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Happy Juneteenth everybody! Happy (almost) first day of summer! Today is a wonderful way to honor the day that our nation took another step toward real “liberty and justice for all.” Juneteenth is a national…
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CUMBERLAND — No charges have been filed in a Jan. 6 crash that seriously injured a Cumberland man, according to Maryland State Police. Theodore Rankin, a 22-year-old Queen City Taxi driver, was driving east on…
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YMCA Buffalo Niagara has announced that Michael Farris, Jr. has been named the association’s next president & CEO. Farris’ appointment follows an extensive nationwide search led by YMCA of the USA, in partnership with the…
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I have taught at George Washington University for 35 years, and I always read the anonymous reviews we get from students. This spring, one student wrote that the course I offer in feature writing —…
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Dear Dad, It’s Father’s Day weekend, and as a dad yourself, you know that phone lines are buzzing as children get in touch with their fathers, offering them greetings and professions of love. I’ll almost…
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AKWESASNE — A protest that turned boisterous popped up outside the home of an Akwesasne man who is at the center of an investigation into the sexual exploitation of a child. St. Regis Mohawk Tribal…
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Q: In our Friday morning Bible class (ladies), we are reading Hebrews. and we read in Hebrews 8:8-12, which quotes Jeremiah 31:31-34, in comparing the new covenant with the old. The old covenant law was…
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For music fans of a certain age, their first taste of synth-pop came by way of Human League, thanks to the 1981 multi-platinum chart-topping single “Don’t You Want Me,” which also became a heavy-rotation favorite…
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DANVERS — Nearly 20 years ago, C.J. (Cameron Joseph) Mercier didn’t know if he would get to live another day, so the thought of getting back on a bicycle again was the furthest thing from…
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MANKATO — City leaders are set to decide Monday whether backyard chickens will be welcome in Mankato for the first time. The topic was a major source of controversy in City Hall in 2009-10, when…
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