Archive for July, 2009

Canning food for all the right reasons - Bainbridge Island Review

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Raspberries, cherries and blackberries, oh my. Though the raspberries have come and gone, the cherries are hanging low, and soon the blackberries will be ready to pick by the bucketful. After that, apples will lay in heaps under the tree. What to do …


House frozen in time in Truro - Cape Cod Times

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

TRURO — In the early 1930s on a hill above Pamet Harbor, the home of a large Cape Verdean family attracted the attention of 26-year-old photographer Walker Evans. Evans, best known for his photos of Alabama sharecroppers during the Great Depression …


Hometown Calendar - Green Bay Press-Gazette

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

“SpongeBob” animation workshop: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, East Library, 2255 Main St., Green Bay. Join Carson Kugler, former storyboard director for “SpongeBob Square Pants” series, to learn about animation process and creating cartoons for television …


Frozen in time in Truro - Cape Cod Times

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

TRURO — In the early 1930s on a hill above Pamet Harbor, the home of a large Cape Verdean family attracted the attention of 26-year-old photographer Walker Evans. Evans, best known for his photos of Alabama sharecroppers during the Great Depression …


Ohio fire victim identified - Little Falls Evening Times

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Ohio fire victim identified
Little Falls Evening Times
The home was apparently heated by wood stoves and portable kerosene heating devices, police said, and it is believed that a wood stove was being used when


Ohio fire victim identified - Little Falls Times

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The victim of a June mobile home fire in the town of Ohio has been identified. Through DNA testing conducted at the New York State Police Crime Laboratory in Albany, the victim has been identified as George E. Heiser, 55, of 348 Hooper Dooper Ave …


How to Make Crappy Stuff Awesome - Popular Mechanics

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Back in 2001, my wife and I ditched the digital age for a year of 1900-era subsistence farming. During the warm weather, we took splash baths outside in a big livestock watering tank, which left us exposed to any (non-1900) tractor or car that …


Emotional testimony precedes New York woman’s sentence - Bennington Banner

Monday, July 27th, 2009

BENNINGTON — A New York woman who caused a car crash that killed a Groton man last fall pleaded no contest to gross negligent operation of a vehicle Monday in Bennington District Court. Mary Fasciana, 27, of Bedford Hills, N.Y., was sentenced by …


4-H Nature Nuts Clean Up Middle River - Staunton News Leader

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The Augusta County 4-H Nature Nuts posted their official “Adopt-A-Stream” sign at Middle River along Rockfish Road near Grottoes on July 28. Afterward, they performed their second annual clean-up of the one-half mile of river which they have …


Moriah adopts outdoor wood stove law - Plattsburgh Press Republican

Monday, July 27th, 2009
Moriah adopts outdoor wood stove law
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Many of the complaints in Moriah stemmed from the Grover Hills subdivision in Mineville, where several people installed outdoor wood stoves that neighbors