Category: Community
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Sunday Slowdown: How Many of These Things Do You Say?
Read more: Sunday Slowdown: How Many of These Things Do You Say?I’ve seen this video crop up a few times and while I find it amusing, I wonder just how accurate it is for all of NEPA. For example, I know the waitress at the Texas always used to ask “Are youse together,” but I don’t ever recall hearing anyone around our parts saying “Heyna.” Instead they would use “Hain’t” or, my Grandmother sometimes even says “Henna or no.” So sit back, put your feet up on da davenport, make sure youse got fresh batt-trees in da remote control, pop open a couple two tree yuenglings, and enjoy enjoy!
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The View from Here: The Run to Rebuild
Read more: The View from Here: The Run to RebuildOn Saturday November 12, 2011 over 200 people turned out to support the Run to Rebuild 5K, including a team sponsored by The Bloomsburg Daily. Also spotted completing the race was Bloomsburg Mayor, Dan Knorr. All proceeds will be donated to the Columbia County Volunteer Organization for Disaster Relief. The organizers had hoped for a decent turnout to the hastily organized event, by all accounts it exceeded their expectations. The Bloomsburg Daily is so proud of everyone who organized and participated in this wonderful event! Results Top male finisher/overall was Mike Lewis with a time of 15.21, top female Amber…
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Remember When: You Realized What Being From Bloomsburg Meant
Read more: Remember When: You Realized What Being From Bloomsburg MeantThis week, I’d like to try something a little different in this column. Rather than focus on a particular topic, I want to find out what everybody’s memories are of first being made to understand that not every town looks like, thinks like, eats like, or maybe just sounds like Bloomsburg. For example: I remember my first trip to New York City. It was by bus and we entered the Lincoln Tunnel, which you approach via an off-ramp that spirals into it from above, affording you an almost 360-degree view before bringing you down to the toll booths. As the…
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Bloomsburg Natives Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro (Part 2 of 4)
Read more: Bloomsburg Natives Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro (Part 2 of 4)Kilimanjaro. Africa’s highest mountain. Wishing to raise money for health care and education for the children of Kenya, the sister and brother team of Veronica and Richard Smiley, in partnership with the March to the Top Foundation, climbed Kilimanjaro this past August, raising $25,000 in the process. This is Part Two in The Bloomsburg Daily’s Four Part series on Bloomsburg natives Ronnie and Rick. This second installment recounts their climb to the top and the difficulties faced along the way. Part One of this series details the inspiration and preparation for the climb and can be read here. Part Three…
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Bloomsburg Natives Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro (Part 1 of 4)
Read more: Bloomsburg Natives Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro (Part 1 of 4)Kilimanjaro. Africa’s highest mountain. Wishing to raise money for health care and education for the children of Kenya, the sister and brother team of Veronica and Richard Smiley, in partnership with the March to the Top Foundation, climbed Kilimanjaro this past August, raising $25,000 in the process. This is Part One in The Bloomsburg Daily’s Four Part series on Bloomsburg natives Ronnie and Rick. This initial installment tells of the inspiration and preparation for their climb. Part Two, detailing the difficulties of the climb can be read here. Part Three looks at the New Hope Orphanage and the Children that…
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The View from Here: Fairgrounds on 9/11/11
Read more: The View from Here: Fairgrounds on 9/11/11Immediately following the Flood, The Bloomsburg Fair worked frantically to make decisions about the condition of the grounds. As you can see in these pictures taken not more than a few hours after the water receded, what they found was a total disaster. These photos were taken by Harry Watts Photography and shared with The Bloomsburg Daily by director Bill Barratt. We felt as though it was important to share this perspective and make these photos as widely available as possible. A huge thank you goes out to both Harry Watts Photography for taking them and Bill Barratt for sharing…
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The View From Here: Penn State Students React
Read more: The View From Here: Penn State Students ReactPenn State students from Onward State were on location in downtown State College last night to capture images of the reaction following the Board of Trustees’ announcement that both President Graham Spanier and Coach Joe Paterno were relieved of their duties. The images show a University community trying to come to terms with intense changes.
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The View from Here: Election Day
Read more: The View from Here: Election DayEarlier today, Bob Rush set out to capture images of election day in Bloomsburg. We certainly hope you got out and voted on this beautiful fall day. Remember, if you didn’t get out there is still time to do so!
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Will the “Real” Chicken and Waffles Please Stand Up?
Read more: Will the “Real” Chicken and Waffles Please Stand Up?“I know it sounds crazy, but trust me. You’re going to love this place,” Dominic said as we turned on to Colorado Boulevard. Of course I trusted him; we’d been friends for over five years at that point and he had yet to steer me wrong when it came to music, movies, or food. We passed a seemingly endless line of car dealerships, turned on to Lake Avenue, past a few taquerias, and a sad, empty Kentucky Fried Chicken and there it finally was — the restaurant that Dom thought would sound so crazy to me, he kept its name…
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Sunday Slowdown: The New York Harbor Boatlift
Read more: Sunday Slowdown: The New York Harbor BoatliftOn September 1st, 2001, I moved in to a beautiful brownstone in the Hamilton Park section of Jersey City, NJ. The landlords were a couple who lived on the bottom two floors. My partner and I lived on the top two floors. We, like most people in our neighborhood, were daily commuters into New York City on a subway system called the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) line. On Tuesday, September 11th, I had the rare opportunity to sleep in and work from home for a few hours. Everyone else in the house left for the city at their usual rush-hour…