In the Community

Is clutter getting the best of you? Learn to take control at the New Westminster Public Library on Tuesday, March 27 at 7 p.m.

W e recently came across a very interesting story that illustrates one of the major ways in which the world has changed.

Every day we use our kitchen to prepare meals, so it only makes sense that this area of your home should be functional and appealing if we expect to be successful.

In my last column, I wrote of the importance of a shared agenda when you meet with your doctor, and the importance of bringing forth all the items on your agenda - your list - when you book the appointment and clarifying this with your doctor's staff

It's that time of year: the buds are beginning to pop up, the days are getting longer, and there's a bit less rain falling from the sky. Spring is on the way, and with it, spring break.

Spring is almost in the air and St. Patrick's Day is this weekend. We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. We have some great offerings for the March 16 to 18 weekend in New Westminster.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then The Record's online photo galleries are a repository of millions of words of every kind, colour and shape.

On days when grey skies and pouring rain dampen spirits and everything else, there's happiness and hope to be found at ground level among the spring flowers. Snowdrop blooms last for weeks in these temperatures.

The City of New Westminster is aiming to be the first city in the region to provide food scrap collection to all residences. Council has approved a staff recommendation to mandate a citywide multi-family food scraps recycling program starting July 1.

The 2012 British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-fiction went to Charlotte Gill for her book Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe.