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When upgrading to smart technology at home, consider the purchase cost and long-term savings. For example, you may pay a little more for a product with the latest technology, but it could result in significant yearly savings over the appliance’s lifetime. Here are some smart devices that will take the work out of saving energy.
September 2024 Apple Guacamole recipe courtesy of Family Features Ingredients: 3 ripe avocados, halved and pitted ½ cup Vidalia onion, finely chopped ½ cup fresh cilantro, snipped juice of 1 lime bottled hot pepper sauce, to taste 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored...
Federal tax credits, incentives and rebates for home improvements September 2024 by Miranda Boutelle, Contributing Columnist Q: How do I use federal tax credits and rebates to upgrade my home? A: Tax credits and...
Whenever Elaine Shirley leads visitors on tours of the agricultural exhibits at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster, Md., she always stops to showcase a plywood cut-out of a dairy cow.
It’s not that the museum lacks any living livestock. Shirley, the museum’s curator, is trying to make a point. The exhibit is painted with markings matching a Sheeted Somerset — a breed that went extinct in the 1930s. She says the reason for the board bovine often catches guests by surprise.
Wise County coal museum tells the story of a community September 2024 BIG STONE GAP, TUCKED BETWEEN POWELL MOUNTAIN AND LITTLE STONE MOUNTAIN along the Appalachian Straight in Wise County, Va., is probably best known for a series of books written about it by New York...
Preparing the grid for electric vehicles September 2024 by Jennah Denney, Contributing Columnist Electric vehicles are more than just a trend; many see them as a shift toward a new transportation and energy use era. According to the U.S. Energy Information...
Rocky Mount restaurant is a mob scene, in a good way September 2024 [gallery order="ASC" title_position="none" main_size="full" tile_size="full" style="random" itemtag="dl" icontag="dt" captiontag="dd" columns="3" link="post" size="large" caption="desc"...
