Bud Wilkinson

THOMASTON, CT – In “Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade,” it was a humble cup and not a bejeweled gold chalice that Harrison Ford’s character reasoned was the Holy Grail that Jesus used at the Last Supper to serve wine. That’s why Indy selected it to drink from in the …

HARWINTON, CT – Words and phrases in language tend to come and go. “Frunk,” meaning a trunk in the front of a vehicle, seems to have some traction currently. The word “trunk” used in connection with vehicles presumably had its beginning with the literal attachment of a steamer trunk to …

BY BUD WILKINSON / HARWINTON, CT – It sounds ridiculous given the model’s shoddy reputation. Of all the vehicles that have come and gone over the years, close to 30 if motorcycles are included, it’s a limited edition 1973 Chevrolet Vega GT that I wish was still in the garage. …

Longtime print and broadcast journalist Bud Wilkinson is a native of Harwinton, CT. He is a graduate of Vermont Academy in Saxtons Rivers, VT and Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, OH where he earned a B.A. in journalism. Early in his career he was a reporter and TV/Radio Writer for “The Columbus Dispatch” …