Their story deserves to be told -- and read … exactly what is the role of literature? Often, when we read stories, they may offend us in...

... May 2024 be a great one! My last night at Waikiki was Dec. 29, but I had no idea that the New Year's Eve celebration started on...

St. Brigid's Catholic Church in our youth. The music that I learned first by playing the piano in the convent at St. Brigid’s parish in...

Dan Rooney signs on to become ambassador to Ireland … Loss of character and integrity started in 2007, an inexorable decline To...

Why is Eleanor Roosevelt ranked number 1 by historians? … Siena College study by experts ranks the best With the passing of Rosalyn...

Our last Thanksgiving Day photo in the Baltimore/D.C. area My recollection of Thanksgiving Day in 1963, starts with the weather: It was...

“More Balm Than Song” Like so many of my generation, the large one known as Boomers that is rapidly passing from this earth, I can...

RIP Mickey Arnold 1947-2023 -- obituary photo … just wanted to help others, like “others helped me” One of the joys of childhood for me...

This was taken on Geri (Lyle) Lazar's birthday … Oct. 22, 2023 When I was going through photos of the 2023 Lilly Raiders Football...

A common sight in the 21st Century Shutterstock … how times have changed As children, we roamed through the woods with family and...

Dave McLucas in 2023 … remembers the work ethic learned in Cambria County Nothing makes coaches prouder than the accomplishments of...

Players: Front, L to R: Dave Thrower, Bernie George, Paul Campagna, John Giblock, Earl Tickerhoof, Bob Tickerhoof, and Fred Stossel. QB:...

Not my photo, but courtesy of Alamy I discovered a few years ago that traveling from Cambria County to Philadelphia was better by train...

Photo of Lilly Washington immediately after construction was finished about 1962. I remember hearing the machines growl as they attacked...

We will recognize Jack for everything her did for the kids in Lilly over the years. This will be at the Lilly Raider Reunion on Sunday,...

Bob Mardula In July, I had a message from my friend Tony Stopka, a former Lilly Raider football player who competed on the 1967 and 1968...

… unbelievable skein of victories A few years ago, I wrote this about the 1968 Lilly Raiders grade school football team, one that went...

Mike working on the garden in Ohio … great example of Christian charity During the Covid pandemic, many people decided to grow vegetables...

From the 1966 Yearbook … hoping for a joyful reunion We are hoping for another great reunion of the Lilly-Washington High School Class of...

The Lilly Raiders will hold their third annual football champions reunion this month, though one change is in the works. This one will...