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A house in Lincoln that sold for $440,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in North Country in the past week.

At the time of his death, U.S. Army Veteran Timothy Fowl left behind no known friends or family. But every student left school that day keeping Mr. Fowl’s memory alive.

“There is nothing as Galway as Our Ladys Boy’s Club,” was how our president Michael D Higgins described OLBC some years ago at a function in the Columban Hall. It is more than 80 years since it was founded and it is the longest-running youth club in the country. It was set up by Fr Leonard Shiel SJ at a time when there were was a lot of grinding poverty in Galway and no recreational facilities or extra-curricular activities for young people in areas like the Claddagh, Bohermore...

“There is nothing as Galway as Our Ladys Boy’s Club,” was how our president Michael D Higgins described OLBC some years ago at a function in the Columban Hall. It is more than 80 years since it was founded and it is the longest-running youth club in the country. It was set up by Fr Leonard Shiel SJ at a time when there were was a lot of grinding poverty in Galway and no recreational facilities or extra-curricular activities for young people in areas like the Claddagh, Bohermore...

Here's a video where you can see the Hunter strip-seeder machine in action in a field.

BOSTON -- The feast of St. Patrick has always been a special occasion in Boston, being the patron of both Ireland and the archdiocese. But this year's March 17 celebration at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross was even more special, coming after a years-long break in the cathedral's usual observance of the holiday.

Brief quotations from speakers at the Inauguration of Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J., as The University of Scranton’s 29th President.