Many Capital Region residents plan on traveling this holiday season via car, train or air. Some pets may jump in the car to join in the festivities, while others will go to “doggie day care.” If you plan on placing your pet in “doggie day care” or a...

For many residents in the Capital Region, time is running out to prepare for the holidays with last minute shopping and other errands. Like me, many in the Capital Region will spend their holiday traveling to friends and families.

As the Capital Region enters into the holiday season, grocery carts fill with gingerbread cookies and poinsettias, and boxes of holiday decorations reemerge from the dusty depths of basements and garages, bursting at the seams with tinsel.

With winter fast approaching, people may have forgotten how warm and snow-free last winter was. That is, until the mice start invading.

Besides today being 12-12-12, it is also National Poinsettia Day! Poinsettias remain one of the most popular holiday flowers. Believe it or not, poinsettias are native to Mexico. During the 17th century, Franciscan priests noticed the timely red...

Squirrels - there a certainly many of them here in the Capital Region. Looking out my office window I see the Albany squirrels running around collecting food and chasing each other on a daily basis. Squirrels may look cute, but they can be a...