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Fall is here, school sports and activities are in full swing and children have settled back into normal school routines.
As I’ve interacted with parents since the start of school, …
While the area has long been known for its quality and quantity of grain and grass crops, there have been attempts at other crops.
In the late 1800s, one crop drew attention because of the money …
It was Christmas morning many years ago. Mom and I were among the people sitting in pews at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose. Right after Communion was distributed, it was a time of …
I have been hearing a lot lately that there are two ways to learn something — read, study and listen or experience it by doing it.
With school starting recently, students in the …
Well before any one said, “Hey gang, let’s put on a show,” in the 1939 movie “Babes in Arms,” area groups were living that call.
Schools, churches, civic …
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