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The story goes that as Earl Harwell was observing the construction of what would become his family’s home on South Main Street, a passerby took in the sight of what would become a four-story, 15,000-square-foot, English Tudor-style mansion and wondered aloud what sort of person would build such an enormous...

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  • June 25, 2023

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...

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  • June 25, 2023

KATY CLUNE Virginia Folklife Rain kept the six Clydesdales tucked inside their 53-foot trailer, but the team from Bart Long & Associates, Realty and Auction were still a main attraction at the soggy Memorial Day parade in Marion. Before the gleaming red trailer took its parade position, staff invited spectators...

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  • June 25, 2023

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...

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  • June 24, 2023

Ripon College will honor 10 alumni with special awards Friday. These awards will be presented during Alumni Weekend at the 1851 Awards Dinner. Distinguished Alumni Citation ➤ Nancy Wadley Keough ‘67 of Pebble Beach, Calif., for career achievements and service to the community. Nancy Keough She is a retired lawyer...

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  • June 22, 2023

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...

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  • June 21, 2023