Gifts from above: The Lake Elmo Inn's tradition of exchanging a drink for an ornament (Stillwater Gazette)

The Lake Elmo Inn's Christmas trees begin every year naked. The lonely twinkle lights that adorn their bare branches do little to help them stand out against the holiday decorations that will embellish the remainder of the restaurant once the season begins.


Jazz up food gifts with help from the Internet (Galveston County Daily News)

Gift-giving cooks have found an extra edge on the Internet, where recipes and other tools for homemade food gifts abound.


Mardell's America (BBC News)

'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun


It's all about green at Fenwick store (Delaware Coast Press)

FENWICK ISLAND -- Pat Griffiths is gearing up for her store's biggest holiday.


What's on: Friday's picks (II) (Straits Times)

What's on: Life! picks for Friday.


Attractions: March 11 (Bradenton Herald)

Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.


Senior Center celebrates Chinese New Year (Lehigh Acres Citizen)

The Lehigh Acres Senior Center hosted a Chinese New Year for 200 members recently on Plaza Drive amid red, gold and black Chinese lanterns, banners, dragons and Asian decor.


Bulgaria Celebrates International Women's Day (Novinite.com)

Bulgarian women celebrate the International Women's Day Monday – a holiday that celebrates ladies' economic, political and social achievements.


Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham community calendar (Exeter News-Letter)

n sEABREEZE QUILT GUILD: will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 in the Senior Center, Court Street, Exeter. This month's program will be the annual UFO (unfinished objects) auction of quilt-related items. Contact Alicia Harville for information.


Book brings flowers to life (The Post and Courier)

Gene Bauer has planted close to a million daffodil bulbs in the hills behind her home in the San Bernardino Mountains. For 40 years, she opened her property for three weeks each spring, free of charge, so the public could bask in the glory of all that yellowness, in the passion and hard work of a woman intent on making the world a more beautiful place.