By Pam Teel Ahh Pizza. We all know what it is. We’ve all had it, whether covered in mushrooms, anchovies, and yes, pitifully, even pineapples.  Pizza, our modern-day food favorite, but did you know it existed in ancient Greece? According to many studies, the word pizza is linked to the word pita, a food prevalent … Continued

By Pam Teel Collective nouns are nouns that refer to groups of people, objects or animals. Some we are very familiar with, but others we might just have to scratch our heads a bit and tax the brain. Below are a few collective nouns for animals. Let’s just see how smart you are. Would love … Continued

By Pam Teel Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, or biting midges, with adults being only 1/8 inch in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, distributed worldwide. There are 47 species of no- see-ums in Florida alone, seven of which like the humans a lot! It’s bad enough we … Continued

By Pam Teel More than 100 years ago, it was a woman athlete who attracted trains full of baseball fans to Cleveland, Ohio. Advertisements in the papers boasted all about her pitching skills. Miss Weiss was born on February 9, 1890, in Berlin Heights, OH, a small town in Tuscarawas County. Her parents were Dr. … Continued

By Richard Mabey Jr. The Halloween of 2005 was a most special Halloween. For it opened the door to show me one more example of the immense compassion that resided within the chambers of my late father’s heart. It was in October of 2005, that Dad was in and out of the hospital. He was … Continued

By Pam Teel Over 43,000 youth, leaders and volunteers from 150 different countries made their way to the 25th World Scout Jamboree that took place in South Korea, the beginning of August of this year. The event didn’t go as smoothly as planned when mother nature, among other issues came to surface. Matthew McCormick, from … Continued

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Rachel went directly into the Financial Services Industry upon graduating college from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Finance. After working multiple jobs and putting herself through college, she settled on a career in finance in Providence Rhode Island. Just six months later she followed love and … Continued

By, Surabhi Ashok Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian explorer under the crown of France’s King Francis I, made his way up the east coast of North America in 1524. He particularly explored New Jersey aboard the ship Delfina.  Verrazzano first ventured into exploration when he traveled to Egypt and Syria. Soon after, he got into … Continued