OVER EASY

By DAN MACKIE The year 2019 has just about bit the dust, so it’s as good a time as any to take stock. A New Year’s baby filled with hope and cheer...

After a Black Friday haul of over $7 billion for U.S. retailers, the question at the top of everyone’s mind is, of course, how is Santa going to...

I am pleased to announce today the formation of the Upper Valley Weather League, a major initiative to come to grips with the mysterious forces...

On a recent Saturday when I was out for an early walk, crows had the run of my West Lebanon neighborhood. One was picking at something on the...

Demons, ghosts and political activists are on the move in the Upper Valley, a sure sign the seasons are a changin’. Activists are already drumming...

The nation has gone crazy for days — special days, that is. Already this week you could have celebrated National Black Dog Day (Oct. 1) and...

I have long scorned “I Wuz Thinkin’ ” columns, which seemed to be the desperate schtick of a columnist who wasn’t doin’ much — thinkin’ that is.It...

One of my consistent pleasures through the years has been to meander through the Valley News real estate section on Saturday. It’s been a way to...

Nice is dead. Or, at the very least, it’s an endangered species, like the lichen weevil and Gerlach’s cockroach. There is no nice way to say this...

Here at the West Lebanon Institute for Observation of Animal Behaviors and Hijinks — WLIOABH — we are closely monitoring developments in the so...

Last Saturday, which was hot as a summer paving job, began uneventfully. Since I was up early, my morning walk left me in fine fettle, although I...

After a ridiculous spring that seesawed between chilly and soggy and delivered so much pollen it could have been woven into door mats, someone has...