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Gunshots, Y2K and a train trip to see the Reds By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by. This week in 1908, the Hillsboro Dispatch reported “the demon of fire visited Peebles,” destroying the business block of the ...

HMS Trent arrives in Gibraltar, its new operating base Photo by Johnny Bugeja 4th April 2021 The Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Trent arrived in Gibraltar on Sunday for routine logistics support in what will now be its permanent operating base. The move to base the newly-commissioned vessel in Gibraltar was revealed as part of the UK Government’s recently-published defence and foreign policy review. Basing the ship in Gibraltar will enable HMS Trent to work both in the Mediterranean and alon...

Big pigs, gassy water and near-record cold By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by. This week in 1875, the Highland Weekly News reported temperatures plummeted to 10 degrees below zero, causing “frosted fingers, nos...