Friends Christen Terry Backer Community Farm In Stratford

Farmers as well as town and state officials converged on Stratford Community Farm on Wednesday, taking time out from a picture-perfect day to officially christen the site after one of its main champions - the late Long Island Soundkeeper and longtime state representative Terry Backer. "We all knew him as a man of the sea, but he ended up not only being a person of the sea, but also a farmer," said Mayor John Harkins, who helped unveil the sign marking the 90+ community plots after Backer, who passed away last December after a long bout with brain cancer.

The Weekender: Festive Fundraiser Fly-Ins

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Boeing Unveils T-X Air Force Trainer

I am an instructor in Germany and was with a student flying to his first towered airport. The aircraft has no GPS installed and... The FAA has issued a Safety Alert reminding instructors, students and other general aviation pilots that the advised procedure for... I am an instructor in Germany and was with a student flying to his first towered airport.

Raheel Siddiqui, 20, of Taylor, died during U.S. Marines

Family of Muslim Marine recruit: Death wasn't suicide Raheel Siddiqui died during training in March after falling 40 feet in a stairwell. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://usat.ly/2cmViqV DETROIT - The family of a Muslim recruit who died during Marine Corps training is pushing back against claims by military officials that he committed suicide.

North Korea rips US bomber flyover as bluff

North Korea on Wednesday scoffed at the US Air Force's show of force a day earlier, saying Washington was "bluffing" and "blustering" with the flyover of B-1 bombers. "They are bluffing that B-1Bs are enough for fighting an all-out nuclear war," said a statement from Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency.

Planning for NWS Earle

Monmouth County has received a $206,000 federal grant from the Department of Defense to prepare a Joint Land Use Study for Naval Weapons Station Earle. A cooperative land use planning effort between affected local government entities and the military installation, the project looks to create compatible development measures to keep the base operational, while also looking out for the surrounding public's health, safety, and welfare.

Us B-1 bombers fly over South Korea

Four days after North Korea's fifth and possibly most powerful nuclear weapons test, the US Air Force responded with a show of force on Tuesday, flying two powerful B-1 bombers over South Korea. North Korea claimed Friday's test showed it had a nuclear warhead that could be mounted on ballistic missiles, a possibility that increases fears for US allies in the region and also poses a threat to US bases in South Korea, Japan and Guam.

911 stair climb tribute Sunday in Fort Worth

Jeff Sprekelmeyer, carrying an American and U.S. Marine Corps flag joins other participants, including area first responders, during the Sons of the Flag's second annual Climb for a Calling stair climb Sunday at Burnett Plaza in Fort Worth. Honor Guard members from several departments including Grapevine, North Richland Hills and Flower Mound fire departments open the ceremony for the Sons of the Flag's second annual Climb for a Calling stair climb at Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Sept.

China, Russia naval drill in South China Sea to begin Monday

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy May 21,... China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China's Guangdong province starting from Monday, China's navy said. The exercises come at a time of heightened tension in the contested waters after an arbitration court in The Hague ruled in July that China did not have historic rights to the South China Sea and criticized its environmental destruction there.

For US and Russia, war in Syria is mainly in the air

The United States and Russia, two former Cold War foes that have brokered a ceasefire deal for Syria, rely mostly on air raids in their separate military campaigns in the war-wracked country. Here are key points about how these two powers are trying to fulfill their military objectives in Syria, where a bloody civil war has raged since 2011.

Chelsea Manning on Hunger Strike Citing Lack of Medical Treatment

Chelsea Manning began a hunger strike Friday at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where she is serving a 35-year sentence for the leaking of hundreds of thousands of classified documents. Manning is seeking written assurances from the Army that she will receive the medical treatments for her gender dysphoria beyond the hormone treatment she began in early 2015.

Trump’s East European Achilles Heel

Donald Trump's recent gains in some polls in the Middle West and Florida may prove to be a transient phenomenon if the Republican nominee's pro-Russian, anti-NATO stance is hammered home to the regions' large communities of Eastern and Northern European heritage. The ethnic vote in several battleground states could be decisive in a close election.

US, Russia agree new Syria truce plan

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov look toward one another during a press conference following their meeting in Geneva where they discussed the crisis in Syria on September 9, 2016. AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI Geneva: The United States and Russia reached a deal on a new Syrian ceasefire Friday, which, if it holds, could see the first joint military effort by the two powers against Islamic jihadists.