It’s spring, that time of year when pieces of fencing, all sizes and materials, show up on the curb, waiting to be picked up by the trash-collection crews. Falling tree branches have smashed these ...

A slice of humble pie and a new respect for the sport of fencing. That's what I got when I took the eight-week adult beginners' fencing class through Three Rivers Fencing Club in Midland this winter.

Before last week, my only knowledge of fencing was from movies like “The Three Musketeers” and “The Mask of Zorro.” Films where someone always got bloodied, stabbed or beheaded. With that in mind, I ...

Although it’s debatable whether good fences make good neighbors, it’s hard to argue with the proposition that good neighbors ought to make good fences. The goal is to provide a buffer that gives ...