We were compelled a few months back to view a documentary about “green energy” produced by a renowned liberal documentary-maker. Unaccountably, its writer/director undertook to essentially debunk the notion of green energy, by “revealing” various trade-offs and ironies and implying that believers in shifting to renewables and reducing carbon foot-prints were all being hood-winked — […]
July 2020
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, The Bethel Citizen, The Franklin Journal
Movie Review: The Outpost
A few days ago, I reconnected with a friend that I hadn’t seen since before the theater shutdown last March. He asked me the standard pleasantry, “Seen any good movies lately?” and I had to tell him, “No, not a single one.” I hadn’t seen a movie that I felt was worth recommending since “Onward” […]
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Bob Bahre remembered by racers, fans at Oxford Plains Speedway service
Ricky Craven, Ken Squier and other racing dignitaries joined roughly 500 mourners at the track Bob Bahre made famous.
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
MLB doubleheaders might be shortened to 7-inning games
Baseball players might not want to play nine innings twice in one day this pandemic-delayed season.
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Joe Biden says MLB and NFL seasons are “probably not going to be able to happen”
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee doesn’t think football and baseball can pull off seasons without their players sequestering in one place.
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Thomas Gurney
HANOVER – If you guys are reading this then I am now residing on the ‘bad luck side’ of the grass, …
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Gerald J. Pepin
BATH – Gerald J. Pepin, having courageously fought a five-year battle with stage IV cancer, passed away at home in Bath …
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
ACC football adds Notre Dame for 2020 season
Notre Dame will play in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season as part of a plan to play 10 league games and start the week of Sept. 7.
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
NHL’s top teams face dilemma on what round-robin play means
The top four teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences get byes into the traditional first round of the NHL playoffs.
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Throwback 5-game series force NHL players to “embrace the grind”
The NHL hasn’t had best-of-five playoff series since 1986. That changes this year with the league expanding to 24 playoff teams as part of its restart.