A Troutdale man is facing charges of first-degree aggravated animal cruelty and second-degree disorderly conduct after his neighbor recorded a video that appears to show him kicking his 12-week-old puppy. The incident occurred Monday when Merlyn Christopher Blair, 25, walked Bruno, his Rottweiler-bull terrier mix, onto a patch of grass at his Troutdale apartment complex, […]
CATALONIA, Spain – Maria Branyas Morera, the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 117, according to Guinness World Records. Her family announced her death on Tuesday on the social media platform X. “Maria Branyas has left us. She died as she wanted: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain,” the post said. […]
Everything went so well! Joan and I had attended an open mic at the West Cork Union Hall with our friends Dennis, Hiroko, Andy, Nanci and the friends who had come to see us all. Afterwards Joan and I grabbed something to eat at one of the few night spots here on the island and […]
