Danl Webster News Today

Going "on the road,"  has been a right of passage for young men and women down through the ages. Since Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), is a literary hero of mine and since I, in a very real sense, followed his footsteps out west, that's where I will  begin.

The truth about tadpoles and frogs

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Hannibals official Tom and Becky couple, Azariah Tucker and Koryn Miller, made many memories and a positive impact during the Mark Twain Days Festival from April

One of the nice things about portraying characters out of the past is the feeling you get when you stand where they stood and see what they saw. Within this confluence of past and present, there is a palpable kinetic link to be embraced and enjoyed.

Nearly 20 years ago, Kaethe Maguire decided that something had to be done about the “ugly” traffic islands at intersections throughout Sandwich.

Mr. Smiley says, "all a frog wanted was education, and he could do almost anything." The amazing frog pet is the main character of this American Story by Mark Twain. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

The Sandwich Police Department is taking applications for its in-person citizens police academy through Friday, January 28.

Selling Our Souls: Lessons From ‘The Devil and Daniel Webster’ America sports a pantheon of folk heroes, picturesque inventions of the imagination or real-life celebrities made mythical by time and the exaggerations of yarn spinners. As children, most of us heard stories of the lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his blue ox Babe, of Johnny Appleseed planting orchards on the frontier, and of the “steel driving man” John Henry and his contest with a steam drill. Davy Crockett “kilt him a bear w...

Skip to main content Who is the Lotta of Lottas Fountain? She was once one of Americas biggest stars Gary Kamiya FacebookTwitterEmail 1of4 A 38-Geary bus rolls past Lotta’s Fountain on the 114th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco on April 18, 2020.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of4 A plaque is seen on Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street in San Francisco on April 16, 2018.Michael Short / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of4 A daguerreotype of Lola Mon...