December can be a lonely place if you don’t have anywhere to go. As people are gathering around the table for turkey this holiday season, local businesses, charities and churches are doing their best to make sure no one goes without some festive cheer—and food. In Dartmouth, Staggers Pub & Grub on Portland Street will […]
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Eldon Turner serves turkey dinner, and good company
Eldon Turner grew up in Happy Adventure, Newfoundland, a small village where everyone was poor, but nobody went without. “If somebody had a turkey, we all had a turkey,” Turner says. “I didn’t realize that we were all poor, because it didn’t seem to matter. There is nothing in this world I would change about […]
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Talking points to help you survive the holidays
It feels like we’re all in the same boat here. The family gets together for the holidays and immediately chucks all social cues and conventions out of the window. Prodding personal questions? Snide passive-aggressive remarks? Blunt non-sequiturs? Rude comments about your weight/parenting abilities/marital/occupational status? Any discussion whatsoever of the oppressive garbage fire that is today’s […]