Thanks to Judy Keller, I can now put a face to a name. Years ago, I wrote about Bobby Burns. His story was told to me by Rita Smyth for a magazine article I was doing about the Connellsville Canteen of World War II.Bobby was just a kid when Rita knew him. Only a few months out of high school, ...
Something happened last week that gave me a great deal of anxiety.Just before going to sleep, the words, 鈥淪tep on a crack and break your mother鈥檚 back,鈥� popped into my head.That set off a flurry of thoughts about the origin of that phrase, and its lack of a meaningful interpretation.To be ...
The Civil War was eight years away when a hearing convened in Uniontown to decide the fates of runaway slaves Charlotte, Liz, and Willis Greene, under the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.The year was 1853. The Greenes were the children of Alex and Evalina Greene, former slaves themselves who ...
Technology is forever changing. And I鈥檓 forever struggling to keep up with it.That鈥檚 not the first time I鈥檝e expressed those thoughts.Back in February of 2007, I wrote a column for these pages about how modern inventions that once seemed indispensable are eventually cast aside for even a ...
It must have been a happy occasion that at times was tinged with apprehension and even dread.Three of Alex and Evalina Greene鈥檚 seven children were visiting their parents鈥� home on South Street in Uniontown. And though it鈥檚 uncertain how long they stayed, we do know when their visit came ...
George Santos tells whoppers.That would be funny if it wasn鈥檛 so sad.The 34-year-old Republican is about to become a brand-new U.S. congressman from New York鈥檚 Third Congressional District.Unfortunately, he鈥檚 already carrying a lot of baggage.Santos has difficulty proving that anything in ...
