A federal judge in Reading has issued a temporary restraining order against an Allentown businessman, prohibiting him from “falsely representing” a brand of portable kerosene heaters. Judge E. Mac ...

Q. My roommate and I were given a kerosene heater recently, and we've been using it on cold nights in our first floor living room. Because we're not using the furnace to heat the entire house during ...

There is much interest in reducing home heating costs. One approach is to lower the central heating thermostat to 55 degrees and use an area heater to warm one or two rooms. Many different heaters are ...

When it's time to prepare your house for cold winter weather, you might take steps like sealing gaps around windows, performing maintenance on the home heating system, and inspecting your chimney and ...

Kerosene heaters led to the cliche “burning the midnight oil.” Before electric lights became common, oil lamps were really the only option for illumination after dark—but these weren’t terribly ...