Hampton Roads Weather

On a peculiar Saturday in Philadelphia, the Cubs had two runners thrown out at the plate, stranded eight on base, looked clueless on a suicide-squeeze play and gave up six two-out runs in the seventh after scoring six in the top of the inning. The end...

In New Jersey, where I grew up, names such as Washington, Monroe, Mercer, Knox, Stockton and Morris are commonplace, found on street signs, municipal halls, schools and liquor stores. When you live in one of the 13 original colonies, the Revolution is...

LAWMAKERS LEHIGH COUNTY GOVERNMENT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Lehigh County Commissioner's Office, 17 S. Seventh St., Allentown, 610-782-3050, Fax: 610-820-3053, www.lehighcounty.org, County executive: Donald T. Cunningham, (2005-2009) Townships,...

U.S. Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D- Newport News, talks with the media after a tour of the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His visit was prompted by the death of veteran Floyd Washabaugh. The psychiatric ward at the Hampton Veterans Affairs...

The news given to the Pennsylvania governor and his council of advisers was grim. Chaos and bloodshed reigned in the Lehigh Valley and across the colony. ''During all this Month the Indians have been burning and destroying all before them in the County...

Fall, not spring, is the time to rejuvenate your summer-stressed lawn. It's also the best time to put in a new one. Cooler weather gives fescue the time to sink good roots before summer's heat arrives. Warm-season lawns like Bermuda can be sodded now...

Due to ongoing rain in Philadelphia, the continuation of the World Series between the Phillies and the Rays has been delayed until at least Wednesday. Monday (Oct. 27) night's fifth game was halted after five-and-a-half innings with the Phillies and...

Fall's colorful foliage -- yellow, red, purple and orange -- makes your heart skip a beat. "Leaves give trees both life and character," says Jim May, spokesman for the Virginia Green Industry Council -- www.virginiagreen.org. "That character is never...

The ever-increasing high quality of football is one of the NFL stories of the new century. Asked to explain what's going on, Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb said, "Big-time players are making big plays in big games." In other words, in the...

The Summer of the Flood was one in which the Gilbert School Band gave a couple of evening concerts in the Band Stand located across the street from the school. I remember that the evening was a bit warm but the attendance was good. Folks sat around the...

On the night of the flood, I was on a date. We were going to the movies in Canaan. I remember the rain and how high the river (the Blackberry) was as we drove from Norfolk on our way to Canaan. I remember saying to my date "that maybe we should go back...

Beneath deceptively clear, blue skies, Marylanders pushed their preparations for Hurricane Isabel yesterday, securing homes, businesses and boats, and rushing their harvests to beat the heavy rains and gales expected tomorrow. Isabel, which had packed...