Mark Gage News Today

As of Aug. 16, the Soldotna Music Series had drawn more than 15,700 attendees

Without civics literacy, falsities take root and actions taken that could undermine one of the longest-standing constitutional democracies in the world.

dphillips@post-journal.com Mark Gage looking up at the new smiling sun design Terry “Travis” Johnson painted on his barn in Frewsburg. Johnson is the original and only artist to paint the smiling face on the Frewsburg barn, which started in 1982. P-J photos by Dennis Phillips FREWSBURG — Anyone who has been to Frewsburg knows about the smiling sun barn. However, how many people know about the man behind the design? On Tuesday, town of Carroll Supervisor Russell Payne, Carroll Hist...

The former Scruples and DeVinchies nightclub, West Bay An actress who became one of the most recognised TV mums had some special links with Dorset. Lynda Bellingham, who died aged 66 of cancer on October 19 2014, touched many lives in the area. She visited west Dorset on many occasions and her husband Michael Pattemore once ran the West Bay nightclub Scruples. Lynda, star of the Oxo gravy adverts and a presenter on Loose Women, is buried just over the county border in Crewkerne, Somerse...