Opinion
Big thank you to uptown Hillsboro
It seems we are so quick to criticize, but very reluctant to give praise. I just want to say a big thank you to the uptown Hillsboro area for their ou...
Being a coach: What an honor
About three years after moving to Wilmington, I found myself living the life of a single father. Danny was in the first grade. Josh was starting third...
Lending a hand when she can’t
It’s really quite a dramatic story how my wife broke her wrist last week.She was out in the savage animal’s natural habitat. In her quest ...
Concerned with John Street fair traffic
Editor’s note — This letter was originally written to Wayne Bowman, a member of the gate committee at the Highland County Fair, before the...
The monkish roots of brew
With the season of Oktoberfest already upon us, I thought this week I’d take a bit of a deep dive into that topical vat of beer. My subject choi...
Life of Earth is changing
The dry west coast burned, and the east coast drowned in a deluge of water. Much of the rest of the country breathed in the smoke of the summer fires ...
Inexplicable occurrences
My husband Peter and I were at my parents’ cabin in the woods. The weather was perfect for a bike ride so we took a long one. We had not all bee...
Baffled by fog-shrouded friends
Wistful memories of days long past danced through my mind and a wry grin spread across my face, when I saw a Facebook post this week asking if anyone ...
Doctor went toward danger on 9/11
It’s 20 years later, but Dr. David Lamont describes it as vividly as if it happened yesterday.The Bath High School graduate was 27 and working i...
Invisible enemy in our midst
Prior to starting to medical school, I recall reading the phase, “May you be born during interesting times.”Like the vast majority of you ...
