In our every day lives of texting, Twitter, Instagram and Angry Birds, we often don’t take the time to peel our eyes away from our iPhones and notice ...
Past Tense: Sept. 25, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 The Lucks, who manned the community telephone switchboard, figured the average number of calls serviced daily during the summer wa...
Off the Leash: A muzzle for Dick Cheney …
An old saying goes, “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” (Abraham Lincoln) I wish former Vice...
Past Tense: September 18, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 The Chamber of Commerce reported a profit from its Gold Rush celebration at Town Hall. 60 years ago - 1954 Playing at the R...
Creature Corner: September 18, 2014
She’s all ears — mixed in with a lot of love, obedience and fun in such a small package. Tammy, also known as Billie Jean, is a 5- to 6-year-old min-p...
Dr Know It All: Business, movies, sharing and more …
Dr Know It All can answer any of your questions. He just happens to know everything. Dr Know It All selects a few letters from readers to answer each ...
Past Tense: September 11, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Dorothy Lewis was back from a visit to Bamako, Republic of Mali, Africa, where her son was working. 60 years ago - 1954 A p...
Fire and Forest: More safe roofs, promising new code …
Seventy-six is an attractive number, especially in the United States. It brings up the Declaration of Independence (1776), or perhaps the 76 trombones...
Before Our Time: Saunders Meadow was more than a road to the transfer station …
Saunders Meadow has supported educational programs for the past 70 years, but its varied history reaches back far earlier than the 1940s. Thank...
Science and Reality Today: Nanotechnology: The science of the future …
Everything happens for a reason. Last week, as I lamented watching the 2008 movie,“The Day the Earth Stood Still” (officially one of the worst remakes...