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Cote´ stepping down after 30-plus years at arts center

HANCOCK — After more than three decades of managing the Copper Country Community Arts Center, founding Director Cynthia Cote´ stepped down, passing the reins to Bonnie Loukas as the center’s new executive director. Cote´ said she is taking time in her retirement to focus on her own ...

Siblings take opposite stances on sleepaway camp

Dear Annie: My husband and I are at odds over whether to send our two children to sleepaway camp next summer. He went every year from the time he was 8 and talks about it as one of the happiest parts of his childhood. He says camp taught him independence, helped him make lifelong friends and ...

Today’s Birthdays

Aug. 10, 2026 Suellen Inglese, Breitung Township Sandra R. Adams, Quinnesec

Older woman can only shower

Dear Heloise: More than anything, I’d love to be able to sit and soak in a warm tub of bubbles to ease my aching bones. However, I am 81 years old and cannot get out of the tub, and I can’t afford a walk-in shower. I have tried to bathe a few times, only to acknowledge my stupidity and ...

A will worth fighting?

Dear Annie: I’m 37 and the oldest of four siblings. We lost our mother to cancer 15 months ago, and then about a month ago, our father died very unexpectedly at 60. We never expected to be orphans this young, and the whole thing has been a shock for us. But we were in for an even bigger ...

DCCC to present ‘Sound of Music’

The Dickinson County Community Theater will present the “Sound of Music” this weekend. Performances are set for 1 and 6 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Niagara School District auditorium in Niagara, Wis. Based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, the inspirational story follows an ...