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Sweet & Hot: Tony’s Lunch
Read more: Sweet & Hot: Tony’s LunchTony’s Lunch, on Main Street in Bloomsburg, is a seemingly normal place to grab a quick bite to eat, but it is a truly unique establishment with a history even just as surprising as its “Fluff Burger.” The origin of Tony’s Lunch and their famous “Screamer” began in Girardville in the 1940s, explains Joseph Salukas, owner of the current Bloomsburg establishment. “Tony Fulginiti was in the military and while he was stationed in Texas, he got the recipe off a man there for the Screamer Sauce.” In 1975, Joseph Salukas’s father bought Tony’s Lunch. “My father was actually drunk one…
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Author Stephen Elliot Comes to Bloomsburg University
Read more: Author Stephen Elliot Comes to Bloomsburg UniversityAward winning author Stephen Elliot spoke at Bloomsburg University’s Kehr Union on Wednesday, 28 March, offering his views on the various modern media available to authors through which they are able to present their work. An author of four novels as well as collections of essays and short stories, Mr. Elliot achieved critical acclaim for his 2009 work The Adderall Diaries, a self-described “memoir of moods, masochism and murder” which Elliot claims to be the result of a relationship. Called a “provocative, masterful, thrilling ride” by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Adderall Diaries was named as one of the best…
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Renaissance Jamboree: Townsfolk, BU Students Ready for Annual Celebration
Read more: Renaissance Jamboree: Townsfolk, BU Students Ready for Annual CelebrationThe Renaissance Jamboree, Bloomsburg’s annual one-day street fair celebrates its 34th year this month. On Saturday April 28th the festival will stretch for 8 blocks along Main Street, hosting over 100 art, craft and food vendors, artists, musicians, local businesses and non-profit groups – plus games, children’s entertainment, folk dancing from around the world, a martial arts demonstration, and even a high flying trampoline performance by Flippenout. In past years, the Jamboree sometimes fell on the same weekend as Bloomsburg University’s Block Party. As a result, the Jamboree never became part of the lexicon handed down from class to class.…
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A Bridge Over Troubled Streets
Read more: A Bridge Over Troubled StreetsFast cars, limited crosswalks, and no crossing guards. To many these seem like the situations that occur on busy urban streets, but for many students living in The Honeysuckle and 500 Club apartments this is just a part of their daily commute in crossing Lightstreet Road on their way to campus. The Bloomsburg University’s student Community Government Association (CGA) and the University noticed this daily struggle and are discussing the possibility of constructing a pedestrian bridge to better accommodate students. This second pedestrian bridge would extend from the Honeysuckle and 500 Club apartments to campus in between the Haas Center…
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The View from Here: Signs of Spring
Read more: The View from Here: Signs of SpringWe asked The Bloomsburg Daily’s photographer, Bob Rush to set out to capture evidence of Spring in Bloomsburg. He came back with some lovely images to share with us that proves the mild winter has certainly lead to a very early Spring. While it is still clear that the area has a ways to go to fully recover from the flood last Fall, the return of color to Bloomsburg is a much needed boost. How many of the locations can you name in Bob’s photo essay? Any of these jump out as your favorites? I know I have mine!
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More than Football: BU Camps Develop Character
Read more: More than Football: BU Camps Develop CharacterPlaying football at Bloomsburg University goes much farther than being just an athlete