'He loved kids and loved Barrie': Well known businessman dies at 87
Known for decades as a political heavyweight, Jack Garner died this week at 87-years-old.
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Known for decades as a political heavyweight, Jack Garner died this week at 87-years-old.
Tears and excitement as children return to their Swansea primary school for the first time in months Parents and children experienced all the varied emotions as a bit of their lockdown ended today Joel Glass, 5, with him mum, Holly Glass, excited for his first day back at Trallwn Primary School in Swansea (Image: WalesOnline/Gayle Marsh) Want the latest news from Swansea sent straight to your inbox?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Don't miss anything from your city! Sign up for regular updates When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you the...
Holly Cole'S band makes an entrance at Harro East Ballroom during the Rochester International Jazz Festival, pre-pandemic, in 2015. For most of 2020, I’ve been working from a second-floor room at my house in Charlotte. Typing, doing phone interviews, waiting for a neighbor to finish mowing his lawn so I can record something for broadcast. October came and went quietly. For the first time ever, no trick-or-treaters showed up at our door on Halloween. October also marked my first-year anniversary of working full-time at WXXI. And doing the math on my fingers, I see that I have...
Searching for perspective, meaning in a thoroughly wretched year While racking my brain for ways to say good riddance to this (expletive-deleted) year, several home run calls popped into my head. Like Michael Kay’s “See ya!” And Bob Prince’s “Kiss it goodbye!” And Jeff Kingery’s “That ball is going, and it ain’t coming back.” Like many, I’m praying 2020 never, ever comes back. I’m wishing for a different ending to “Casey at the Bat” in 2021. I’m hoping there will be some joy in Mudville — and beyond. Heaven knows we could use some after being struck out on cons...