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THE late Alan Bourne, of Cooks Hill, was an electronics wizard. His handiwork was seen and heard not only in the Hunter Valley but throughout the state, although he stayed out of the limelight. A modest, yet extraordinary, gentleman he was one of Newcastle's quiet achievers. |
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Area football teams hope to have things figured out as they play their final tune-ups before the start of league play. Four of the five games on the schedule Friday night are non-league finales while the fifth is a league battle.
The opposition for all five local teams is challenging. |
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Seven years ago a small red exercise book was put on display in the Little Museum of Dublin. A sticker announces its purpose: “Laundry Lists Writing-In Book.” The artefact was ignored by most visitors, which is hardly surprising. At first glance the contents are innocuous, for the copybook contains.... |
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The Heidelberg Township supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday night to disband the township's police department at the end of this year. The vote followed a contentious 90-minute debate at the supervisors meeting, during which over 50 residents opposed the proposal. |
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Brenda Dudenhefer says her 32-year-old son, Kevin, had an unhappy life: He suffered from schizophrenia that ended his college education and left him depressed and lonely, to the point of a suicide attempt a year ago.
WWL Radio officials believe the homophobic slur tweeted from the station’s.... |
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Next DR1 Daily News Update: Monday, 30 September 2019 Dominican Republic seeks to expand its marine sovereignty Diario Libre report shows senators not doing their jobs La Vega bishop: Government complicity with crime Fernández wants physical vote count, Castillo trusts in the JCE Asisa has Leonel.... |
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We’re all aware of the devious means various companies now employ to learn every little detail about us, so as to better target us for their ad pitches. It is truly fiendish. In my estimation, persons at those companies (and spammers, and robocallers) justify a revival of the pillory in the public square. |
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Highlights in history on this date: 1540: Pope Paul III approves the first outline of the Jesuit Order's organisation. 1601: Force of 3000 Spaniards lands at Kineale, Ireland, to support rebel Earl of Tyrone. 1788: A report from this date records that 52 people (3 marines, 26 male convicts, 12.... |
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A common narrative about the genocide in Rwanda is that between 7 April and 15 July 1994, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsis were killed. [1] Following this, a Tutsi group, led by the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), killed over 100,000 Hutus, but also thousands of Tutsis. The scale and brutality of the genocide shook the world. |
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This summer, an opinion column by Dana Milbank, of the Washington Post , appeared under the headline “ ‘ President Pence’ is Sounding Better and Better. Pence, who has dutifully stood by the President, mustering a devotional gaze rarely seen since the days of Nancy Reagan, serves as a daily reminder.... |
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Thousands are gathering around the country in what could be the nation's biggest intergenerational climate change march today. More than 40 events are being held across the country, as part of an international movement It's the third School Strike 4 Climate, but this time organisers are calling on.... |
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