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Comedians share their favorite jabs at the city most of them love Worcester Magazine “Welcome to Worcester,” said poet Bill MacMillan, hosting the Worcester Poetry Slam from the stage of the now-defunct Java Hut, “the city that means well.” To be fair, MacMillan used the joke for other cities, too – mostly Providence – but for poet, humorist and generally funny guy David Macpherson, thats still the joke that best sums up the city. “Its a classic,” says Macpherson. And its true: ...

Campbeltown Courier David MacPherson junior beams as he sits in the Joëlette wheelchair, pushed by JAPES founder Nelson Liddle. Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the...

© Supplied by David Macpherson Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A determined Kintyre man who suffered life changing injuries in a car accident is on a mission to conquer Ben Nevis in a special wheelchair. More than 20 years ago, David MacPherson’s life was turned upside down after sustaining major injuries as a result of a car accident in Campbelltown. On June 5, he will attempt to reach the summit of...

David Macpherson, writer of The Rig. Picture: Mark Mainz/Amazon Prime Video WHEN he was growing up near Alness on the Cromarty Firth, David Macpherson would often gaze in awe at the oil rigs that loomed high above the water, watching as these mighty beasts were towed into the bay for repair. A seed was planted that, some decades later, would germinate into the idea for a TV series. Macpherson’s scriptwriting debut will arrive on our screens in the not-too-distant future with The Rig, a sc...

Campbeltown Courier Updated: 22/04/21, 4:31 pm David MacPherson junior, right, with his father, David senior, who will join him on the Ben Nevis challenge. Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the fu...

Article content Robert Schollie tells us in a letter to the editor (“What’s in a name?” SP April 17, 2021) that he has “not delved into how the colonists acquired the land” and that he believes the Temperance Colonists “had every right to set up their settlement as they saw fit.” He then whines about “cancel culture” as if it’s a new thing. Cancel culture has been operating ever since the hidden and missing parts of our collective history were consciously omitted to aggrandi...

Posted: Mar 12, 2021 11:37 AM CT | Last Updated: March 12 Danyluk says she has received emails in support of changing the street name, including one from a person who lives on McPherson Avenue.(Ashleigh Mattern/CBC) A Saskatoon woman wants the name of a city street changed. Stephanie Danyluk says McPherson Avenue is named after a man who is responsible for colonial policy decisions that negatively impacted local Métis people. Sir David MacPherson served as the federal minister of interior duri...

Marijuana, gambling enter debate on post-coronavirus economic recovery in San Antonio mayors race FacebookTwitterEmail Then-Councilman Greg Brockhouse, right, answers a question during a mayoral debate with San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, center, at the Wyndham Riverwalk on April 3, 2019. At left is David Dunham, vice president of development for Texas Monthly. He was moderating the debate.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer In the race for mayor, incumbent Ron Nirenberg and challenger Greg Brockho...

Editors’ note:  For church leaders to be more effective in seeking the “welfare of the city” (Jer. 29:7), we should know what economic concepts mean, how they should be applied, and how they affect the local church. The purpose of the Economics for Church Leaders series is not to present a theology of economics, but rather to provide a basic level of understanding that will help church leaders think more clearly about how to apply their faith commitments to economics and public policy. S...

Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 9:11 AM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Grand Hyatt Roughly 70% of the Grand Hyatt’s room revenue comes from conventioneers, according to Moody’s Investors Service. When the pandemic began siphoning off River Wa...