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  • Bonfire Night - not quite the 4th of July

    Back in the states there are a couple of times a year when fireworks come out; New Year's, Christmas, and July 4, to name a few. Here in the U.K. you'll also see some of those same events bring out fireworks (not so much our July 4 for some reason) and a uniquely British holiday is right around the

  • Volunteers remember veterans, plan for growth

    To most people, digging up dirt and spreading mulch may not sound like a good time. However, that's exactly what more than 30 volunteers of all ages at RAF Mildenhall did in early September when they came together to create a remembrance garden for armed services veterans. And they thoroughly

  • Nurse commissioning program seeks enlisted applicants

    Officials at the Air Force Personnel Center here will conduct the annual Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program board May 11-13 to select candidates for fall 2010 start dates. The program offers active-duty enlisted personnel the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in a high-need academic major.

  • Honorary commanders survive deployment scenario

    Local dignitaries and their guests fought through vacuum-sealed meals and the blasting propwash of an MC-130H aircraft for the opportunity to experience the lighter side of military deployments here Oct. 29. Deployment training, equipment issue and demonstrations, a field lunch, and a shuttle on a

  • Wakelam's Wildlife: Hedgehogs, prickly little visitors

    As a child, I remember being enthralled by Alison Utley's "Fuzzypeg the Hedgehog" and Beatrix Potter's "Mrs. Tiggywinkle" books that my mother read to my brother and me. Our love of hedgehogs continues, as in real life they are even better than in the books. The European hedgehog - Erinaceus

  • Central London demonstration Saturday

    Anjem Choudary, who heads the radical group Al-Mujaroun has called on Muslims living in the United Kingdom to assemble in Central London Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. to promote Islam for the UK. Their Web site asks protesters to assemble on the House of Commons and march to Downing Street where they will