Route 1 Construction operations will continue this week on Route 1 (Baltimore Pike) under a $14.8 million project to repair and resurface approximately 6 miles of the highway in Chadds Ford and Concord townships, Delaware County, and Pennsbury Township, Chester County. • Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Lane closures in both directions … Read more
UPDATE: 4:31 pm – July 24, 2022 MISSOULA – The Frenchtown Rural Fire District said the Polecat Fire is fully contained, and crews were completing mop up efforts Sunday evening. No structures caught fire according to Frenchtown Rural Fire District spokesman Mel Holtz. Holtz said the investigation into the train malfunction is still ongoing. Holtz … Read more
BY DONNIE JOHNSTON/THE FREE LANCE-STAR Get your potatoes ready to plant! Spring is just around the corner. How do I know? Because Monday marks the beginning of the Moon of the Polecat. That’s what my Indian ancestors called the full moon in February. But since the Moon of the Polecat (February full moon) is late … Read more
Howdy, East Lyme has been looking for a few good dudes this season. The Vikings had them out in force last Friday. Their defense made a late goal line stand to hold off Woodstock Academy, 21-15. “We’ve just been challenging these kids,” East Lyme head coach Rudy Bagos said. “We say, ‘Be a dude out … Read more
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of Nov. 28 – Dec. 4. Lane closures for temporary work zones on Missouri highways stopped at noon Wednesday, Nov. 23, and will not resume until Monday morning, Nov. 28. … Read more
‘What breed is he?’ is the question I hear most when I’m walking my six-month-old Sealyham terrier, Murray. Most of the time my answer is met with blank looks or ‘I’ve never heard of that’. But just once in a while, someone will recognize the breed – and when they do, they usually have a … Read more
When workers drilled into the Shoshone River Canyon looking for bedrock to anchor the original Buffalo Bill Dam, they expected to find it easily. However, it wasn’t until 10 months later that they finally hit solid footing at a depth of 100 feet. During the process, the drillers uncovered geological evidence indicating the reason for … Read more
A pine marten in Argyll, Scotland in 2019. Photo © Roy Waller / Alamy In September a camera trap monitoring hedgehogs in Kingston upon Thames caught an astonishing snap of a pine marten, the most elusive of English mammals. There had been no confirmed sightings in England for a century until July 2015 when a … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Eager, anxious and frustrated, Yuri Krupitsky is waiting to find out whether he’ll get to open one of the first legal recreational marijuana shops in New York state. He wrangled a lengthy application to become one of about 900 hopefuls for a first round of 150 licenses, only to face new … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Ned Rorem, the prolific Pulitzer- and Grammy-winning musician known for his vast output of compositions and for his barbed and sometimes scandalous prose, died Friday at 99. The news was confirmed by a publicist for his longtime music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, who said he died of natural causes at his … Read more
