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Allocca, a longtime Santa Fe resident and former city councilor, died Jan. 31 at age 82 in Glendale, Ariz.

We were extremely saddened and disappointed after reading ("A gift with regrets," Sept. 23). As a couple who both were born and raised in this beautiful city and have family

Wisconsin is known for its picturesque landscapes and friendly communities, but beneath its charming exterior lies a darker side. The state is home to a

From Milwaukee? I didn’t realize.

McDaniel was raised in Denver, Colorado, where she early exhibited her musical and dramatic talent. She left school in 1910 to become a performer in several traveling minstrel groups and later became one of the first Black women to be broadcast over American radio. With the onset of the Great Depression, however, little work was to be found for minstrel or vaudeville players, and to support herself McDaniel went to work as a bathroom attendant at Sam Pick’s club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Altho...