Tom Blew News Today

OTTUMWA — Bridge View Center continues its Acoustic Fridays on the Riverfront series Friday with Tom Blew performing from 5-8 p.m.

OTTUMWA — Bridge View Center continues its Acoustic Fridays on the Riverfront series with musician Kevin McGinity Friday from 5-8 p.m., just inside the main lobby of the building due

Consumers, keen to make up for lost time during COVID, are ignoring soaring inflation, high oil prices, and pricier airfares to travel this summer.

Uncovering lost Black history, stone by stone Gravestones for Judith Blew and her son Moses at the Stoutsburg Cemetery in Hopewell, N.J., the subject of the book “If These Stones Could Talk,” Nov. 23, 2020. Newly surfaced documents show that Tom Blew, Judith’s husband, voted in an 1801 election — in 1807, New Jersey limited the vote to white men. Amr Alfiky/The New York Times. by Jennifer Schuessler (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- History can seem thick on the ground in this quaint, prosperous town o...

Uncovering Lost Black History, Stone by Stone Sourland Mountain, a once-isolated region in New Jersey, has long inspired tall tales. Two local women turned “history detectives” have been trying to recover its true story. Elaine Buck, left, and Beverly Mills, in the Stoutsburg Cemetery in Hopewell, N.J., the subject of their book, “If These Stones Could Talk.”Credit...Amr Alfiky/The New York Times Dec. 22, 2020 HOPEWELL, N.J. — History can seem thick on the ground in this quaint, prosp...