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In its efforts to restore the historic Catholic church in its own town, the residents of Smartsville invite the public to its 14th annual Pioneer Day on Saturday, April 29.

I FOR A WHILE in the middle of the twentieth century, economists liked to model their subject as hydrology. They built elaborate systems of pipes, pumps,

℘℘℘ Anyone who’s ever dabbled in genealogy knows that certain forebears call louder than others – even when they’re not your own. While researching Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson – better known as musical megastar, philanthropist, and activist Katy Perry – I climbed all the branches of her family tree, but became enchanted with Hannah Mulhare, one of her Irish immigrant ancestors. Perry describes herself as a “singer-songwriter masquerading as a pop star.” As one of the best-se...