John Colwell News Today

Oyster River School Board candidate John Colwell answers questions ahead of the 2024 election.

We continue the countdown with players 40-31.

We continue the countdown with players 40-31.

A large home zoned for single-family use was granted a change in zoning status by Saint John City Council desp...

“Is the body of Christ really and truly in this sacrament or only in a figurative way or as in a sign?” Thomas Aquinas, first article, question 75, Summa Theologica Transubstantiation: Theology, History, and Christian Unity, Brett Salkeld Salkeld will rephrase Thomas’s statement, in order to clarify: “Is the Eucharist only a sign, or is it also something more?” If it isn’t clear by that open, this post will focus on a very “inside Christian baseball” topic.  My intent is not...

Wilmington, World War II: A time of love, weddings, and waiting Wilbur D. Jones Jr. © WILBUR JONES/FOR THE STARNEWS Louise Washburn (left) and friends entertain Camp Davis Army officers at Wrightsville Beach during World War II. She later married fellow Wilmingtonian Air Force Lt. Col. George Boylan. Interactions with outsiders energized Wilmington’s World War II home front, exploding from isolation to inundation. Numerous women I interviewed for my wartime Wilmington books...

Area fire departments battled four fires in St. Francois County that left properties destroyed Sunday and Monday. At 10:30 a.m Monday, firefighters were dispatched to a residential fire in the 400 block of Old Irondale Road between Highway 32 and Irondale. Bismarck Fire Chief John Colwell said that crews were met with heavy smoke and extreme temperatures upon arrival. They began attacking the fire, eventually striking a third alarm for additional water and manpower. Flames erupt from the roof o...