Near Philadelphia, gorgeous groves of academe (Boston Globe)PHILADELPHIA - Several exquisitely landscaped colleges outside this city offer a chance to meditate on America's quaint notion that a campus might be a spiritual haven.

West makes chairs but doesn't sit around (Plattsburgh Press Republican)INGRAHAM -- Over the past half century, Richard West has built maybe 50 Adirondack chairs. "I've sold only one," he said with his customary chuckle. "Given the rest away."

Tyler Arboretum's 16 treehouses rise on the strength of their builders' imaginations (The Morning Call)Tyler Arboretum also will feature a special treehouse exhibition, ''Totally Terrific Treehouses: Where Imagination Goes Out On a Limb'' which will run May 31 to Sept. 28.

Rockport PTO goes for a mystery ride on Orient Express (Gloucester Daily Times)ROCKPORT and mdash; The "great hall" at the Rockport Golf Clubhouse was transformed into a train station of nearly a century past for a fundraising auction for the PTO, which had the theme of the Orient Express.

Longtime Farmers Market vendor gets a birthday surprise (The Daily News)Like farmers anywhere, they were keeping their eyes on the weather. But the vendors at the Cowlitz Community Farmers Market fretted over a party, not their crops.

Greece woman treasures tradition of family vacations started by her parents (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)My Life, My Words: Carolyn Bansbach of Greece fondly remembers family vacations that were started more than 30 years ago by her parents.

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