Veterans Day services will be held at 8 and...

When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump-start....

MEETINGS NAMI-CVA, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Weinstein JCC, 5403 Monument Ave. James M. Martinez Jr., director of the Office of Mental Health of the Virginia...

NICOSIA, Cyprus—The two couples had never met each other, and probably never would. They had come from opposite sides of a border between longtime...

With the election of John Andrew Bowersett “Pete” Davies as Culpeper County’s commissioner of the revenue in 1950, Culpeper got a 32-year...

MUSIC Holly, Uncle Willie & The Boys, and ChurchYard Grass, tonight at 6, Gospel Chicken House, 14709 Greenwood Church Road, Montpelier. Details: (804)...

Veterans Day ceremonies and activities in the Richmond area. TOMORROW Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 W. Cary St. Pre-Veterans Day services will be held at...

Branch, Mr. David Lee, 77, of Sandston, a Korean War Navy veteran, a retired accountant for the Virginia Department of Social Services, husband of Shirley...

Color experts are hinting that green may be the “it” color for 2010. Although fashion and décor gurus haven’t officially announced...

Q:I have about 17 peonies in a garden. During the second half of every summer, they get black spot. This year, some also got powdery mildew, even though...

Calendar of events relating to homes and gardens Holiday Shoppers’ Fair: 15 Richmond-area museum stores collaborate with an unusual array of gifts...

Q:I have a silver tea and coffee service that belonged to my grandmother. On the bottom, it is stamped “Ascot Sheffield Design, Reproduction by Community.“...

Yes, we know it has been only six days since Halloween, but Christmas is up and running today at the Richmond Raceway Complex. The Craftsmen’s Christmas...

Did it yourself? The budget is tighter, but home-improvement needs and wants never seem to end. The solution may be to get out the toolbox and do it yourself!...

PROJECT: Bookshelf unit/window seat TIME: Two weeks spread over six months COST: $600-$700 HOW THEY DID IT: Jim Savage saw an idea in a home-improvement...

Beale, Mrs. Odell E., of Richmond. Bjork, Mrs. Arlene Carol, 38, of Midlothian, a yoga teacher and creator-owner of Grace Yoga Training Systems LLC, wife...

When the Rev. Claude Charles Vaché became diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia in 1978, he was seen as “high church”...

We invite you to submit entries for our Holiday Calendar, which will appear in the Sunday Flair section Nov. 29. Please put “Holiday Calendar”...