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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo provided by the family, Wes Comer holds the Boy Scout uniform of his son, Isaiah, outside their home in Knoxville, Tenn. Comer, whose family attends an Apostolic Pentecostal church which considers homosexuality sinful, had been wrestling with whether to pull his eldest son out of the Scouts if the no-gays policy was abandoned. "To be honest, I'm torn at this point," Comer said in an e-mail Friday, May 24, 2013. "I'm not sure exactly what our decision will be." "If I place this situation in the context of my religious beliefs, I'm forced to ask myself, 'Would I turn a homosexual child away from Sunday School? From a church function? Would I forbid my children to be friends with a gay child?' I can't imagine a situation where I would answer 'yes' to any of those questions. So how can I in this one?" he wrote. (AP Photo/Brooke Comer)

After vote on gay youth, Scouts face more turmoil

Friday, May 24, 2013

The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts. Dismayed conservatives are already looking at alternative youth groups as they predict a mass exodus from the BSA. Gay-rights supporters vowed Friday to maintain pressure on the Scouts to end the still-in-place ban on gay adults serving as … 0

Jim Lumley stands amid lilac trees in Lilacland in Pelham Friday.
JERREY ROBERTS

Colors, scents aplenty at Jim Lumley's Lilacland in Pelham

Thursday, May 23, 2013

As Jim Lumley, proprietor of Lilacland in Pelham, headed down the gently sloping hills of his country oasis on Harkness Road one day last week, he was spotted wearing a purple shirt and a purple striped tie. He is a real estate agent, as well as a caretaker of more than 200 varieties … 0

Get Growing: For planting season, start with the soil

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Despite the bizarre weather — frost then 80 plus degree heat and thunderstorms — planting season has finally arrived! It’s time to get those tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash and tender annuals into the ground. Proper soil amendment is crucial to gardening success. That’s a lesson I wish I had learned 35 years ago … 0