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Washington Post
3 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
Asking Eric: Partner doesn't greet neighbors
Dear Eric: My partner and I (35 years) are fortunate to have multiple residences. We have always 'lived together apart.' It's unconventional, but it works for us. My primary residence is in a large urban condominium building and his is rural in a small town. We're always together on weekends (we alternate the destination) but apart during the week.
The Drive
3 days ago
- Automotive
- The Drive
Another Smalltown Short Track Shuts Down in the Heart of Stock Car Racing Country
The latest car news, reviews, and features. The racing scene just lost another small-town track. North Carolina's New River All American Speedway announced it has closed its doors. 'Over the last several weeks and months, we've had many discussions about the future of New River. Yesterday, we made the tough decision to close the doors,' the track said on its Facebook page. It stopped short of detailing the challenges it faced and why it decided to close. The track was inaugurated in 1999 as the Coastal Plains Speedway. It hosted its first major race, which was part of NASCAR's Goody's Dash series, later that year. Several well-known drivers have raced on the 4/10-mile-long track since, including Dale Earnhardt, Jr. However, the track's popularity gradually declined, and it closed for the first time in 2015. It re-opened briefly in 2018, closed again, and re-opened for the second time in 2021. It initially looked like the third time would be the charm: The track was sanctioned by NASCAR in 2023 and 2024. New River All American Speedway via Facebook Like many small-town tracks, the New River All American Speedway hosted a wide selection of races and other car-themed events. Its 2025 calendar included 33 races; The SMART Modified Tour was notably scheduled to race there on August 29. Car shows were planned as well. As of writing, it's too early to tell what the future holds for the track. It has closed and reopened several times over the past couple of decades, so it could make another comeback. Alternatively, the owner may decide to throw in the towel for good and sell the property. In the meantime, it seems that the Coastal Plains Dragway adjacent to the New River All American Speedway will remain open, per Short Track Scene. Got tips? Send 'em to tips@
The Review Geek
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Poker Face – Season 2 Episode 5 'Hometown Hero' Recap & Review
Hometown Hero The Murder Episode 5 of Poker Face season 2 begins with a minor league baseball game in a small town. The town's team is the Cheesemongers who play in the Velvety Canned Cheese Park stadium, run by Lucille, the owner of the family company Velvety Canned Cheese. We are then introduced to Russ 'Rocket' Waddell, known for his fastballs that went over a 100 mph but he offers a dismal performance in the current game. As the team is licking its wounds, Skip, the team manager, breaks the news to Russ that he is going to be let go. Russ is upset and is drinking his sorrows with his teammates when a stranger tells them he won a lot of money by betting on the team's loss. This gives Russ an idea, they could bet on their own loss and win a lot of money. He convinces four of his other teammates to join in. All they need to do is throw the next five games and they could be millionaires. They agree and a quick montage shows us how the Cheesemongers lose the next four games. However, things change for the fifth game. Skip announces that a recently promoted new player named Felix will join the team and open the game. Not wanting to take a risk, one of Russ's colleagues adds acid to Felix's pre-game bubblegum. However, this has the opposite effect and Felix does a fantastic job. One of Russ's teammates gives the opposing team's batter some advice and they manage to get Felix out. The game ends in a loss and the team are celebrating when Russ realises they have left the acid-laced bubblegum in the lockers. He goes back there to get rid of the evidence but finds himself confronted by Felix. One of Russ's teammates had made the rookie mistake of using Felix's notebook to do the math about how much money they were going to get. Felix knows their whole scheme and demands that Russ give him all the money. He wants to use to go to Belize and find God, which he has been inspired to do from his acid trip. When Felix insults Russ, Russ gets angry and throws a ball at Felix, which hits the back of his head. The nearby speed reader shows the ball was a fastball, going 101 mph. Russ is ecstatic until he realises Felix is dead. He makes it look like Felix was practicing with Rambo, the machine that spits out balls, and died in an accident. The Investigation We then shift to Charlie working as an administrative assistant at an office, where everyone works from home but they need someone in the office for insurance reasons. She's arguing with a printer when a baseball flies in through the window and hits her on the head. Charlie speaks with Lucille and assures her she won't be suing. Instead, she gets a job as a ball girl! As she watches a game of the Cheesemongers, she hears about Russ and how he got the 'yips' which stopped him from throwing fastballs. That evening, Charlie mingles with Russ and learns that he's fired. We then skip to the end of the fifth game, where Charlie meets Felix in the locker room and even has one of his gummies. She realises he's high and tells him to hydrate. Soon, the drug kicks in for Charlie and she hallucinates a vision of Lucille's grandfather telling her to protect the ballpark and save the team. In the morning, Felix is found dead and Charlie wakes up in the announcer's room. Since it looks like the machine was at fault, Lucille is worried about getting sued. Charlie tells Lucille and her retired cop friend about the drugs. But they don't find any drugs in the gummies found with Felix (Russ switched them out). Charlie then speaks with Skip, who agrees that Felix was high. The new report playing in Skip's office reveals that someone won three million dollars by betting on the Cheesemongers' loss. Charlie then goes to meet the team. One of the team members has new, gold tooth caps and another is sporting a fur coat. Along with a few lies from them, she puts the dots together and realises they drugged Felix and threw the games. Charlie conveys her thoughts to the ex-cop friend, who receives an autopsy report from his previous partner. She's surprised to see the report says the ball that killed Felix was going over 100 mph. She then speaks to Russ and even offers to buy him a drink after his last game the next day. But when he says his fastball is gone, she realises it's a lie. The next day, Charlie confronts Russ about his fastball. As he evades her probing, she realises that Felix insulted him and Russ hit him with a ball in retaliation. Charlie then tells Russ that a major league scout is watching the game. When the game starts, she even rouses the crowd to cheer his name. Russ sees a man measuring his ball speed in the stands and assumes he's the scout. He then hits a fastball! However, the man in the stands brings out a walkie-talkie – he's a cop! And Russ just proved his ability to hit a fastball. The Episode Review Poker Face offers yet another delightful murder followed by Charlie's quirky, zinger-filled investigation. As always, this is a tightly written episode that crafts interesting and believable characters in the first half and then follows up with a fun journey where Charlie figures out the truth. This episode also levels up the absurdist elements of the previous alligator escapade where Charlie saw God in its eyes. This time, she goes on a fully animated acid trip where B.J. Novak, playing Lucile's grandfather, tells her to protect the team. And it's just long enough to be funny and enjoyable without taking you out of the episode. Like in other episodes, throwaway dialogues and random details are found to be relevant towards the end of the show. Which makes it all the funnier that Charlie binge watched The Office right before this whole adventure. Her talks with the mysterious trucker continue on the sidelines and I'm wondering if this will ever take centre stage or if it will simply offer a means for Charlie's narration every now and then. Either way, this remains a thoroughly enjoyable ride. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
Fox News
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Fox News
Jack Harvey tells young racing fans the 'smallest dreams can become true life'
This first-person essay is part of a special series leading up to the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25 on FOX in which INDYCAR drivers penned letters about what the historic race means to them. Read them all here. To the young fans of racing, Whether it's your first race or the latest of many you've attended, whether it's your first time racing or you've been around the track many times, if you have a dream you are chasing, no matter how unrealistic it may seem, I am an example of living that dream. I come from a very small town in northern England, but with the support of my family and a childhood dream to compete in the Indianapolis 500 at the highest level of motorsport, I have now somehow found a way to be driving in my eighth 500. The smallest dreams can become true life. The sliver of chances can become reality. You just have to have the passion and drive and dare to believe it can happen to you. I am that example, so I know it can happen to you too. - Jack BEST OF FOX SPORTS' INDY 500 COVERAGE:
CBC
19-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Residents of 'Canada smallest town' are moving out
New | Troy Turner | CBC News | Posted: May 19, 2025 8:30 AM | Last Updated: Just now Entire population of Tilt Cove, 4, relocating to King's Point Media | Tilt Cove had a population of four. But those residents are relocating and the town is no more Caption: It was Canada's smallest town, with just four people calling it home. Tilt Cove, on the Baie Verte Peninsula, will have that title no more. The CBC's Troy Turner visited the community and talked to one of the residents saying goodbye and relocating. Open Full Embed in New Tab Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. It's the little things that Don Collins will miss. Daily reminders of seclusion and isolation from his hometown in Tilt Cove, N.L. Feeding birds on his front deck. Exploring the area in his recreational vehicle. Birds and seals catching their next meal. Life for the mayor of Tilt Cove is idyllic. But that's all about to change. The people of Tilt Cove, all four of them, are relocating. "I figured I was going to be here till the last of it — till the end," Collins told CBC News. "But time takes a toll on everybody. And the older you get, the faster time goes on." Collins moved to Tilt Cove when he was six. And he hasn't left. He's been living in the same house for 45 years. It's where he and Margaret raised their family. A home he practically rebuilt in the time he's been there. Only two couples — siblings who married siblings — live in the secluded community, nestled under the copper-stained hills, a constant reminder of the mine that once flourished. Surrounded by hills on three sides, and the ocean on the other, there are only a dozen or so homes remaining in Tilt Cove. Some are old saltbox designs, some were dragged up to the pond from the nearby ocean decades ago, while others are modern bungalows, including the homes of the two remaining couples. Newfoundland and Labrador is cutting the power to the homes once the move is complete. It's a sore point for Collins, who figures the power should continue to the town given there are other part-time residents. As part of the relocation, the two families received compensation, but the province wouldn't say how much, citing privacy and confidentiality. It's not something Collins likes to talk about. "It torments after a while, because it's not something you want to do, but you're going to do it because of health reasons. And winter, the winter is difficult," he said. The two families are moving to King's Point, located in southwestern Green Bay, on the same coastline as the town they're leaving behind. They chose the area to rent their new homes because of existing family connections, amenities and proximity to health care. "We were lucky enough to strike on the place that we did get," Collins said. "I got another brother-in-law coming home and sister, and they're coming over to live in King's Point. So that way we'd still be together." As long the road is passable, he says he'll continue to come back. "It's out of the question not to be able to come back," he said. "I want to be here. This is where my ashes is going to come.… This is where I wants to die." Image | tilt cove graveyard Caption: There are three graveyards in Tilt Cove. One sits on the mountain behind the home of outgoing Mayor Don Collins, high above the rest of the community. (Troy Turner/CBC) Open Image in New Tab There are three graveyards in Tilt Cove. One sits on the mountain behind the Collins' family home, high above the rest of the community. The people in those graves are something Collins thinks of often. "Every now and then, some memory will come along and I'll say, 'Oh, that's another one left behind.' Memories is the hardest, that's the hard part — the memories."
