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Undermanned, under budgeted and overworked local police departments were facing hard challenges during the first few months of 1910.

I love winter.

Well ok, let me define that a little more.

I love the winter memories I have of growing up in the Midwest.

My favorite television show of the new season is "The Middle" on Wednesday nights.

They say when you get older, the memory is the first to go. But that's not true in a lot of cases.

Q. My father was diagnosed with SVT? Is that bad?

I try not to get too hyped up about days on the calendar that are supposed to be special. Valentine's Day falls into that category.

There are two levels of magic that exist in a sense.

No one could dispute that in 1910, the Rev. Father Francis Brady was much-beloved by his congregation at St. Jerome's Church in Tamaqua.

One of the sure signs of spring each year is the annual migration south by area anglers who fish for shad in the Delaware River.

A couple of weeks ago I ran a question and answer quiz about things and events in the 1950s and 60s, and bragged to readers that I got all 20 answe