Writing
Expressway: Racists are Remembered
She sounded like such a sweet old lady. That is, until she started talking. The line of strange questions came in ever-increasing levels of absurdity during our phone call. “Are you Asian or are you white?” Continue reading
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PETA protesters tout ‘naked truth’ campaign against KFC on Marco
There wasn’t a KFC in sight, but that didn’t stop three activists from protesting in front of the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort on Tuesday for what they said was the restaurant chain’s cruelty to animals. Continue reading
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Times Writers Group — Motorist’s racist remark will linger
I was driving across town the other day and at one red light, a man was staring at me from the passenger seat of a red, beat-up Dodge minivan. Just before the light turned green, he took the time to call me a terrorist. Actually, he said a little more than that, but it can’t be printed here. Continue reading
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Times Writers Group — Racism lives in your own back yard
After the racial epithets directed at him, Travis Brown, a local girls basketball coach said, “I’m not really trusting of people right now.” After reading a letter like the one in our newspaper, from someone in my own town, neither am I. Continue reading
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Times Writers Group — Pop? Soda? My rooooots are showing
I’m not from around here. When I ordered my first carbonated drink with my dinner at a restaurant in town, I asked for soda, only to discover that it’s called pop here. Balloons pop. I can pop the clutch on my car. Music can pop in a figurative sense. My dad is pop. But soda? It’s just soda. Continue reading
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Paintball players thrive on excitement, suspense and funny costumes
EMR hosted SPPLAT Attack II from Friday to Sunday, a charity event that drew more than 1,200 people at its peak and pitted teams led by Star Trek actor William Shatner and paintball gun designer Tom Kaye against each other. This is the second year for the event, which drew people from countries and states as far away as Chile, California and Wisconsin. Continue reading
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Village mourns loss of historic store
Greene residents walked by the steaming ruins of Debbie Harrington’s store Friday and wondered where they’d go for their next ice cream cone, figured out where else to rent movies, and guessed how long downtown would smell like a chemistry experiment gone bad. Continue reading
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Tier man’s injuries a mystery in Spain
Derek Vladescu of Binghamton woke up July 14 with no idea how he ended up in a hospital bed in Spain, nor why he couldn’t feel his toes. He knows that the crew on a passing train saw him lying on the brink of consciousness near railroad tracks a few miles from a train station in Madrid. Continue reading
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Doctors grant child’s wish
Mohammad Karime played with his blocks Monday at the Danielle House in Binghamton. When he wanted to see them better, he brought them closer to his left eye for examination. Born in Iran without a right eye and the right portion of his nose, Mohammad, 4, never realized there was anything wrong with him — until recently. Continue reading
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