Dear Abby: Plug-in fragrances impacting family gatherings

Asking Eric: Our daughter is going to college, but we don’t think she is ready

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to parents who want their teenage daughter to consider taking a gap year before attending college.

Dear Abby: Is it a huge red flag that my new husband won’t allow me to display a picture of my late spouse?

The man has been dead 9 years. Why is her fiance upset by this?

Asking Eric: Purposely excluding sister from an evening out results in a ghosting

She's extended an olive branch, but her sister isn't reciprocating.

Update: Orange and Rockland counties placed under a flash flood warning until 3 a.m. Friday triggered by thunderstorms

The National Weather Service issued an updated flash flood warning at 2:56 a.m. on Friday in effect until 3:45 a.m. for Orange and Rockland counties.

Dear Annie: My mother’s anxiety is consuming our family vacation plans

I can't reassure my anxious mom no matter what I say.