Elect: verb: to choose by vote, to select or pick out suffix: chosen but not inducted (e.g. president-elect), theological reference: chosen by GodElection: act of electing or choosingElector: qualified voter Elect comes to English from the Latin electo (meaning choice). The mid-15th century first used elect, especially in its theological […]

For those of you who always wished that beer tasted better- have no fear! Anheuser-Bush brewery will be introducing a new, sweeter beer that is intended to compete with flavored vodkas and rums that are sweeping across the dance floors of clubs attended by young singles. The new beer, called […]

Somewhere in the country, a drag racer hits a little button and his car doubles its horsepower. Somewhere else, a dentist turns a valve and numbs his patient. In another location, a chef depresses a lever to dispense some whipped crème. In yet another location, a kid with some balloons […]

The advent of Halloween is upon us. I’m too old for trick or treating, and too tame for smashing pumpkins. I like those counter top guessing games- you know, when there’s a jar full of M&M’s or candy corn and the person who gets closest to the actual number wins […]

Not long ago in a small town a short distance from here there were two flocks of sheep on neighboring farms; a Farmer John and a Farmer George owned them. Both flocks were well fed and quite comfortable in their own pastures with hardly a care in the world. They […]

This weekend, adults and children alike will dress up to collect candy or party with friends. Nearly everyone loves this holiday, but where did it come from? And when the heck did it become what it is today? The History Channel has an interesting exhibition on Halloween on its website, […]

Plymouth, NH-It was a beautiful October day as the Plymouth State University field hockey team defeated New England College, 3-1 in a non-conference match up this past Tuesday afternoon at home. The Panthers were riding a five-game winning streak coming into this contest. The first half started out at a […]

In argyle socks and pinstriped pants, Devon Sproule rocked the Fire Place Lounge this past Thursday with sugary-folk, brightly strummed melody on her shiny, new orange Gretsch. Hailing from Virginia, where she gives guitar lessons for $40 an hour, Sproule draws on multiple styles to create an improbable sound, falling […]

Canadian duo, Easily Amused, threw a pop rock party in the FPL this past Monday evening. Keith MacPherson and Renee Lamoureux of Winnipeg met the audience with upbeat acoustic progressions and bright vocal harmony under red and purple spotlights, showing us just how rock star Canadian twenty-somethings can be. MacPherson’s […]

Plymouth State Theatre refined “The Art of Dining” with their production of the Tina Howe play, which opened on October 21st for a three day run. The show unfolded on the Silver Cultural Art Center’s Hanaway Stage where it reinvented the phrase “comedy of manners,” with its quick-witted plotline orbiting […]