Welcome to my new column, Tangents.  The word tangent can have a variety of meanings, for example, in geometry a tangent refers to "a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point." Leibniz defined it as the line through a pair of infinitely close points on the curve, but for this column, I will use the ...

The Wagner Farm Arboretum Foundation is excited to announce that we have added an additional night to our Brite Nites 2018 event, on Sunday, October 21. The entry times are the same, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm, and tickets are now on sale. The trustees and volunteers were disappointed when the event had to be canceled, this past Saturday, due to poor ground conditions from the ...