Wash your hands: Keeping influenza at bay
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now This past weekend, the weekend of Feb. 1, was a bit of a blur for me. It started out……
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Tina Payne will be hard to replace
I spend a lot of time building relationships in my job. “Source building” would be the most clinical and professional way to describe it…….
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Mennonite Housing decision a start
Now that’s the kind of thinking we should apply to every project and development in Newton. The Newton City Commission received a large ask……
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Adults can have fun, just like kids
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now This past weekend, my son Rodger and I had our first official 4-H ceramics meeting at The Phoenix Originals……
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Oh shoe tree, we barely knew thee
I rarely regret writing an article, but I have two in my time in Harvey County. The first involves a peacock named Lenny, who……
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Newest Star Wars movie is great entertainment
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Even though I was sick on Saturday with an evil cold, my son wanted to watch the latest Star……
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State should spend money wisely
What are we going to do with the money? That looks like it could be the question of note as this year’s legislative session……
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Life this holiday season was a little fragile
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now The day after Christmas, which we spent in Manhattan, where my parents and sister live, I saw a bunch…
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Happiness, unhappiness connects us
By Adam Strunk I’d made time in a day of family get-togethers and work to see a few college friends. Over Reuben sandwiches and……
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Volunteering fights the loneliness
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which……
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