Free local workshops on repairing lamps and pruning roses highlight this week’s event offerings. In our throwaway culture, it’s often more cost-effective to replace than to repair a broken item. But ...

A broken antique swing-arm floor lamp collected years of tarnish in Adrienne Punturiero's Village of Hamburg basement. Until Sunday afternoon when Punturiero dared to repair it. She brought the brass ...

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For years, I have had a small, old white lamp that I really love. It weighs about 12 pounds and was given to me by a female friend who shares my love for old white junk. (Some people call it “shabby ...

Statesboro’s Greener Boro Commission is turning sustainability into community action with Fix-It Fairs, reuse workshops, and ...

Saturday’s free event in Santa Rosa was meant to demonstrate the value and possibility of mending or restoring worn items rather than disposing of them. A woman with a wobbly lamp said the waste bin ...