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THE BRIDGE HUNTER The Bridges of Booneville, New York
Located in Oneida County in north central New York State, the Town(ship) of Boonville is one of the forgotten relicts of the b...
Posted on 12/10/12 at 11:16 AM
OH, LOOK A SHINY THING! Plagiarism in North Dakota, Minnesota
One of the biggest stories of the day is this sad tale of a 28-year journalism veteran who allegedly plagiarized most of the columns he wrote in North Dakota and Minnesota. Jon Flatland even won an a...
Posted on 3/9/12 at 12:09 PM
Book Report: Books make great gifts, put these on your list
Gift giving time has once again rolled around and today we’ll talk about some notable books I’ve read and reviewed over the past year. We’ll start with some books from the region, then move on to books published in New York City, (some of them from authors in our region):
By Dan Wunrow, Outdoor Columnist , December 09, 2011
Book Report: Eisenhower: An in-depth look
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a much admired and likeable president who accomplished much during his presidency. But he wasn’t much of a speaker.
There’s an old story that wonders what Ike would have said had he the opportunity to deliver the Gettysburg Address.
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 01, 2011
A few years with a famous author, jazz in the Twin Cities, life in the Dakotas in 1936 for this week
Ernest Hemingway is by no means a beloved American author in the minds of many people.
November 25, 2011
A Hollywood upbringing, cows, Vietnam War on tap as this week’s selections
Even before Michael Lindsay-Hogg made his name as a director of films like “Brideshead Revisited” and the Beatles’ “Let it Be,” he led an exciting life as the son of the talented actress Geraldine Fitzgerald (“Wuthering Heights,” et al.) and a father who was a baronet.
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 17, 2011
Book Report: Death, travel, voodoo will interest readers
Here’s a book that should make it from the region all around the country.
It’s “A New Billy Collins: Keeping an Eye on Death,” by Joy Lee Davis (Trade Press, Inc., 4312 Pond View, White Bear Lake, 55110, $20.)
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 11, 2011
Book Report: Read about revolutionaries, get spooked, too
I remember my political science professor telling us naïve freshmen that if you took strip of plastic and bent it into a hula hoop, fascists and communists would end up together at the juncture where the two ends meet.
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 03, 2011
Book Report: With winter months approaching, read about Antarctica’s explorers
Two months from last Friday marks the 100th anniversary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s historic arrival at the South Pole.
By Dave Wood, columnist , October 27, 2011
GUEST COLUMN: A fly on the wall in Washington, D.C.
This is the story of one New Richmond citizen who was a fly on the wall in Washington, D.C., when our delegation went there to lobby for changes to the Wild and Scenic Riverway Act last month. It was me, and I may not have believed it if I hadn’t been there.
By By Dan Hansen , October 14, 2011
Book Report: Got time for a very scary story?
The girl looks up at him again. Dark eyes narrow beneath her curls.
By Dave Wood, columnist , October 13, 2011
Book Report: Murder mystery, romance revolves in Amish community
Forty years ago, when Amish families began buying up farms in western Wisconsin, my father wasn’t too enthused. He owned a business on Main Street in Whitehall, and worried that the incursion of buggies, beards and black bonnets might hurt his business.
By Dave Wood, columnist , October 05, 2011
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