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New Year

Monday, December 31, 2012

2013 New Year's Fun Facts: Wear Red Underwear, Lock Your Car

While celebrating in Lakeville, bring these interesting fun facts and trivia about New Year's Eve.

If you're celebrating New Year's Eve in Lakeville this year and find a lull in the conversation, and the wine just isn't getting things going, impress your family and friends with this New Year's trivia.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Nominate a 2011 'Person of the Year' for Lakeville

Who deserves to be recognized as Lakeville Patch's Person of the Year? If you know someone who made Lakeville a better place during the last year, nominate him or her.

Please email derrick.williams@patch.com to submit a nomination.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Getting Fit In The New Year

Ready to shed those unwanted extra pounds or tone up those biceps? Patch's five week, five part series will show you how.

At the beginning of each new year, people rush to the gym to finally make it the year they'll get in shape. For many, those efforts quickly become half-hearted; they have visions of looking like a supermodel or developing the muscular tone of a professional athlete, but forget that there's more to it than just having the right clothes or athletic shoes. Adam Yahn, a certified physical fitness trainer at the Anytime Fitness in Apple Valley, said there are three keys to successfully changing the old you into the new you, physically. "No. 1: Commitment to becoming physically fit starts before you first step into a gym. You have to really want to work at it if you're going to be successful. No 2: Make sure that you receive proper nutrition …

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