Thursday, April 18, 2013
Nichole Hastings received a disturbing email recently. As a volunteer Appalachian Trail corridor monitor , Hastings was alerted to the sight of a mountain bike’s tire treads on the AT in Norwich, off of Cossingham Road. As a designated National Scenic Trail, the AT is meant for foot …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Woodstock — The committee that organizes the annual Covered Bridges Half Marathon meets every two weeks in preparation for the annual 13.1-mile race. It didn’t need an agenda to know what would first be up for discussion yesterday morning. So far, the Upper Valley running community’s reaction to …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
I’ll never, ever run the Boston Marathon. I’m too old. I’m too slow. I’m too heavy. I break down too easily. I don’t have the patience — let alone the endurance — to cover 26.2 miles of pavement and tolerate the aches and pains that will surely follow. …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The heartache’s name might be terrorism, an evil plot of many, or the heartache might spring from a single deranged mind at work in a movie theater, or in an elementary school. The heartache might claim thousands of …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Boston — The Kenyans finally face a challenge to their dominance of the Boston Marathon, and it’s from their East African neighbors. Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa took the title in the 117th edition of the world’s oldest marathon yesterday, …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
A few hours after the Boston Marathon bombings, and more than 1,000 miles away, a police officer with a German shepherd patrolled near an entrance to the baseball stadium where Miami hosted Washington yesterday evening — an unusual site at Marlins Park. Inside, on the field, two Marlins …
Monday, April 15, 2013
Rogan Brown paddles hard with the current as he competes in yesterday’s Mascoma Slalom kayak races in Lebanon. Brown, a Durango, Colo., native and a student at the University of Vermont, won the event, which was contested on …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
The rows of cars and pickups that once filled the giant parking lots at the old Goodyear and Cone Blanchard plants in Windsor were a testament to the town’s vitality and blue-collar spirit. But for the last 25 years or so, those lots have mostly sat empty. So …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Forsyth, Mo. — Sitting in his boat on the upper end of Bull Shoals Lake, Buster Loving paused to take in an unusual spring sight. “Unbelievable,” he said as he scanned the water. “Here it is, April, the white bass are running, and we’re the only boat out …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
At 3,491 feet, Mount Greylock is the highest peak in southern New England and Massachusetts. Plus, it’s also a large mountain, running more than 10 miles in length from north to south. So put it on your hiking …
