Holiday Weekend Helps Ski Resorts
Presidents' Day weekend is over, but area ski resorts are still banking on brisk business through the entire holiday week. After the season they have had so far they could really use it. At Sno...
View ArticlePetoskey fireworks ordinance a compromise between celebrating, right to peace...
The summer season is upon us and before you know it, Independence Day will roll around. As usual, it will come around with a bang. This year, potentially a lot of bang. In case you missed it, the...
View ArticleRabbi Charles Arian moving on after Jacob Synagogue doesn't renew contract
Rabbi Charles Arian, whose contract at Beth Jacob Synagogue ends July 30, will start a new position as rabbi at Kehilat Shalom Synagogue in Gaithersburg, Md., Aug. 1. Arian said Tuesday that...
View ArticleJustin McLeod's Blog
July 9 Holy War A viewer was upset at WDBJ 7 for covering the annual Jehovah's Witnesses convention at the Roanoke Civic Center. Here's what she e-mailed to us: May THE ONLY TRUE GOD bless beyond...
View ArticleMartin Luther King Jr's dream becomes reality with Barack Obama's inauguration
It will be a time for remembering, but also for looking forward, when next week's commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of a colorblind America segues into Day One of the nation's first...
View ArticleCoping with the challenges, struggles after divorce
Athough teeth-chattering cold this morn, conditions should gradually warm over the next few days. We might even see 80 degrees by Monday, Martin Luther King Day. Today’s forecast: Sunny and breezy with...
View ArticleJackasses of the year: 2010
The year of our Lord 2010 was a banner one for jackasses. In a year in which Sarah Palin was the driving political personality, when caffeinated alcoholic beverages reached such a sublime state of...
View ArticleJohn Hardwick, Hallandale barber and activist, dies at 41
A federal judge has tossed out Michael L. Anderson's lawsuit, ruling Naples Police officers did not violate his right to free speech when they arrested him for growling and wearing a gorilla suit with...
View ArticleFree entrance to national parks on Saturday
Get in free at U.S. National Parks on Saturday, June 9, as part of the park system's free entrance program. The park service is waiving fees to over 100 parks around the country to celebrate Great...
View ArticleA Chester group works to help its city and the people who live there
Chester's Brothers of Concern was born out of the death of a 2-year-old. Terrance Webster, known as "Pop" because of his love of Pop-Tarts, was killed by a bullet that pierced his family's front door...
View ArticleSouth Bend officials wrapping up budget work
SOUTH BEND -- Mayor Pete Buttigieg and some Common Council members have been at odds for the past six months over how to treat a set of recorded phone conversations at the city's police department. The...
View ArticlePalmetto High band director dies of cancer just days after his wedding
Eight years ago, a young widow named Lisa Judy approached Paul Smith, Palmetto High School's trombone-playing band director, at church and asked him to teach the instrument to her young son, Wade....
View ArticleWinston-Salem Journal, N.C., Ask SAM column
Why is Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center taking away the Easter holiday? As an institution that was founded on and still upholds the Baptist religion, it seems like a disgrace that they are removing...
View ArticleREADER SUBMITTED: iQuilt Presents Winterfest Hartford 2012 Kicks-Off With...
The rink will open the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, 2012 and run through Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 21, 2013. Donations of gently used hockey & figure skates and hats & gloves are being...
View ArticleSouth Bend officials wrapping up budget work
Mayor Pete Buttigieg and some Common Council members have been at odds for the past six months over how to treat a set of recorded phone conversations at the city's police department. The controversy,...
View ArticleWinston-Salem Journal, N.C., Ask SAM column
Why is Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center taking away the Easter holiday? As an institution that was founded on and still upholds the Baptist religion, it seems like a disgrace that they are removing...
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