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Another hot summer

Much of the country experienced another scorcher of a summer.Temperatures this past week were still above 110 degrees in much of the southwest and their summer this season could be described as brutal.From California eastward to Florida it was just plain hot and it was that way all summer. The ...

OP-ED: Why don’t facts change our minds? It’s in our DNA

Deeply coded in our DNA are interesting survival mechanisms that have evolved over thousands of years. In an article by Elizabeth Kolbert featured in the magazine The New Yorker, she describes “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds.” In this article, she explains why humans are misled by false ...

Wrong-way crashes a horror on our highways

Last Sunday morning, 24-year-old Tyler Smith of Roscoe was killed on the Mon-Fayette Expressway near Elco. The office of the Washington County coroner reported later that day that Smith was traveling south in the northbound lane of the toll road when he hit another vehicle and injured its ...

Is Biden too old for another term?

Most men Joe BidenĢƵ age are retired gents putting on the green or puttering in the garden, or trudging off to Walmart or Walgreens to get their meds. But Joe Biden is not like the rest of us.Elected to the Senate at the age of 30 in 1972, two years later he was telling a group of Washington ...

Libraries offer activities as students return to school

news@greenecountymessenger.comFrom a Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament to Libritos Bilingual Storytime, area libraries have developed a variety of fall programs geared toward youngsters as they head back to the classroom.In conjunction with the start of the new school year, September is ...

E-bikes increasing in popularity for outdoor recreation, transportation

news@greenecountymessenger.comAs an electrical engineer who loved mountain biking, Steve Smolenski III decided to meld his two passions into one hobby when he began building a few customized e-bikes for people about seven years ago.At the time, electric motorized bikes were just beginning to ...