Ruth Bass

Gene Shalit was global — and local. Behind a face that was uniquely recognizable, he was a journalist and a “Today” show critic of films and books, plus an interviewer for nearly four decades.

RICHMOND — Aesthetically speaking, vegetable gardens should be photographed now, at least here. They're weeded, hoed, tilled and staked.

Many Sunday school attendees grow up recognizing similes and metaphors like patient as Job, brave as Daniel, lucky as Lazarus.

Mother Nature, facing the indifference of powerful Americans, needs all the help she can get.

It was hard to stop focusing on the giant drum onstage at Tanglewood last Saturday night.

RICHMOND — In years of watching “Jeopardy,” including way back when Art Fleming was the host, I've never heard this answer: The fifth most popular animal companion for Americans.

RICHMOND — The mower left two sizable islands of pink-blooming milkweed in the middle of our field in July, three feet tall and producing fast food

RICHMOND — Getting a head start often leads to a win. So, it's odd that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s latest foray into the health of America is to take

After 90 years, the Highland Restaurant in Pittsfield will close its doors.

RICHMOND — Purists like Craig Claiborne made pasta sauce without onions. I can't. For one thing, the garden crop of onions — white, yellow and