In lieu of the recent Fort Hood tragedy, there's no better time to celebrate Veteran's Day. Amidst all the gratitude our beloved military members will be receiving that day, they still.. (Read More)

On Friday morning, Bishop Guertin football coach and athletic director Tony Johnson said he had "no aversion,'' to moving up to Division I football next season, saying he'd do what's best for his program and New Hampshire football. In terms of competition, the best idea is a 10-team Division I that.. (Read More)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, fearing that the emerald ash borer will be unstoppable, has started a volunteer National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative, for people to collect ash-tree seeds that can be stored at the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colo. From the Web site:.. (Read More)

CAPTION: Bishop Guertin’s Holly Zaharchuck spikes one past Nashua North’s Kyla Gustavson Saturday, Oct. 31 at Bishop Guertin High School Division I quarterfinals. The Cardinals came back from a 2-0 deficit to edge the Titans 3-2. THOUGHTS: Today I had the.. (Read More)

    Democratic Senate hopeful Paul Hodes is expected to weigh in definitively on the pending, national health care reform bill.      Last week, the cautious, two-term Congressman Hodes said he'd take time to read the 1,900-page measure that his New Hampshire colleague, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, had endorsed.       Hodes has already embraced.. (Read More)

There were few in Trempealeau County who didn't know him, or know of him. Residents of Whitehall, Wisconsin, remember the basketball coach and teacher well. Basketball players throughout the Dairyland Conference remember him. Referees from decades of games probably feared him, or at least his temper when calls didn't go.. (Read More)

About a year ago, I wrote a post about finding the perfect mascara. If your in need of a lash makeover, there is no lack of promises: longer lashes, thicker lashes, no smudging, etc. Covergirl has taken an approach to brighten up your eye color. During that November 2008 post,.. (Read More)

Last week, Campbell High School physics teacher Patrick Kaplo won the Milken Educator Award, an honor that comes with a nice chunk of change: $25,000. Kaplo, 36, is one of 53 teachers in the country who will receive the award this year. So what does a teacher do with such.. (Read More)

There's less than a week until Halloween, and one supermarket and one drugstore have good prices this week on popular candy brands. Plus, a special offer at the Milford Stop & Shop beckons savvy shoppers to stop and.. (Read More)

Surprisingly, New England Patriots linebacker made himself available to the media on Wednesday morning and obviously was besieged with questions about being a stunning healthy scratch for last Sunday's win over Tennessee. Thomas said he was informed by linebackers coach Matt Patricia the morning of the game when he arrived.. (Read More)

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Thursday night's first base umpire in Anaheim, C.B. Bucknor, can expect a vintage New England greeting when he is introduced before Game 3 at Fenway Park on Sunday. Having turned in a wretched performance in Game 1- replays on high-def TV gave him two clearly blown calls -.. (Read More)

If you’re sitting at home tonight trying hard to get the Bruins’ season opener to appear on your television and it’s nothing but a black screen or snow, you may be one of the unlucky few that get their satellite feed courtesy of DIRECTV. You might as well just switch to.. (Read More)

I love unfiltered beers. When met with multiple beer choices, I will almost always choose a nice unfiltered, wheat beer over anything else, so I was psyched to try Samuel Adams Dunkelweizen. The Dunkelweizen is part of the Harvest Collection 12-pack that's in stores right now. (Read More)

In what has to be the biggest fluke in college football so far, Texas lost its third tight end to a season-ending injury this season. Ian Harris, who played in three games last season, will miss 2009 because of some recurrence of a stinger. Harris was replacing D.J. Grant.. (Read More)