Letters from home: A historian's treasure trove | Opinion
By Matt Lindaman, professor of history, Winona State University
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By Matt Lindaman, professor of history, Winona State University
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation dug a ditch and didn’t tell anyone, and it cost a motorcyclist her life, the victim’s family says in a new civil lawsuit against PennDOT.
VOICEOVER: What you are about to witness is real. The participants are not actors. They are actual litigants with a case pending in civil court. Both parties have agreed to drop their claims and have their cases settled here, before Judge Marilyn Milian, in our forum: The People’s Court! BALIFF DOUG
Back in the Day: What is the oldest business in Fairfield? (1) That it never moved. (2) That it hadn’t changed significantly. (3) That it hadn’t closed. Tony Wade: Back in the Day Answers flooded in from the more than 10,000 members and they were varied and thought-provoking. Some were easy to knock down, like Preston’s Furnishings, which was a staple on Travis Boulevard since 1957 but closed a couple of years ago and is now a different business. Some pointed to JCPenney, which opened in Fairfield in 1929 but is disqualified from this query as it did move from downtown to become the anc...