The original version of the following piece appeared in the Salem News way back in 2004. The response created back then and each and every year is truly appreciated. It is presented having undergone a ...

Lake Claiborne State Park is proof that dreamlike beauty exists in Louisiana, waiting for you to show up and see it for yourself.

What covers 50 percent of Fairfax County and grows? Trees! Or more correctly, the tree canopy, which is made up of branches and leaves that seem to cover the ground when viewed from above. Fairfax ...

One-in-five Alabama children have an incarcerated parent, and their absence can make the holidays a difficult time.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the last post-credits scene in Thor: The Dark World. We like Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and ...

Manty thanks to the students and educators at Mary Lynch Elementery School for sharing these letters to Santa Claus with the Observer. The letters are being published just as the kids wrote them.