Courtesy John Hooper Sr. MARATHON , ON – Mobert won a slugfest against the CrossOver Video Blue Jays 16-15. Both teams combined for 11 homers on the night. Pat Bananish hit three long balls for Mobert. Craig Cherneski and Tristan Vollett hit two home runs each for the Blue Jays. Rob [Read more]
SOME MAY FIND CONTENT (Video/Images) OFFENSIVE ADULT CONTENT – VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED INSIDE REVIEW When you think of jobs that are stressful and important, 911 operators might go overlooked. Imagine being a 911 operator and receiving a call from a frantic young lady claiming that a man is [Read more]
TYLER TALKS Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum! That is the trademark call of the Giant in the popular fairytale “Jack and the Beanstalk”. This fairytale has been told in households over the past several decades and now has a modern day movie adaptation- Jack the Giant Slayer-which releases on DVD and Blu-Ray [Read more]
INSIDER REVIEW The transition from wrestler to big screen movie star is not always a smooth one. Very few professional wrestlers have been able to successfully cross over into the world of Hollywood, but Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a rare exception. After appearing in various titles such as [Read more]
INSIDE SCOOP The month of June starts off with a bang and arguably one of our best weeks for new releases in a quite a while! Jason Bateman has his identity stolen, Bruce Willis returns as John McClane and Zombies fall in love in some of this week’s top titles. There are nine titles in [Read more]
Ski Club packs up & wraps up until the next season MARATHON, ON – It’s probably not news to most in town that the Ski Club has transitioned over to the Golf Club, but the Marathon Cross Country Ski Club (MCCSC) also held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday May 14, 2013 [Read more]
MARATHON, ON– Wednesday, May 22nd, well known CFNO-fm Morning Show Host, Al Cresswell, was in attendance at the Marthon District Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Evening with Michael” supper in honour of Thunder Bay – Superior North MPP and Minister of Northern [Read more]
INSIDE CROSSOVER with Owner Tyler Davis One of our most asked about movies of the last few months makes it’s long awaited DVD and Blu-Ray debut in just a couple of weeks; Django Unchained- a shoot’em up western from director Quentin Tarantino and starring the likes of Jamie Foxx and [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday March 23, 2013 at approximately 2:25 pm, a motorist observed smoke coming from a front tire of an eastbound vehicle on Highway 17 and called the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment out of concern for the safety of the occupants. Officers were informed [Read more]
CROSSOVER CONVERSATIONS I often find myself chatting about movies with the local theatre owner. She is kind enough to give me feedback from her customers in order for me to be better prepared for which movies might be popular and which ones might not be. The latest movie we discussed was one of [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Friday March 22, 2013 at approximately 6:45 pm, an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment stopped a Pontiac Sunfire at a R.I.D.E program. The officer became suspicious of the driver and upon further questioning arrested the driver for possession of [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday March 21, 2013 at approximately 2:30 pm, an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a white Dodge Caravan crossing the fog line on several occasions on Highway 17 in Pic Township, east of Marathon. Police stopped the vehicle to [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday March 16, 2013 at approximately 10:00 pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a grey Toyota Tundra being operated in an erratic manner on Stevens Avenue in the Town of Marathon. Police stopped the vehicle and while speaking to [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday March 23, 2013 at approximately 11:15 am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were dispatched to a 9-1-1 call to a residence in Marathon. When officers attended the residence they were informed that there had been an altercation between [Read more]
INSIDE SCOOP With a whopping worldwide box office tally of 2.9 billion dollars, it is no wonder that the Lord of the Rings franchise is still alive and healthy to this day. Fans were overjoyed to learn that the series was being rebooted with a new trilogy of Hobbit movies. The first in the [Read more]
