Benjamin Gilmore News Today

This week in history from the pages of the Reporter-Herald.

A look at this week in history from the pages of the Reporter-Herald.

The Morrill Public Library of Hiawatha is planning a variety of special fall events - including a day at the Pumpkin Patch.

Benjamin Gilmore grew up on sports, but was never aware of exactly the role that the culture and experience played in his life.

The London Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor designate marshals wonders. Classical Music review by David Nice

Esa-Pekka Salonen bids farewell to the Philharmonia with a perfectly put-together programme, with Mitsuko Uchida’s playful but profound Beethoven a highlight

Story & photo David Lisle The debate over our disused rail corridor has long gone stale. It is acrimonious, ideological, and exhibits a strong tendency to avoid key points. Everyone loves trains, but regrettably, train love will not return trains to our tracks. The development of railroads was a signal feature of the industrial revolution. A century and a half later, deep in the digital age, we still cling desperately to the idea of trains – the embodiment of nineteenth century progress. The ...