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Officials gathered in Central City on Thursday (July 7) to officially break ground on the restoration of the famed Dew Drop Inn, the city’s leading Black music venue for three mid-century decades. Speaking at the ceremony, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the city is working to redevelop the section of Central City where the Dew Drop […]

Daniel Shays was nothing before the war, a landless laborer on someone else's farm.

Volunteers with the Norwich Historical Society, led by director Sarah Rooker, were taking inventory of the society’s books in 2019 when they discovered an oddity.They pulled an old calf-bound Bible off a shelf and found that not only had it been...

Adam Nichol may be well versed in the art of casting a flag, but he won’t be alone on June 17.

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Four presidents were born in Norfolk County. Discover the background of their homes.

Postponed due to covid concern’s, Bywater Bakery’s King Cake Festival has been rescheduled! February 6th from 11 am to 6 pm. A fundraiser for the Musician’s Clinic’s Making Groceries initiative, there will be live performances, food, drinks, and of course, king cakes. Performances by Deacon John, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, John Boutte, Herlin Riley, Sunpie Barns, Soul Brass Band, David Torkanowski, Josh Paxton Washboard Chaz...and many more special guests.

Sarah J. Kastner-Warren joined the heavenly angels on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Bell Tower Residence, Merrill, under the care of her family, Compassus Hospice, and the Bell Tower Residence staff. Sarah’s recent cancer diagnosis along with her Parkinson’s was difficult on her body, but she fought hard. Sarah was born on June 13, 1934, in Hibbing, Minnesota to the late William and Elfie (Strand) Parish. She married her first husband, Frederick Kastner in 1954, he preceded her in death in ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, Ludacris, The Isley Brothers, Melissa Etheridge and Tromb...

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