Category: Community
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Remember When: At the Movies
Read more: Remember When: At the MoviesRemember when Bloomsburg had a Drive-In Theater? How about when there were movie theaters on Main Street? Did you know that not only was there the Capitol and Columbia, but at one time there was also a Nickleodeon on the west end of Main Street? This week we share our memories of being At The Movies. My earliest movie memories are all tied to the Capitol. Remember when it was all one theater with a balcony instead of two screens? The ceiling had the most beautiful and intricate medallion on it — probably a leftover base from a chandelier that…
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A Month at The Bloomsburg Daily
Read more: A Month at The Bloomsburg DailyOne month ago, this story could not have existed. One month ago, the members of The Bloomsburg Daily team didn’t have a place to call home on the internet and The Bloomsburg Daily was nothing more than an historical reference. We were simply emailing each other talking about how angry and confused we were about what was happening in our hometown of Bloomsburg, PA. We were doing what we thought we could, the things most people who have been trying to help could — we were collecting donations, delivering toys to families who had lost everything, cleaning family members’ homes,…
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The View from Here: A New Day at Magic Carpet Preschool
Read more: The View from Here: A New Day at Magic Carpet PreschoolYesterday we talked about the extensive flood damage at the Magic Carpet Preschool and the extraordinary lengths teachers, parents, alumni, and friends went to rebuild and restock supplies at the school. Well, today is a happy day: Students showed up this morning for their first day back to the Barton Street location. Our photographer, Bob Rush, was on the scene to see the smiling faces and happy reunions in the beautifully refurbished school. We are sure there are going to be many new preschool memories made with Miss Penny and her staff. And looking at the photos of the children…
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The Bloomsburg Daily Charity Challenge
Read more: The Bloomsburg Daily Charity ChallengeAs we continue to explore stories of the things happening in our town, we are discovering the ongoing opportunities to get involved and help those affected by the flood. November brings a number of great opportunities to get involved and support the rebuilding efforts happening all over town. The Bloomsburg Daily has decided that we are getting involved in three specific charity events and we would like to challenge the community to join us. We are hoping to see businesses in and around Bloomsburg match our small contributions to three specific charity events that The Bloomsburg Daily is participating in.…
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The View From Here: Day After First Snow
Read more: The View From Here: Day After First SnowThe Bloomsburg Daily photographer, Bob Rush set out on an early morning excursion to share images of the first snowfall in the region for this year. Bob’s photographs are an amazing view into the beauty of our area. According to Bob, “They were taken at sunrise on my mother-in-laws farm across from my house at the bottom of Mystic Mountain just South of Numidia.” A huge thank you goes out to Bob for navigating the snow, the cold, and the early morning hour to bring us these wonderful pictures.
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Sunday Slowdown: On Women, Beer, and Brewing
Read more: Sunday Slowdown: On Women, Beer, and BrewingEveryone (including us) moves pretty quickly during the week. On Sundays, it’s nice to take a little breather. The Sunday Slowdown column will feature links, stories, articles, videos, or other interesting things that our writers find during the week. We will all contribute and try to share things that we find interesting, thought-provoking, and sometimes even a bit silly. But remember: this is community journalism, so if you find interesting things to share, make your voice heard and share with us at info@thebloomsburgdaily.com. If you take a drive around the area, it is quite easy to see that brew pubs…
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Remember When: Halloween
Read more: Remember When: HalloweenIt’s time to break out the candy corn, dust off the skeletons, and hang the spider webs. This week’s edition of “Remember When…” takes us down memory lane to, where else? Halloween. ……………. How was Halloween explained to you as a child? I remember being told the story of All Hallow’s Eve in elementary school music class while listening to Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain.” Does anyone else remember that? ……………. Laurilyn Witherup-Bailey has some elementary school Halloween memories that are funny now but at the time, maybe weren’t so amusing to her: “I remember in elementary school always trying…
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Jack Edwards Remembers Halloween
Read more: Jack Edwards Remembers HalloweenSeems like my memories of Halloween, growing up back home in Bloomsburg, center around the tradition of “Trick or Treating”. Was that tradition just a little different back then? When you were little it seemed like your parents bought you a Halloween costume, but not a new one every year. Each year it went back in the box and was put in the attic with the Christmas stuff where it waited until the next year. That plastic mask might not endure a hot summer in the attic, but often masks came on the back of cereal boxes, I mean, if…
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The View from Here: Melissa D. Matthews
Read more: The View from Here: Melissa D. MatthewsI came to Bloomsburg over 25 years ago. Our first home in Bloomsburg was right next door to Ash and Naunas on East Street and we became lifelong friends with Bob and Jeanne Naunas. They sold the house and business a couple of years later to Al Lenzini, another great man. A little over a year later we looked for a home of our own. Having two children at the time and not much saved we found a home along the creek that was lovely. We lived there for almost 20 years before the flood of 2006 claimed most of…
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The View From Here: Halloween Window Painting
Read more: The View From Here: Halloween Window PaintingA tradition that stretches as far back as I can remember is the annual painting of store front windows along Main Street. This happens each year prior to Halloween by Bloomsburg High School students. When I was a BHS student back in the late 1980’s I remember being allowed to walk up town to find the assigned window that my team and I were to paint. The rules were fairly simple, paint only your assigned window with a Halloween theme and try not to offend anyone. If I recall correctly, Mr. Bonham, the Art Teacher at BHS, told us to,…