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[22 Oct 2010 | One Comment | ]

I’ve always had a soft spot for people who march to a different drummer. I’m not talking about the whackos who pick up Channel 83 while the rest of us …

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[14 Oct 2010 | Comments Off on Open Gate Farm Tour Offers Family Fun and a Good Reminder | ]

The last time I heard any real numbers, the Lehigh Valley was losing farmland at a rate of about 3 square miles a year. I’m sure the current recession has …

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[7 Oct 2010 | 2 Comments | ]

Several years ago I talked my editors into letting me go to Gettysburg to cover a statewide paranormal conference. Topics ranged from visual images of ghosts to electronic voice manifestations …

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[29 Sep 2010 | Comments Off on New Sigal Museum Brings Northampton County History to Life | ]

For most Americans, it seems that history goes back only about 235 years – to our own Revolutionary War. Sure, we all learned about the Pilgrims and Puritans and William …

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[10 Sep 2010 | 3 Comments | ]

On a sticky day in late August as the heat wave of 2010 was waging one of its last battles against the thermometer, the Cestere family from Long Island was …

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[26 Aug 2010 | Comments Off on Liberty Bell Shrine Offers Glimpse Into Hidden History | ]

Every day hundreds of people file past the Liberty Bell in its glass home outside of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Over the past two centuries the bell has become known …