Category: Featured
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Occupy Bloomsburg: For What It’s Worth
Read more: Occupy Bloomsburg: For What It’s WorthMohamed Bouazizi. If you ever heard the name, you’ve likely forgotten it. I forgot it, and I’m not even sure I once knew it. Mohamed Bouazizi is just a produce vendor on the streets of Sidi Bouzid, a town of 40,000 people in the middle of Tunisia. Think Wilkes-Barre. Mohamed Bouazizi is no different than any other vendor in his hometown, probably no different from any shopkeeper anywhere. Think of a Joseph Lukowsky in Wilkes-Barre. He’s just someone who keeps working day after day to support his family. The one difference, however, is that over the years of economic difficulties,…
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Columbia County Election Results
Read more: Columbia County Election ResultsThe election results are in and are posted on the Columbia County website. The results for selected local races are listed below. Please see the official county results for elections that may not be included. PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 42) . . . . . 42 100.00% REGISTERED VOTERS – TOTAL . . . . . 40,958 BALLOTS CAST – TOTAL. . . . . . . 9,889 BALLOTS CAST – BLANK. . . . . . . 0 0 0 VOTER TURNOUT – TOTAL . . . . . . 24.14% County Offices JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT VIC STABILE…
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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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Say It Ain’t So, Joe …
Read more: Say It Ain’t So, Joe …Please give us the answer and evidence that WE want to hear. That WE need to hear. Please confirm what we are hoping is, but more than likely isn’t. Please say it ain’t so. Did you know? Is there more to this that we do not know? Please tell us that you contacted the authorities and were rebuffed. Please tell us that you followed up with your superiors to inquire why this monster was still allowed access to Penn State University. Please tell us that you went directly to Sandusky and told him what a monster he is. Please tell…
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Occupy Bloomsburg: A National Movement Becomes Local
Read more: Occupy Bloomsburg: A National Movement Becomes LocalThe nationwide protest known as Occupy Wall Street made its presence known in Bloomsburg this past Saturday, November 5th, with a demonstration in Market Square. Organized by Bloomsburg University students through their Occupy Bloomsburg Facebook page, the gathering consisted of local university students and citizens who are concerned with what they see as an improper relationship between corporations and government. Attracting various numbers throughout the day, with an estimated 25-30 people attending over the afternoon, the demonstrators hoped to call attention to not only corporate influence over politics, but to raise local awareness over the perceived unfairness of society in…
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Reporting Election Day Issues and Finding your Polling Place
Read more: Reporting Election Day Issues and Finding your Polling PlaceThis Tuesday, November 8th, is Election Day and The Bloomsburg Daily wants to see you get out and cast your ballot. Before you head out to the polls you need to know your candidates and you need to know where you are going. To help with those questions, we wanted to share two resources with you as you plan your day. The first is a link to a website that will help you determine your polling place. The second is a custom map application that will allow you to share any stories of negative election day issues at the polls.…
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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…
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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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Mayor and Town Representatives Show Strong Front in D.C.
Read more: Mayor and Town Representatives Show Strong Front in D.C.On Wednesday, November 2nd, Mayor Dan Knorr, members of the Bloomsburg Town Council, the Bloomsburg Area Joint Flood Control Authority, the Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce, Rieter Automotive, Windsor Foods, the Bloomsburg Fair Association and the Columbia County Commissioners met with US Senator Bob Casey, Congressman Lou Barletta, and staff from Senator Pat Toomey’s office to discuss federal government support for floodwall protection along the Susquehanna River and lower Fishing Creek. Ostensibly what appeared to be yet another in a long series of meetings with federal government representatives and officials, instead presented a strong, united front of local government, business,…
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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,…