At home, after work, I was changing clothes to go to the garage when the phone rang. (It was long before cellphones, so I had to reach and pick up the receiver.)
“Is this Roy?” asked a recognizable voice.
“It is,” I answered, trying to figure out why the voice sounded so ...
Students at Carmichaels Area Middle School are participating in a national mock election throughout the week.
Sponsored by Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI), a national civic education program based at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, the mock election gives students the ...
Throughout my life of more than eight decades, the Youghiogheny River has been a constant companion.
In my youth, I fished the mostly brackish water with my friends for catfish and suckers and skated on the frozen backwaters in winter. Some folks swam in the river, but several local pools ...