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PORTSMOUTH - We know so many Seacoast folks have missed their library. It’s been frustrating for your local librarians, too. We love our jobs, and the best part is seeing your smiling faces, recommending new book titles, helping you solve a problem or find an answer, hosting thought-provoking conversations or playful story times, and just generally connecting with our communities. The good news is that your local library is in the throes of a spring transformation, like so many of us at this ...

OSWEGO — Mayor Billy Barlow announced Monday that the city has canceled the Independence Day Parade for the second consecutive year due to issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The city, on Sunday, July 4, will hold their a downtown block party with the annual firework display, launched from the railroad pedestrian bridge over the Oswego River at 9:45 p.m., along with a concert in downtown Oswego featuring local rock band “Long Time Coming.” The free concert will take place on...

Jake Deardorff After being closed for nearly a year, Align Brewing has reopened with 16-ounce crowlers, growler fills, and outdoor, on-premise service. Even if you’re a devoted San Diego beer fan, it wouldn’t be totally surprising if you were under the impression Align Brewing had closed its doors for good. Back in the spring of 2019, word got out that owner Andrew Heino was leaving San Diego for a brewing opportunity in Hawaii and hoping to sell the small Miramar brewery he’d opened in t...

"Rising and Other Stories" by Gale Massey; Bronzeville Books (142 pages, $28) ——— In Gale Massey’s new short story collection, characters are balanced on the edge: on the rim of the Grand Canyon, on a diving board above a pool full of danger, on the verge of escaping a loveless home, on the shore of an ocean they might walk into or the lip of a bottle of pills they might take too many of. How they get to that edge and what they do about it propel "Rising and Other Stories." ...

Lives brought to the brink in Gale Massey’s ‘Rising’ Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times © Bronzeville Books/TNS "Rising and Other Stories" by Gale Massey; Bronzeville Books. "Rising and Other Stories" by Gale Massey; Bronzeville Books (142 pages, $28) ——— In Gale Massey’s new short story collection, characters are balanced on the edge: on the rim of the Grand Canyon, on a diving board above a pool full of danger, on the verge of escaping a loveless home, on the s...

Professor and author Michael Eric Dyson joined ASU students to discuss race relations.

February 23, 2021 TomorrowTalks brings the thought leaders of today in conversation with the changemakers of tomorrow Anybody who has had the opportunity to hear Michael Eric Dyson speak will tell you how powerful an experience it can be. That includes former President Barack Obama, who once said that anyone unlucky enough to follow him was sure to “pale in comparison.” Fortunately for students at Arizona State University, where the famed author and one of America’s fo...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Kelvin Wades self-published books “Morsels: Twisted Tales of Life and Death Vol. 1 & 2.” (Brad Zweerink/Daily Republic file) The Last Laugh: My brother Kelvin’s book ‘Morsels Vol. I’ offers compelling tales Back in June 2020, I started a Quarantine Book Club, which is just a photo album on my Facebook of the covers of books that I have read. In the past 15 years or so I had gotten away from actually reading the written word and eased into audiobooks. I sti...

The atmosphere at kick-off was electric: Fans share their stadium stories of Ireland v France in the Six Nations In the second instalment of our ‘Hear The Roar’ series with William Hill, fans recall being at memorable encounters with Les Bleus. By William Hill Wednesday 10 Feb 2021, 9:15 AM Feb 10th 2021, 9:15 AM 2,230 Views 0 Comments IR...

“The Ex Talk” by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Berkley, 352 pp. This satisfying romantic comedy tells of two 20-something radio producers in Seattle. Shay already has 10 years of experience while Dominic, fresh out of grad school, is certain that he knows more. Natural adversaries, they’re assigned to host a program that offers relationship advice from the vantage point of two exes. Of course, they scramble to maintain the ruse when the animosity melts and their romance begins. 4. by Keisha Bush K...