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We need to make our streets safer for pedestrians

Remember how your mother always told you to be careful crossing the street? That advice is more relevant than ever right now.While the overall number of traffic fatalities is starting to inch back down following an increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of pedestrian deaths in the ...

OP-ED: DeSantis can’t beat Trump. Chris Christie could.

The sane world agrees. You don’t get more bizarre than Ron DeSantis’ latest foray into culture war lunacy. We speak of that campaign video that bashes gay America while flashing a picture of Brad Pitt as a hunky Achilles.What homophobic crackhead made this ad? The Florida governor recalls ...

OP-ED: The joy of minor league baseball

The Portland Sea Dogs won, but thatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ not why, fundamentally, the fans went home happy.The Double-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, the Sea Dogs play in a cozy ballpark in Portland, Maine, and are having a pretty good year — their 2-1 victory over the Binghamton Rumble Ponies ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Andy Negra, a 99-year-old Brownsville native, made his first visit to France in 1944 when he landed on Utah Beach in Normandy. Along with fighting in France during his 29-month stint in the U.S. Army during World War II, Negra fought in ...