12/21/12: ‘Mayan Doomsday’ Draws to End Without Incident

It ended up being much ado about nothing, and the ones most likely to benefit? The Mayans — well-played, Mayans. Well-played.

December 21, 2012 is over and if you’re reading this, you already are aware the world has not ended. Certainly it’s chilly outside, we survived Friday's rain, there’s still Christmas shopping and wrapping to be done. If this were a movie, we could call it Apocalypse How? In short, it was the worst Armageddon, ever — well, except when the real one comes. That probably would be worse. But today there were no alien attacks, nor was there a sudden sudden spike in UFO sightings. There were no new wars or rumors of war, no earthquakes, no avalanches, no tsunamis, no four horsemen of the apocalyptic sort, as some biblical eschatologists would predict. Also missing: Giant asteroids or planets on an interstellar collision course with Earth. In …

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End of the World Party Tonight

To celebrate the end of the world, Easton's Point Pub is hosting an end of the world party

Will the World End on Dec. 21? Officials Say No

What's the deal with all this end of the world talk?

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the end of the world, most of it around the date Dec. 21, 2012.  However, experts are saying it's best to still do your Christmas shopping as an apocalypse is not going to happen. There is no evidence that Earth will be destroyed by a solar flare that day and scientists have not detected any planets likely to break Earth's orbit and bump against us. Those in the know are also saying that the end of the Mayan calendar does not portend any disaster. “The best thing about this 2012 nonsense is it creates interest in the Mayan people,” stated Van Stone, an end-of-world debunker and professor at Southwestern College, in an interview with City News Service. “People can go down there and see what …

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How Would You Spend Your Last Day in Middletown?

With the countdown to the Mayan apocalypse underway, we're asking - how would you spend your last day in Middletown?

We're pretty sure that the world isn't going to end on Dec. 21. But with all this hubbub over the Mayan 2012 prophecy, we have to ask: How would you spend your last day in Middletown, if you knew the world was coming to an end? Before you answer, we'd like you to pretend that depsite the looming apocalypse, all of Middletown restaurants and hot spots remained open for business and the roads out of town were blocked off. Would you stay at home with your family? Would you head out one last time to order your favorite meal at a local restaurant?  Would you catch the last performance of your favorite local band? If you are looking for something to do in Middletown, Easton's Point Pub is holding an end of the world party with live music, free …

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