By Brett Yates I don’t know whether the gifted actor and comedian Robin Williams was himself especially attracted to schmaltzy, uplifting films, or whether his irrepressible stage persona simply conveyed to movie producers such a powerful joie de vivre as […]
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The Movie Diary: A tribute to greatness
By Dom Cioffi Last week, as I was putting the finishing touches on my column, I faintly overheard a newscaster announce from the television in a nearby room, “Folks, we have a developing story from the West Coast.” His tone […]
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The Outside Story: Jumping mice – long tailed leapers
By Susan Shea Perhaps you’ve caught a glimpse in your headlights of a mouse with a very long tail, leaping across the road at night. Or maybe your cat has deposited a specimen on your doorstep. This is the jumping […]
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Hating my cell phone
By Scott Funk It isn’t so much that I hate this phone as it is that I miss its predecessor. I’d just gotten where I was comfortable with it when they took it away. The guy at the phone store […]
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Wake up, little Boomer…
By Cindy Phillips Robin Williams was one of us. He was a Boomer. He shared our era in all its wonderment and maybe even more. In fact, I am sure it was more. He grew up with Shari Lewis, Lambchop […]
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The Movie Diary: Darkness on the edge of town
By Dom Cioffi This past Saturday was a bad day. Now don’t get me wrong, I know “bad” is relative. Right now there are middle-aged men in Iraq who are reluctant to let their children go outside for fear that […]
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The Outside Story: Nature’s undertaker, the burying beetle
By Tim Traver I don’t often shake down my cat for a dead mouse, but I did think it was fair, considering that he is always shaking me down for his cat food. I wasn’t going to eat his mouse. […]
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On beer festivals
By: Brett Yates Despite a plethora of local opportunities and a healthy interest in fermented malt beverages, I’d never attended a beer festival until this month, when some friends convinced me to go to the New England Edition of Sierra […]
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Cops and robbers just ain’t who they used to be
By Cindy Phillips I am currently facilitating self-defense classes for women at my firm. To be clear, I am arranging the classes – not teaching them. That would be a classic case of the blind leading the blind. Years ago […]
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Summer, “hot trend” for mountain resorts nationwide
By Karen D. Lorentz Mountain resorts across the nation are increasingly adding more activities, events, festivals, and attractions to entice visitors to their areas in summer. “Summer business at resorts nationwide is growing and has been trending upward for the […]