Fact: April 28 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In Bennington though, we've adopted April 22 -28 as drug take back week. Everyone is encouraged to sort through their medicine cabinet and bring in their old and unwanted prescriptions…
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Fact Friday: Smiling is Contagious
It’s almost a cliche right? But it’s true. Smiling and positive interactions with others will spread positivity into their day. (The same is true with negative feelings; although those tend to be a bit more memorable.) So what’s the secret?…
Fact Friday: April is the first full month of Spring – Time to start Planting
Fact: April is the first full month of Spring. Time to start Planting. Â Though it may not feel it here in Bennington, VT yet, April is the first full month of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The word April…
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Fact Friday: Purchasing Age of Tobacco
Fact: Tobacco sales to minors, 17 years and younger, dropped in California last year after a change in the law raised the minimum purchasing age of tobacco from 18 to 21. Researchers sent youth decoys -- teens under 18-- into…
Fact Friday: Snowshoes are 6,000 years old.
Fact: Snowshoes have been around for almost 6,000 years. They were first invented in central Asia as a means moving through heavy snow quickly to help hunt for food. The earliest designs were modeled after the paw of the Snowshoe…
Fact Friday: Perfect Peanut Butter
Fact: Peanut Butter is the perfect food. Okay, that fact may be less objective and more subjective, but this author stands by it. Here's another fact for you: Before graduating high school, the average child will have eaten 1,500 PB &…