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Our unusual weather to continue

Although we did see some sunshine on Tuesday and Wednesday, more rain is in the forecast and more rain is exactly what we do not need as the ground is already saturated from so much rain this year.We, like so much of the Middle Atlantic region, are on track to break the all-time rain record for ...

Early signing period begins today

Today begins the college football early signing period for the high school Class of 2019 and the three-day period runs through Friday.This is the second year for the early signing period, and while 80 percent of the major football prospects signed during this time frame last year, it is ...

The perfect execution of Opposite Day

From the notebook of a sportswriter who just witnessed a perfect execution of Opposite Day:n You know, up is down, black is white, eating tuna on toast when maybe the salmon swims against the current. You know, Costanza, when he did the opposite of what his instincts told him and ended up with ...

WWE needs a TLC home run

Raw and Smackdown are going in opposite directions, and WWE needs TLC to be a hit tonight.When you factor in how bad Raw has been lately, it needs a strong showing at TLC to make up for the abysmal ratings the show has had.Two weeks in a row now, Raw has scored record lows, and it has to have ...

Snow days: Lasting snow a bonus this deer season

This past deer season offered the rare pleasure of hunting on persistent snow. Except for the wind-blown rain torrents of opening day and the first Saturday—which, ironically, are the two days of greatest hunter participation—snow covered the ground for the rest of the season. Even in the ...

NOAA releases global climate update

The climate scientists at NOAA on December 11 released their Arctic Report Card on conditions in the Arctic and consistent with much of the recent research it continues to favor the trend of Arctic warming and sea ice melting. Having been a weather observer for over 35 years and part of NOAA ...