correctionAn earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the National Fire Protection Association as the National Fire Protection Agency. The article has been corrected. It’s that time of ...

It’s that time of year when you might be thinking of starting your first indoor fire – if you haven’t already gotten your fireplace or wood-burning stove going. I happen to have two wood-burning ...

Dear Jim: I added a blower and will use my fireplace often this year. I have had a problem getting fires started. What is the best way to lay a fire and get it started without filling the room with ...

LEHIGH TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- On a rainy day like this at the Chimney Man near Gouldsboro, the work is done inside the factory building chimney liners. This is their busiest time of the year. They say if ...

Kent residents should expect more permanent neighbors this spring or summer: chimney swifts. While the birds are not new to the city, a designated shelter for them will be, since Kent’s city council ...

PETOSKEY — Each summer evening, chimney swifts gather in downtown Petoskey to drop into the chimney at the J.C. Penney building. In the daytime, these birds fly around Little Traverse Bay. When sunset ...