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Sick Of Traffic During Your Morning Commute To Work? Take Up Paragliding!

Keith James — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:16:04 +0000

You know how it works, you sleep till the last possible second, leave your house at the last possible second and know exactly how long it takes to get to work and allow yourself no breathing room, only to find that crazy drivers and a zillion lights on Genesee Street have different plans for you. Enter Zeng Daxia from Zhuzhou City in China who found a way to beat the system , the gas pumps AND the clock by leaving his car at home and power paragliding to work!

104-Year-Old Granny Is World's Oldest Paraglider

Mithun Divakaran — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:45:42 +0000

Peggy McAlpine (yes, high altitude is in her name) first set the Guinness World Record for oldest paraglider five years ago when she was just 99-years-old. But earlier this year, 101-year-old American Mary Allen Hardison broke that record. So was McAlpine, now 104, going to let that slide? No. The British centenarian decided to suit [...]

Fire At South Utica Sports Plex

Dave Wheeler — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:50:59 +0000

Did you see the fire this morning on French Road? Well the Utica Fire Department confirms a fire broke out at the Sports Plex building on French Road, In Utica. WIBX is reporting that: According to Assistant Fire Chief, Andre Esposito, the fire broke out around 3:30 this morning. Crews originally fought the fire from [...]