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1 week ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Dave Kindy
How the American Revolution became a global conflict (washingtonpost.com) How the American Revolution became a global conflict By Dave Kindy 2025041116154800 If the Comte de Vergennes hadn't played a hunch nearly 250 years ago, Americans today might be singing "God Save the King" before the first ball at a cricket match.
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3 weeks ago | 
plymouthindependent.org | Dave Kindy
There’s nothing Eric Nemes enjoys more than watching the big game on TV while having a few beers with friends – even if it is 7:30 a.m. That’s because Nemes and his fellow fans follow Plymouth Argyle, an English soccer team which has live matches often airing bright and early in Plymouth, Massachusetts. “We have watch parties, usually at my house,” he said. “The tough thing is that some of the games are very early in the morning since England is five hours ahead of us.
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2 months ago | 
smithsonianmag.com | David Kindy |Dave Kindy
Alaska A Smithsonian magazine special report Made Possible Through the Support of History | Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering antitoxin to children suffering from diphtheria The temperature hovered around freezing in New York’s Central Park on December 15, 1925.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
seattletimes.com | Dave Kindy
At age 106, Herbert Stern has made some life adjustments. “I don’t go pheasant hunting anymore,” said Stern, the oldest living graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. “I had to give it up when I turned 102.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
plymouthindependent.org | Dave Kindy
In mid-December, Keith and Lucia Gizzi were at an airport in Guangzhou, China, presenting their passports to a customs official. Because they didn’t have visas, the Plymouth father and daughter needed to show proof they would be departing for another country soon, so Keith proffered an itinerary detailing airline reservations for their entire trip.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
washingtonpost.com | Dave Kindy
At age 106, Herbert Stern has made some life adjustments. "I don't go pheasant hunting anymore," said Stern, the oldest living graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. "I had to give it up when I turned 102.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
plymouthindependent.org | Dave Kindy
With the glow of the computer screen reflecting in her eyes, Isabella King tapped a keyboard several times and pushed “enter.” She waited a moment, then the pensive expression on her face brightened as the results began to appear. Beaming with pride, the Plymouth South High School sophomore said, “I can feel it! It’s starting to work!”King had just made changes to her team’s computer networking project – a secure firewall – and was ecstatic over the effect.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
plymouthindependent.org | Dave Kindy
So close, and yet so far. Jonathan Fox of Plymouth was almost the winner on “Jeopardy!” Tuesday evening. He answered the last question correctly and took the lead in final round but lost when the reigning champ also came up with the right response. Fox had the lead in Double Jeopardy! but dropped to second place after the eventual winner, Joey DeSana, who made an all-in bet on a Daily Double question. Fox ended the regular round with $13,600, only $800 behind DeSana.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
plymouthindependent.org | Dave Kindy
Answer: It’s the most fun you can have on TV. Question: What is being a contestant on “Jeopardy!”? That wasn’t one of the clues given to Jonathan Fox earlier this fall, but it is one he happily responds to today. The Plymouth husband and father of two was a contestant on the long-running TV quiz show where people are given the answers and must phrase their responses as questions. Filmed in September, Fox’s segment airs Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. on WBZ-TV in Boston.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
warfarehistorynetwork.com | Dave Kindy
By Dave KindyClary Edwards was rousted from bed at 5 a.m. by the sound of loud pounding. Wearing only shorts, he opened the front door of his home in New London, Connecticut, to find the unwelcome view of the Shore Patrol. “These two guys are telling me to get dressed because there’s a U-boat cornered off Block Island,” recalled Edwards, who was a Navy diver serving aboard the submarine rescue ship USS Penguin (ASR-12). “Well, I thought these guys were nuts.
