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British special effects artist Roger Dicken, known for his work on Alien and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth passed away at 84. Discover more about his career.

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

Roger Dicken died on February 18 at his home in North Wales.

Roger Dicken, the Oscar-nominated British special effects artist known for his work on Alien and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, has died. He was 84.

New London ― The First Congregational Church in New London was a place that held memories for many residents of southeastern Connecticut over the decades. It was a place where they gathered for church...

Yesterday, I got a large flier in the mail about school board candidates. It troubled me, because it was the first negative campaigning I have seen. I noticed it wasn’t from a candidate but came from “Students Deserve Better.”

From the Goodguys car show to concerts including Michael Martin Murphy and Martina McBride, a Honey Festival, benefits, puppy mill awareness and a Scottish celebration, the schedule for the Loveland area is full for the coming week.

[It’s hard to believe King Kong could sneak up on anyone. But in a way that happened to Steve Vertlieb.] By Steve Vertlieb: Merian C. Cooper’s celebrated gorilla was born in the mind of his creator, perhaps, as early as 1927 when his friend W. Douglas Burden, a Director of The Museum of Natural History

Perhaps the best stop-motion animator of all time, Ray Harryhausen—born on June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles—made a name for himself in an industry whose visual effects artists are too often overlooked.

40 years after its release, John Carpenter and the cast and crew of 'The Thing' look back at the sci-fi horror masterpiece.