Cruiser in city, beast in the jungles
It had been some time since I drove an SUV, so when I got a chance to test drive the Endeavour 4WD, I grabbed the opportunity and was a terrific experience. This was my first drive in an automatic transmission, 4WD SUV, and the experience was overwhelming and a little scary.
U.S. War Relic on the Move in Passaic County
A U.S. Army tank that has stood a solitary watch atop Garret Mountain Reservation for the past 15 years has a new mission. The tank, an M-60 model that once rolled through the jungles of Vietnam, is being redeployed to the new veterans park located at Hayden Heights on McBride Avenue in Paterson.
Overgrown Highways A Big Problem
CORPUS CHRISTI- All the rain we've had in the past few weeks has turned the grassy areas along the Crosstown Expressway into jungles. It's the Texas Department of Transportation's responsibility to mow the grass on the crosstown, and other state highways. Unfortunately, because of state budget cuts, those areas are now being mowed just three times a year. The next scheduled mowing isn't until ...
Coorg inspires debut novel from Indian financier
When private equity professional Sarita Mandanna set out to write a novel, it seemed natural to set it in the forests of Coorg, a region in southern India the British colonialists called the "Scotland of India." It was where she spent her childhood, surrounded by coffee plantations and the dense jungles that come vividly to life in her saga of star-crossed lovers in the early 20th century.