5 Great College Towns to Avoid Winter
For many students, the winter season means cold weather, a bevy of snow, and the opportunity to participate in activities such as skiing or snowboarding. Other students, though, may desire a different type of experience during winter: warm weather, sandy beaches, and lightweight clothes.
Spend on what you do
If you're paying for a life you have only sometimes, you're stealing from your most-of-the-time life. And breaking that habit can you make you a whole lot happier.
Battle those blahs
Around this time of year, do you start to get tired of the dead trees and freezing weather, of scraping frost off of your car windshield every morning and of seeing gloomy skies with far less sun? For many, winter is a tough time of year. "I kind of hate winter!" says Taylor Edmonds, a Syracuse High sophomore. "I don't like all the cold weather and snow, but I guess it comes with living in Utah ...
Local Roundup: Avalanche smothers Centennial Coyotes
The Flagstaff Avalanche beat the Centennial Coytoes 6-2 at Jay Lively Arena on Saturday.
Cold-weather riders keep pedaling
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. | For some hardy souls in McHenry County, it's never too cold to ride a bicycle.
Winter Guide 2012
Winter Guide 2012
Rise of the ‘dead zone’: New Brookline businesses take on troubled areas
If you think starting a business is difficult, try opening one in an area surrounded by vacant storefronts. WickedLocalBrookline profiled two stores that have recently opened in areas of Brookline that have faced persistent vacancies and asked them what it takes to make it work.
Golf Capsules: On The Fringe - Slow play in golf is not going away anytime soon
Site: La Quinta, Calif. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Bicycle icicles: 
Cold-weather riders pedal along McHenry County paths
For some hardy souls in McHenry County, it’s never too cold to ride a bicycle.
Business owner, community step up to help Shaun Jensen
They are connected through tragedy. One, a young college student trying to move forward after the sudden loss of his mother. The other, a local business owner coming to terms with the death of his son.
