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MAURY THOMPSON Special to The Post-Star This is the latest in a series of columns compiling anecdotes gleaned from online archives of local newspapers. Weather: “The river at the Feeder Dam was covered with a thin coating of ice yesterday morning.” – The Morning Star, Dec. 4, 1884 Downtown: On June 10, 1922, The Post-Star reported that Mayor Charles Cool rejected a suggested message for new city boundary signs because “the good beginning is spoiled by the impolite ending.” The rejected message was: “Welcome to Glens Falls. Drive slow and see our cit...

BY KAYODE KOMOLAFE (THE HORIZON) In his remarks at a meeting with the students of Kankara Science Secondary School released from captivity last Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari said something in passing that is worth pondering about the philosophy of education in Nigeria. The meeting took place on the second day after the 344 schoolboys kidnapped by armed men in Katsina state regained their freedom. Among other things, the President said the Kankara boys were “lucky” to be in a science school with a brighter future of “getting jobs” unlike their counterparts who would major in “Hi...

Due process. so they're providing due process for suspected terrorists and the president wants due process for weapons, and that's not going to go over well at all. i don't think he knows what due process is. i think he thinks maybe it's a beverage, like mountain dew. >> do you think there is a chance that you and your colleagues in the house and the senate will pass some significant gun control legislation any time soon? >> certainly i would hope so, and i was pleased that democrats went there and they did what they needed to do to put the ideas forward on common sense united states universal...

Benefits to sake-excouples. the significance is huge. it's the first time a u.s. president weighed in in support of same-sex marriage in a supreme court. in this case, the united states versus windsor is heard thursday, march, 27. hol lynns worth v. perry, a link that california's prop 8 which created a state amendment prohibiting marriage was unconstitutional because it takes away rights for same-sex couples. we don't know how to court will rule, one thing is certain, march will be an important month on the road to marriage equality. this is your road house. let's start with the prop 8 case. ...