Author: Cole Camplese
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BHS Craft Fair
Read more: BHS Craft FairEarlier this fall, Gina Piccini, Spanish Teacher and Sophomore Class Advisor at Bloomsburg Area High School contacted The Bloomsburg Daily to let us know that she and her students were planning a new fundraiser. When she told us it was going to be the first week of December we felt like it was so far away. The Holidays this year are taking on new and special meanings as we all are working to take rebuild so much. Now that we are through Thanksgiving and heading into December we wanted to help get the word out for this new event. Let…
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Holiday Memories Opens at BTE
Read more: Holiday Memories Opens at BTEBTE opened its Holiday season with the production of Holiday Memories on Friday with their Annual Food Preview. Each year, BTE kicks off the season by offering free admission to a performance for a single non-perishable food item. Not to worry, if you missed the kickoff on Friday, Holiday Memories by Truman Capote runs from November 25, 2011 until December 30, 2011. This wonderful series of stories has been adapted by Russell Vandenbroucke and is directed by Gerard Stropnicky. Try and make time for a performance this Holiday season! “Oh my, it’s fruitcake weather!” Miss Sook, Truman’s older eccentric maiden…
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The View from Here: The Bars of Bloomsburg
Read more: The View from Here: The Bars of BloomsburgWhen I was in college I would come home for the Thanksgiving break and get to see all my high school friends. Most of them had gone off the school, but the Thanksgiving weekend was a chance to come home, spend time with family, and get together with the friends that matter the most. Typically I’d get in on Thursday morning and spend the whole day with my parents and sister as the house filled with the smell of Thanksgiving dinner. I think you know the drill all to well — eat until you can barely move and then fall…
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Happy Thanksgiving from The Bloomsburg Daily
Read more: Happy Thanksgiving from The Bloomsburg DailyWhen we started The Bloomsburg Daily we were all hurting from the flood caused by Tropical Storm Lee. While many of us are still working to put our lives back together, the feelings of friendship and community have become overwhelming evident in our community. In the two months since the flood, we have seen stories of tragedy, rebuilding, and hope remind us just how important it is to take stock in the most important things in life. This year I know I am feeling especially thankful for the friends and family that I have around to support me, pick me…
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Sunday Slowdown: Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Read more: Sunday Slowdown: Do Schools Kill Creativity?I don’t know about you, but I just looked up and the winter holiday season seems to bearing down on us in a big way. Getting ready for Thanksgiving and everything that follows is a signal that the school year is approaching its mid-point. I can remember getting to this time of the year growing up in Bloomsburg and feeling that sense of hope, a hope that school was turning a corner. I had some amazingly interesting and creative experiences at BHS, but there were too many times I hoped the year would come to a close. With that said,…
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FEMA Working to Deliver Trailers
Read more: FEMA Working to Deliver TrailersSlightly over two months have passed since the historic flooding of Tropical Storm Lee pounded the Bloomsburg area. In the wake of the disaster, the need to find homes for hundreds of displaced people has taken center stage. The number of rental properties and existing homes for sale pales in comparison to the overall need. FEMA has been working in 14 hour shifts to be ready in time for Thanksgiving at Stony Brook Circle near Lightstreet. The long awaited trailers will allow flood victims who qualify to live in them rent-free for up to 18 months. That is very welcomed…
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The View from Here: Backstage BTE
Read more: The View from Here: Backstage BTEThe Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble has been a staple in our town since its founding in 1978. Their primary mission is to “establish a resident professional ensemble for the production of quality entertainment and educational programs for the region, and to promote the arts.” From the BTE website: Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is unique in the United States and rare in the world; a resident ensemble that has over 30 years of experience together, BTE is comprised of both founding and new members to make up one of the most celebrated groups of artists in theatre. American Theatre Magazine calls BTE “a…
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A Flood of Silence: Dan Bauman
Read more: A Flood of Silence: Dan BaumanDaniel J. Bauman was the Mayor of Bloomsburg from 1982-1988 and 1994-1997, and is currently the vice chair of the Bloomsburg Area Joint Flood Control Authority. Mr. Bauman lives on West 3rd Street in a home that was not in the flood plain before 1972, yet has been flooded many times since then — with each big flood seemingly more devastating than the last. His involvement with the flood wall and flooding issues for the town began when he was a foreman with a Bloomsburg construction company. After the devastating Hurricane Agnes flood in 1972, he became the chairperson of…
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The View from Here: The Churches of Bloomsburg
Read more: The View from Here: The Churches of BloomsburgThe Bloomsburg Daily was founded out of a desire to document our town, to let us all see the sights and activity of happening around us in our community: The Bad, The Good, The Places we pass for years without seeing. Bloomsburg Daily Photographer Bob Rush set out to capture some of these images of our town. What he returned with surprised and delighted us all — images of our favorite churches retouched as oil paintings.
