March 19-25: National Poison Prevention Week
Steps to take when poisoning is suspected The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has this important information for you. If you suspect that a…
Month: March 2023
Oh deer! Beware the hazards of deer collisions
Deer collisions are dangerous and can sometimes be deadly. The annual insured losses of deer-vehicle collisions in the United States is more than $1…
March is Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
Where are you most likely to suffer an eye injury? At work In spite of safety programs and protective equipment, more than 2,000 working people in the…
IRS: Why crypto isn’t money
You know that paper with a president on it is valuable if you drop it and someone picks it up. But in recent years, with the advent of cryptocurrencies,…
The IRS is watching digital ‘assets’
The Internal Revenue Service doesn’t consider cryptocurrency to be actual money. But it does consider it to be a valuable asset and if you made dollars on…
There’s a better place to put your thermostat
You might have done everything from turn your heat down to unplug your appliances in order to save on utility bills. But what about the thermostat? Even…
The best and worst options if you owe the IRS
Tax deadlines are fast approaching. Unfortunately, some people will find that they don’t have enough cash to pay Uncle Sam. That could lead to problems,…
Really good real estate deal
They called it “Seward’s Folly,” but William Henry Seward may have had the last laugh when the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for two cents an acre on…
Niagara Falls don’t
On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. Ice jammed the Niagara River above the rim of the falls — a first in recorded history.
Beatles make appearance
The Beatles debuted March 21, 1961 at Liverpool’s Cavern Club, where they quickly gained a following.