On more than one level, “DC League of Super-Pets” falls right between “The Secret Life of Pets” and “The Lego Movie.” Like “The Secret Life of Pets,” the movie is an animated comedy that follows domesticated animals whose voices can’t be understood by humans as they learn to make friends for themselves without their coddling […]

Community The Monarchs are emerging – have you seen some? Join the celebration Sunday, August 14, when the Mahoosuc Land Trust will hold its annual Monarch Festival! 12-4 p.m., at the Valentine Farm Conservation Center. Rain date: Sunday, August 21. For more information: https://www.mahoosuc.org/monarch-festival. Sponsored by the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society (207-824-2908, www.bethelhistorical.org), […]

Community Summer is bustin’ out all over! Take a look: Farmers’ Markets – Bethel: Saturdays 9-1, Norway Savings Bank; Greenwood: Fridays 4-6, Greenwood Town Hall on Rt. 26. Annual Rotary Yard Sale, through Monday, August 8, in front of The Gem Theater. Take what you want, pay what you can; Rotarian assistance 8 a.m.-4:30 daily; […]

“Where the Crawdads Sing” is being pushed as one of those literary adaptations that kicks off a whole litany of adaptations. We had magic and fantasy with “Harry Potter,” supernatural romances with “Twilight,” dystopian ordeals with “The Hunger Games,” and that weird trend of relationships complicated by increasingly rare diseases with “The Fault in Our […]

Thor (Chris Hemsworth) hasn’t been seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” where he decapitated Thanos, got really fat, and ultimately left to go have space adventures with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I remembered the first two parts just fine, but I had to be reminded of the third prior to […]

I believe the opening of “Minions: The Rise of Gru” represents an important milestone. If I’m correct, this is the last movie whose trailer I saw prior to the pandemic. I’ve made a ton of jokes about how many times I had to sit through the trailers for “Morbius” and “Top Gun: Maverick” before those […]

Have you been paying attention in class?  Here’s a chance to test your “energy literacy” – don’t worry, you get to grade your own paper. Answers below (go ahead and cheat even!). But if you want to nerd out a bit or try to get a good grade, we invite you to revisit the referenced […]

COVID As scientists have predicted, COVID-19 is still with us and constantly developing new variants, so it’s important to keep up with current wisdom and recommendations for dealing with the disease, especially for older adults and those with immunosuppressed systems. I bet you know someone who’s recently contracted the virus; maybe they’ve been lucky and […]