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New Elm City Tavern Takes Over Richter's Space
The Hartford CourantNearly everyone in New Haven has a Richter's story, including native son and restaurateur Jason Sobocinski. The historic tavern on Chapel Street welcomed beer-drinking crowds for nearly 30 years before closing in 2011. Sobocinski's memories are fond...Tags: Colchester, Manhattan (New York City), Max Restaurant Group, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Mystic Seaport Notes Connecticut's Contributions To Civil War Naval Operations
The Hartford CourantThe clash of armies — one blue, one gray — has dominated the historical writing and largely shaped public perceptions about the Civil War. What often gets overlooked in the narrative is the critical role Union sailors played in determining...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Mystic Seaport, Union (Tolland, Connecticut), Shipbuilding
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John Wager, 1946-2013
Before he was a philosophy professor, John Wager was an Army infantry sergeant fighting in Vietnam who, in 1970, refused an order to go into Cambodia because he believed it would be illegal. The invasion of Cambodia was announced by President Richard...Tags: Philosophy, Colleges and Universities, Travel, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Check It Out: Readers, come on, get happy
Happiness — it's a quality we are all looking to find and keep. Although no one is happy all the time, some people appear to feel more fulfilled than others. Being happy with yourself isn't so much about pursuing it, but finding things that you...Tags: Acupuncture, Libraries, Psychotherapy, The Happiest News!, Ayurvedic Medicine
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The 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteers head off to an 'unknown fate'
On the morning of Sept. 25, 1862, nearly a thousand men formed into regimental line on S. Third Street in Easton and prepared to head to war. The 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, a regiment raised in Northampton County in response to President Lincoln's...
Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Services and Shopping, Rebellions, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Unions
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Retracing the 153rd Regiment's steps at Gettysburg
They call it Barlow Knoll. A grassy hilltop on the northeast corner of Gettysburg's battlefield, near the banks of Rock Creek. It's about as far as you can get from the better-known Big Round Top or Devil's Den. Nowhere near the Peach Orchard or the...
Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Washington, DC, Ceremonies, Armed Forces, Northampton County (Pennsylvania)
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A powerful, stabilizing and shaping influence
Contributing WriterAll across the United States, May 12 will be observed as a special day. It is Mother’s Day, and it is the 106th anniversary of the first Mother’s Day observance. That first observance was held in Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, W.Va.,...Tags: Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Methodist, Woodrow Wilson
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Lehigh County, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Washington, DC, Rebellions, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Aug. 6, 1862: The Allentown Democrat, White vs. Black
While many men from the Lehigh Valley left their home towns to fight for the Union during the Civil War, some of their neighbors clearly did not embrace the cause that propelled thousands to enlist. Though Pennsylvania remained staunchly with the Union,...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace, Politics, Allentown, Armed Forces
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Stolen documents return to the Maryland Historical Society
They left the Maryland Historical Society tucked inside the coat pockets and notebooks of Barry Landau and his assistant, but the historical documents returned in manila envelopes, neatly packed inside a gray cardboard file box. Authorities continue...
Tags: Museums, Libraries, Arts and Culture, FBI, Andrew Johnson
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Land grant university system helped farmers become students
I am constantly amazed between what I think people know and what they actually know. This reality manifests itself in many ways. Just the other day I heard a radio trivia contest and the question was in what city is Independence Hall? The answer given was...
Tags: Students, Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Aquaculture
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Stephen Goldstein: Bush Library a lesson in hypocrisy
Everything that looked right about the recent dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is what's wrong with America. First, hypocrisy was in overdrive: Against the backdrop of an architecturally pre-pubescent building, on a...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, White House, Natural Disasters, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney
May 30, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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Jun 6, 2013
|Story| Daily Pilot
May 27, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 27, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 13, 2013
|Story| AM News
May 16, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 28, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 27, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 13, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 12, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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