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1SHARES The Michigan Shipwreck Research Association captured the first-ever footage of the SS William B. Davock shipwreck. Image: Michigan Shipwreck Research Association. By Lillian Young Capital News Service The Great Lakes region is no stranger to severe winter weather, but the Armistice Day Storm of 1940 went down as one of the most impactful weather events in Midwestern history. The storm occurred when a low pressure system rapidly moved into the Great Lakes region. Temperatures dropped from low 50s to single digits, according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra...

THE journey of a premium rum from the Caribbean all the way to West Fife has seen it pick up two prestigious prizes. Rumburra Scotland Ltd landed the Lux Life ‘Best Rum Award for 2020’ while the Kelty-based company also scooped the organisation’s Customer Service Excellence Award at the same time. Owner Garry Wilson set up the venture three years ago with wife Shona and friend Stephen Macintosh. They are delighted that their premium rum product, which twins the 'best of Barbados with Scotland’s finest water', has attracted such success. “Within three years, we have picked ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is part of a month-long series about noteworthy black Americans in Everett, taken from vignettes written by former City Clerk Michael Matarazzo in his book ‘They Came from Everett.’ The histories of many black residents of Everett might surprise readers, as many of their stories have never been fully told. There are judges, former slaves who become hotel operators, football players and a former ambassador. It is hoped our readers enjoy these pieces as much as we did. Matarazzo’s book is available at bookblues.com. In 1901, the Everett Republican Committee ...

The Martha's Vineyard Times African American Heritage Trail sites added to TrailsMV Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation has added 14 of 31 sites from the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard to the TrailsMV app in recognition of the African American experience on Martha’s Vineyard, according to a press release. The African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard is a nonprofit community history organization dedicated to restoring, researching, and celebrating the history of African American people on-Island. TrailsMV is a free application created by Sheriff’...

[ Editor’s Note: We are going to be mixing in more of our archival articles, especially by those who have passed on, many of them great talents, and sadly we are not seeing them replaced by equal quality often enough. Alan Hart was one of those. He saw some of the Israeli-Arab wars up close and personal, including front line reporting from the Suez Canal when the British intervened. The year was 1967, when I was heading from Berkshire School to NC State, on the front end of my travels. From his “While covering the six-day war between Israel and its Arab neighbours, Hart was the first tel...