The fire is lit, then they sing and dance in the frosty night, offering good wishes to a fruit tree and slurping from a bowl of carefully brewed spiced alcohol. This is wassailing, a pagan ceremony to ...

Mary Anne Ballard is a pop star. But the "pop hits" she performs were working their way up the charts a good three, four, half-dozen centuries ago. "I was once standing in a McDonald's about 25 years ...

Some holiday gifts are enjoyed in a glass. Just ask Beaver County's four craft breweries, each of which will sell special seasonal beers this winter and Yuletide season. The valley's original craft ...