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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won the Nathan‘s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, which was located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New...

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

FRED FIRST: A Fish On A Bicycle

Past The Two Week Mark and Still Pedaling We were here in our very small apartment less than a week when we got the offer...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Early Voting Is Strong in Roanoke City

The early voting is underway in Roanoke City, and voters are not hesitating to cast their votes. In the last few years, early voting...

MELINDA MYERS: Consider Fall Leaves a Gift from Nature

Put fall leaves to work in your landscape. This valuable resource makes a great mulch in planting beds, adds organic matter and nutrients to...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Hometown Envy

Often when I went out of state as a child, I wished I had grown up in the places I visited. Whenever I stayed with...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump Needs To Golf on U.S. Department of Defense Courses

There have been two attempts to assassinate former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 and in West Palm Beach, Florida on September...

Leveraging Tennis to Combat Youth Mental Health Challenges

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns that today's youth mental health crisis is the "defining public health issue of our time." He's right. American adolescents...
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