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JONES, Sherwood Loring Sherwood Loring Jones, 88, of Glastonbury, beloved husband of Martha (Carter) Jones, passed away on Sunday, (September 29, 2013) at Hartford Hospital. Woody, as he was known by family and friends, was born on July 5, 1925 in Bangor, Maine, the son of the late Earnest F. and Florence (Carll) Jones. Woody […]

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BERZINS, Meta Alise (Vitols) Meta Alise Berzins (nee Vitols) died peacefully on Thursday, (January 25, 2007), in the arms of her son, Juris and her grandson, Victor. In six days she would have been 96 years old. She was born January 31st, 1911, in the Latvian village Stiene and lived there in her youth and, […]

I knew that the Musteen family were early settlers and prominent in the history of Rogers, so to get the story I asked Rebecca Musteen Johnson to provide some information about her family. Rebecca works at the Rogers Historical Museum and is very knowledgeable about Rogers and its history. Here are excerpts from her story:

Hamass amen chorus is worried about having to face the truth of their evil deeds and intentions, with good reason.

During World War II, everyone had a plan---or at least thought they did. But for every plan put into action, an alternative one is scrapped or kept hidden

During World War II, as Eugene Russo lay in foxholes, he would pray for God to let him live just one more day. At 100 years old, that is still his prayer.

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Bruno Giusti was born in San Mateo on November 24, 1933 and passed away on May 15, 2024. He lived his entire life in Half Moon Bay, first in a

During World War !, in the year of 1915, there was an exceptionally horrific battle known as the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium. During this battle, the use of poison gas by the German Army devastated the Allied troops. Dr. John McCrae, who was part of the Canadian Field Artillery Unit, had a friend, Alexis Helmer who was part of the 18,000 Canadians that were killed in that battle. During Helmers burial service, McCrae wrote the first few lines of the poem Flanders Fields. The poppies are a re...