Question: When we sit outside in my yard we are seeing so many Japanese Beetles on the plants, I have had them in my hair, how can we get rid of them? Answer: One of the best and certainly safest methods is to visit your local hardware store and get one of the traps that use pheromone or food attractants. Remember that these attract beetles to kill...

I drove past someone today whose expression was one of utter and abject defeat. Not so much that I was compelled to stop and ask her why she looked the way she did, but so much so that had I done all the stopping and asking, she wouldn't have told me. We see people like this everyday and I'm not sure in the almost seventeen years I've been...

Tickets for Mystic Seaport’s seventh annual Nautical Nightmares go on sale September 22 for the general public (September 15 for Museum members). The area’s premier Halloween event is a dramatic experience that explores ghost tales, legends and unsolved mysteries of days gone by. This year’s performance tells the tale of Captain McDougal, his missing...

Question: We have rug junipers going along the side of the hill on our sidewalk. We have been of some sort living under the junipers. Normally it wouldn't be an issue but the bees don't allow people to use the sidewalk without darting at them. Answer: I visited this nice lady but didn't actually get to see any of the bees. From her description...

The Groton Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will sponsor a "Good Works 5k Walk-A-Thon" on Saturday, September 13, 2008, from 10am-2pm in Poquonock Plains Park in Groton to collect canned food items and new or gently used winter outerwear to be donated to community social service agencies serving the southeastern CT community...