Gear that helps snag a deer (The Springfield News-Leader) There's just something about nippy weather, the shorter days and knowing that firearms hunting season is here that urges hunters to pick up their rifles and head out to the woods. Steve Rowden of Strafford says he and his hunting buddies actually schedule work vacations around deer season....more...Front Page (Howell Tri Town News) HOWELL - Take Route 9 into Howell and make a right turn where you smell the pungent odor of rotten eggs and methane gas. Welcome! You have just entered Freewood Acres....more... Cautions on the cleanup (North County Times) NORTH COUNTY ---- Once the flames of this week's wildfires are extinguished and the smoke has lessened, the daunting task of cleanup begins. Indeed, removal of debris from Sunday night's high winds and of soot and ash deposited by this week's wildfires has already begun in nearly every corner of North County ---- even in communities never immediately threatened by fire....more... |