I have never seen such a high level in a competition before. Today's race was perhaps the most competitive ever.

I have never seen such a high level in a competition before. Today's race was perhaps the most competitive ever.

I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the read more

I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the stations. I'll just be going from the field to the office more. I have to thank Tim (Bragg, who retired last week as assistant fire chief with 28 years at MFD). He prepared me well for the office end of this.

If you're in a Manhattan building with 30 apartments that's one thing. But if you're the guy who parks your read more

If you're in a Manhattan building with 30 apartments that's one thing. But if you're the guy who parks your car in front of a suburban house in the middle of the night and you've got the screen from your laptop glowing, well...

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the read more

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes read more

It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes you can't.

We have been working hard since last year we did not make the playoffs and we did not do as read more

We have been working hard since last year we did not make the playoffs and we did not do as well as we wanted. We didn't reach our goal. This year our goal was to improve our record from last year to where we are now. To do that took teamwork.

The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as possible read more

The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as possible without too much damage.

When the word gets out that Dean isn't liberal - and in fact is quite conservative - on fiscal issues, read more

When the word gets out that Dean isn't liberal - and in fact is quite conservative - on fiscal issues, he'll pick up more McCain support. On fiscal issues, he's far to the right of Ted Kennedy.

Public safety personnel will investigate door alarms and will respond to the building as needed.

Public safety personnel will investigate door alarms and will respond to the building as needed.