It's past that time of year again, and when I say "past" I mean I should have been letting you know about this a couple weeks ago.

The annual 4th of July photo contest is just around the corner. If I have to tell you when it is, check the previous sentence.

A year ago, the Save Our Shoreline Parks viewpoint was derided as "unworthy of credibility" in the pages of the Sandusky Register:

Intense, focused, motivating force. My personal trainer Ken Cutcher of Anytime Fitness in Perkins Township is all of those things. I can get pretty whiny and he just blows it off. I love that about him.

On Thursday morning I facilitated a forum that explained programs that insulate homes for free, give rebates on energy conservation and devise and give subsidies on electric and natural gas.

What a week.

First, Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina disappears. His wife tells the AP he just needed to get away from the kids — on Father's Day — so he could write in quiet.

You know you did a double take when you walked by the newstand and saw the bikini-clad babe above the fold...

The SR doesn't give a hoot!  And that's probably why they ran another photo of the bikini babe after the contest was over to tell everybody that she didn't win!

The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to overturn the most controversial decision by Sonia Sotomayor. The court ruled that white firefighters in Connecticut who had passed a promotion test were unfairly denied promotions. Sotomayor had ruled against an appeal by the firefighters.