I’m calling this week’s column Tick Talk. Biff: Why? Because it sounds like TikTok? That’s ridiculous! I’m writing about ticks because the subject is so relevant. We’re all worried about ticks and the diseases they carry. My main problem with writing a humor column about ...
Forty years ago, on June 8, 1984, an F5 tornado struck the small village of Barneveld, Wisconsin, leaving only the water tower severely damaged but still standing. F5 tornadoes contain the highest winds and damage on the Fujita scale; this one hit this small farming village very hard with winds ...
As summer approaches, the library is gearing up for an exciting season ahead. We wish our Director, Bambi Reid Pedu, all the best in her future endeavors and warmly welcome Elizabeth (Bazz) Perry as the new LPPL Director, starting July 1. Additionally, we are pleased to welcome Joshua Allen as ...
“And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days ...” So wrote James Russell Lowell, in his long poem “The Vision of Sir Launfal,” which I’m guessing you haven’t read in its entirety. For some reason, “What is so rare as a day in June?” is the only ...
Saying goodbye is hard, especially to an establishment that’s been in one’s family for over 100 years and has created work opportunities for four generations of that family, along with many others. Thus, the recent closing of Lamb Lumber is a difficult process for Joe Lamb and his ...
Today we will discuss some random animals that we may consider unusual although some of them, like the tardigrade, are not unusual at all, but ubiquitous. I first learned of the existence of tardigrades, also known as water bears and moss piglets, at the 2019 Keene Central School Super ...