Recently, a reader sent me an e-mail in response to my Penny Pincher of the Year Contest. She called me "pathetic." I was being chastised for recycling a birthday cake for my son after only a quarter ...

PHOENIX — If you still need to tackle Back-to-School shopping for your family, Passionate Penny Pincher is here to help! "Your typical, basic, everyday school supplies that you need, those are going ...

Issue No. 220 with "Dollar Scholar with Julia Glum," a personal-finance-education newsletter emailed regularly from Money Group, LLC, was especially of interest to the Talkmistress. Bearing the ...

My spouse and I spent years saving for a new house, and living well below our means. It may sound weird, but now that we have a new home, we feel overwhelmed by the prospect of spending our savings on ...

I'm still sorting through the more than 500 entries in my Penny Pincher of the Year Contest, but here's one thought from a reader I'd like to share now. "I've decided that being a 'penny pincher' is ...

UPTON — Grouped below a red maple tree, the languid cows sense a meal even before brewer Jay Rondeau hops onto the bed of his Jeep. He has hauled bins of steamy spent grain to this muddy pasture, and ...