When the first child hid behind his mother’s leg, cowering in fear, I might have had the first inkling that convincing co-workers to dress up like death himself (or herself) might not have sent the friendly, “we care about you” branding message that I’d intended. Later, when our second BDN toboggan team had applied their […]
A year ago, against my better judgment, I became one of hundreds of participants during the 23rd annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships in Camden, joining my co-worker Aislinn Sarnacki on a two-person sled. The best things I can say about the experience: First, I survived. Second, my teammate and I were so slow, we weren’t […]
Over the past few weeks readers have shared their photos of one of the state’s coolest critters, the Canada lynx. But the shot reader Brian Donaghy of Unity sent along may just take the cake. Here’s what Donaghy had to say: “I’d like to submit a nice lynx photo that I pulled from some video […]
Not too many years ago, newspapers like this one had a pretty well-defined audience. Back then, the paper was simply the paper: We had no internet presence, and unless you lived in our circulation area (or unless you were a snowbird who had it mailed to you down in Florida), our stories and photos probably […]
Somewhat unintentionally, over the past few months the “Out There” blog has become a clearinghouse for odd photos, unexplained events, and generally outdoor oddities. That’s fine with me. Spend enough time outdoors, I figure, and you’re bound to find things that stump you. I recently received an email from Ed Ford of Hermon, who had […]
