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Letter: Remembering Jan Swoope By Frances Hairston • 13 hours ago Thank you Slim Smith and Peter Imes for the beautiful tributes you wrote in Thursday’s paper about a very special lady, Jan Swoope. Jan came to my house in 2015 to interview and take pictures of my art for an upcoming art exhibit. Jan was right there at the military museum in 2018 when I asked her to write an article about the museum and the task the Daughters of the American Revolution had undertaken. Always, Jan was very a...

Letter: Agrees with columnist: Plans would help voters choose among candidates with similar goals By Bill Gillmore • 3 hours ago Leslie Sorrell missed the point of Slim Smith’s column entirely, or so it seems to me. The columnist asserted a correlation between voter involvement and a choice of detailed programs to address our common problems. He did not attack the candidates, nor did he denigrate anyone. He goes so far as to write, “after the June 8 general election, those who form our c...

RENOWNED reggae historian Roger Steffens is blasting local authorities for the absence of...

The first track you played on repeat? Many Men by 50 Cent. I remember rapping the lyrics to Rakeem at community centre one Summer claiming they were my lyrics haha! ‘He got hit like I got hit but he ain’t fucking breathing!’ A song that defines the teenage you? Weed by Jehst. One record you would keep forever? My Conversation by Slim Smith 7". I played this out to see the eternal image of my mate Harry grinning ear to ear with a spliff in his mits. A song lyric that has inspired you? "Ev...