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AMATEUR RADIO ‘FIELD DAY’—Members of the Bristol Amateur Radio Club (VA/TN) and the Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Society (Smyth and Washington Counties, VA) will be participating in the national amateur radio Field Day exercise, Saturday, June 24, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. at White Top...
Hyperlinks to event details at AKconcerts.com and in our weekly newsletter Or read below if you just want to know the time & place. Thursday June 22nd 4 Royle Parkers (Soldotna) – Open Mic w/ Cody Kniceley 8p-12a Alaskan Hotel and Bar (Juneau) – Open Mic 8p-11p Anchorage Town Square...
Deb Allen (left) and her kids Isabelle (center) and Jasmine (right) watch the Uncle Sam Jam fireworks show at Oak Lake Park in Lincoln in 2021. Journal Star file photo It’s almost time to pull together all the red, white and blue in your wardrobe for this year’s Fourth of...
If you’re like me, you have never met a slice of pizza you didn’t like, and when I found out one of the biggest pizza festivals in New England was coming back to Boston for its fourth year, I cleared my schedule. Boston Pizza Festival makes its return to City...
Talented young musicians from across the world are in Sewanee now through July 16 for the 66th season of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival featuring more than 30 performances of symphonic, chamber and vocal music. Many of the concerts are free. To reserve tickets to one of their paid performances,...
For years, the rough-sawn planks have stood on end in my barn, relics from the mid-1800s decision by my great-great-grandfather to plant maple saplings along a northern Vermont roadway. He was a farmer in Brownington in the “Northeast Kingdom” of Vermont, known as Deacon John Marshall for his role in...
QUESTION: Can you recommend some good organizations or websites for locating interesting volunteer opportunities? I’ve been doing some volunteer work since I retired last year, but most of the jobs I’ve tried haven’t been fun or satisfying. ANSWER: For many retirees, finding a volunteer opportunity that meets their interests, utilizes...
Question: Of the thousands of words in the English language, only three English words, according to Webster, begin with the letters “dw,” a number bumped up to at least four if you include proper nouns and names, and specifically one Central Illinois town. Can you name the dw- words? Answer:...
Question: Across from the courthouse in downtown Metamora are the statues of Abe Lincoln and a woman, Melissa Goings. Abe we know, but why is Goings there? Answer: In an 1857 trial in Metamora at which Goings was accused of killing her abusive husband, her lawyer, Lincoln, believed the killing...
With the drop in new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, farms should now be reviewing and implementing changes to become more biosecure before the fall wild bird migration. Some changes to the farm will take little effort or cost but will boost security. The first thing to review is...
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