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. 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 &…