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In photos: Anzac Day 2021 © RNZ © Provided by Radio New Zealand No caption Photo: RNZ Thousands attended services in New Zealands cities and towns, with about 10,000 attending the dawn service at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington. © RNZ / Dom Thomas © RNZ / Eleisha Foon Korean War veteran Gordon Sutherland: Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas © Provided by Radio New Zealand Christchurchs oldest World War II veteran, 108-year-old Bill Mitchell. Photo: RNZ / Eleisha Foon ...

$20,000 Used Convertibles: Window Shop with Car and Driver A search for the perfect $20,000 droptop reveals how eclectic our tastes are. Apr 23, 2021 With warmer weather on the horizon, the Window Shoppers take a look at some summer favorites: convertibles. We set a healthy budget of $20,000 to ensure the panel finds interesting examples, and in that, they didnt disappoint. First up is contributor John Pearley Huffman, who stretches the definition of "convertible" to its breaking poi...

Save this story for later. New York City used to be an early adopter of new transportation modes. In the late eighteen-sixties, New Yorkers took up the velocipede, a primitive version of the bicycle. Half a century later, the city embraced the automobile, and eventually made free parking available for the fossil-fuel-burning machines—a remarkable giveaway of expensive public space that many carless citizens would like back now. New York also engineered and built a subway system, above ground ...

We hone in on the one year of the one generation that represents 'Corvette' above all others

The mid-1970s wasn’t a great time for American fans of performance cars. Spiraling insurance costs, falling compression ratios to accommodate low-lead gas and heavy 5 mph bumpers all took their toll on the once great muscle car. But not everyone went down without a fight. In 1973 Pontiac unveiled the epic Trans Am Super Duty, and Motion Performance built this incredible Manta Ray from a C3 Corvette. In fact, Motion built two other Manta Rays that year, shortly before the company closed its do...

Old car designs we wish were still around Old car designs we wish were still around Thursday 08/04/2021 Plenty of cars are successfully sporting retro designs, but we wish there were more new cars looking like the old classics. Throughout the course of the automobile industrys history, we have seen many retro car designs come and go and very often we bemoan and lament their passing. Sometimes, some of the most retro or iconic cars of the past were actually just normal or unremarkable cars...

Wal-Mart Paging Victims: “It Was Disgusting” Man announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now" over stores PA system By Vince Lattanzio • Updated on March 18, 2010 at 9:48 am Sheila Ellington and Virginia Tinsley were shopping inside the Washington Township Wal-Mart along Rt. 42 in Turnersville, N.J. just before 5 p.m. on Sunday when they say a man came over the PA system and said: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave t...

Waterville plans to accommodate businesses, building owners during construction An $11.2 million downtown revitalization project, to include changing the traffic pattern on Main and Front streets, is occurring simultaneously with construction of the $18 million Paul J. Schupf Art Center on Main Street. 9 of 9 Curbs are being removed Wednesday along Front Street as part of the revitalization of downtown Waterville and turning Front and Main streets into two-way thoroughfares. Rich Abrahamson/Mo...

Mattson plans up to 80 residential units in former Seton Hospital Developer says the project will cost $8 million to $10 million and could start as early as next spring. Share A large crowd of supporters watch as officials take part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Woodfords Family Services building on Chase Avenue in Waterville. The center will be on the same site as the former Seton Hospital, which developer Kevin Mattson said Tuesday he plans to turn into apartments. Staff photo by Davi...

Joe Pisani: A business card can feed the fishbowl, or the ego Joe Pisani FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 3of3 Someone asked me for a business card last week. It took some searching, but I finally found one that was faded, wrinkled and dog-eared, hidden in my wallet where it was growing mold. With all the viruses and bacteria around, I should have sanitized it. Who knows what kind of outbreak it might cause. I’ve reached the point in life where I don’t like to hand out business cards because I don...