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Best advice for fly-fishing: Take all your gear

A column about trout fishing, in the middle of deer season, may seem misplaced. But what is more misplaced than the weather we’re having? Shouldn’t those specks in the air be flurries instead of gnats and mosquitoes?Just before Thanksgiving the weather was especially mild and, I’ll say ...

The great outdoors even greater on the trail

Southwestern Pennsylvania is unique in its outdoor beauty. Combined with our four seasons, the result is really some place special.My favorite way to experience the outdoors is to ride my bicycle along the many trails that traverse the area. Much of my riding takes place along “The Great ...

Making sense of WWE shocker

As I sat on a layover at Baltimore-Washington International Airport last Sunday, I realized that I lucked out and would get to watch most of the Survivor Series.I landed from Hartford at 6:55 p.m. and with the show starting at 7, I quickly pulled out my laptop to watch it.After being notified ...

Good folks are all around us

I walked my fourth Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning, although this was my first solo effort.The first two were with former Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ sportswriter Cecelia Jo Record, at her suggestion, and last year was done "virtually" with Cecelia Jo as she was deployed to Kosovo.First, I must commend ...

Viewer’s guide to Thanksgiving

Well, believe it or not, Thanksgiving is nearly upon us.The national holiday of thanks for the blessings that have been bestowed upon our nation and its citizens is celebrated in many ways, mostly traditional with the three "Fs," food, family and football.But, there is so much more to the ...

Hunters Sharing the Harvest statewide goal: 100,000 pounds of venison

If asked whether they’d like to provide 200 meals to needy people, most people would agree they would help if they could. Most people, however, aren’t aware how easy it can be to provide that helping hand. ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ easy for deer hunters anyway.One deer donated to Hunters Sharing the Harvest ...