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PICKS FROM OUR WEBSITE BLOGS Fore!! If you’re a fan of golf, now is prime time for playing and watching the sport.
For TV viewers, a thrilling U.S. Open tournament recently ended and the British Open is a little more than three weeks away.
Bob Weiner covers the sport for The Gazette both in print and online.
His “Down the Fairway” column appears every Sunday during golf season. (Past columns are available online.) Also, his online blog, “On the Ball,” offers golf news, opinion and odds and ends from the local links to the world stage.
To view Bob’s blog, go to dailygazette.com/weblogs/weiner Dad remembered Two days before Father’s Day, Gazette features reporter Jeff Wilkin wrote about his fi rst Father’s Day without his Dad, Harold “Jeff” Wilkin Sr., who died in February at age 91.
In his blog, “Type A to Z,” Jeff recounted a story he had never told before, and one that says a lot about fatherhood.
It was the early 1960s, and a young Jeff had been scared out of his wits by a monster movie advertisement. It took an act of reassurance by his Dad to help him get through the night.
To view the story, go to dailygazette.com/weblogs/wilkin MOST VIEWED STORIES, PHOTO GALLERIES The most viewed stories over the past few weeks on dailygazette.com: 1) Roofer dies after falling 30 feet to ground at Schenectady home (June 8) 2) Clifton Park woman killed when motorcycle, truck collide (June 18) 3) Police investigate death of boy, 15, at Conifer Park (June 14) 4) Ballston Spa man killed in motorcycle accident (June 8) 5) Woman kicks in door of Union president’s house, fi ghts with guards, police say (June 11) The most viewed photo galleries over the past few weeks on dailygazette.com: 1) Burnt Hills Flag Day Parade (June 7) 2) Dave Matthews Band at SPAC (June 8) 3) Union College commencement (June 11) 4) Cruisin’ on the avenue (June 17) 5) Trashion show in Saratoga (June 11) POLL RESULTS Should dog owners be required to have liability insurance?
Yes —39 % No — 61% Should teens be barred from indoor tanning?
Yes — 82% No — 18% Said online reader biwemple: “Go outside and be active if you want a tan.” Said online reader march84: “Another case of parents who just can’t say ‘no’ to their kids! Does anyone have any common sense anymore?” Would you buy an electric car?
Yes —30 % No — 69% I already have one — 1% “What’s on dailygazette.com” appears every other Monday in The Daily Gazette.
For TV viewers, a thrilling U.S. Open tournament recently ended and the British Open is a little more than three weeks away.
Bob Weiner covers the sport for The Gazette both in print and online.
His “Down the Fairway” column appears every Sunday during golf season. (Past columns are available online.) Also, his online blog, “On the Ball,” offers golf news, opinion and odds and ends from the local links to the world stage.
To view Bob’s blog, go to dailygazette.com/weblogs/weiner Dad remembered Two days before Father’s Day, Gazette features reporter Jeff Wilkin wrote about his fi rst Father’s Day without his Dad, Harold “Jeff” Wilkin Sr., who died in February at age 91.
In his blog, “Type A to Z,” Jeff recounted a story he had never told before, and one that says a lot about fatherhood.
It was the early 1960s, and a young Jeff had been scared out of his wits by a monster movie advertisement. It took an act of reassurance by his Dad to help him get through the night.
To view the story, go to dailygazette.com/weblogs/wilkin MOST VIEWED STORIES, PHOTO GALLERIES The most viewed stories over the past few weeks on dailygazette.com: 1) Roofer dies after falling 30 feet to ground at Schenectady home (June 8) 2) Clifton Park woman killed when motorcycle, truck collide (June 18) 3) Police investigate death of boy, 15, at Conifer Park (June 14) 4) Ballston Spa man killed in motorcycle accident (June 8) 5) Woman kicks in door of Union president’s house, fi ghts with guards, police say (June 11) The most viewed photo galleries over the past few weeks on dailygazette.com: 1) Burnt Hills Flag Day Parade (June 7) 2) Dave Matthews Band at SPAC (June 8) 3) Union College commencement (June 11) 4) Cruisin’ on the avenue (June 17) 5) Trashion show in Saratoga (June 11) POLL RESULTS Should dog owners be required to have liability insurance?
Yes —39 % No — 61% Should teens be barred from indoor tanning?
Yes — 82% No — 18% Said online reader biwemple: “Go outside and be active if you want a tan.” Said online reader march84: “Another case of parents who just can’t say ‘no’ to their kids! Does anyone have any common sense anymore?” Would you buy an electric car?
Yes —30 % No — 69% I already have one — 1% “What’s on dailygazette.com” appears every other Monday in The Daily Gazette.
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