Friday, April 06, 2007

Improvements at Capitol make evacuation easier



Thanks to building improvements made since last year, when fire alarm evacuation snafus involving a legislator highlighted the need for corrective...

Americans adrift
Audiences haven't responded especially well to movies dealing with Sept. 11. This isn't entirely a matter of denial or a result of the now-tired idea that audiences crave only escapism.

A look at Bluffton's opening day
By Michael Cooper

Alex Got In Trouble



The Large Hadron Collider is: under construction in Switzerland, hours of future exceptional History Channel programming and the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator -- which is to say, breathtaking, real-world nerd porn. The Collid...

Living with MS
For Michelle Schilling and 400,000 other Americans who acknowledge having multiple sclerosis, symptoms are most often strange and vague different for each person.

Americans adrift
Audiences haven't responded especially well to movies dealing with Sept. 11. This isn't entirely a matter of denial or a result of the now-tired idea that audiences crave only escapism.

Bluffton player glad to be home after traumatic bus crash
Nearly 30 minutes after returning home, Mike Ramthun sat back in a beige recliner at his family's home near Pitchin, just outside Springfield, with a blanket propped underneath his left leg.

Special Planning for a Child With Special Needs
When Anne and Robert Tucillo think about retirement, their thoughts immediately turn to their oldest son, 14-year-old Bryan. What will he need, and how will they provide?

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Centenarian ready to celebrate 107



Former Bordentown teacher and principal Anna T. Burr will be celebrating her 107th birthday on Monday. She spoke of the milestone nonchalantly while sitting in an armchair in her room at Medford Leas retirement home earlier this week.

In brief
PHILOMATH The annual Rotary Salmon and Jazz Dinner on Saturday will have an extra bit of spice this year a silent auction to benefit the Philomath High School track-renovation effort.

A look at Bluffton's opening day
By Michael Cooper