View from just below Burg Stahleck in Bacharach

Dear Visitor:  I thought you might be interested in reading a little about our recent trip to southern Germany. There were eight of us, including our guide, Derek, a German teacher at a local high school here in northwest Pennsylvania. …

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Nutmeg, August 2021

We said farewell to our cairn terrier, Nutmeg, on July 8, 2022, and although she was 13 years old, we were completely taken by surprise when she was diagnosed with bone cancer a few weeks ago and given one to …

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Sgt. Leo J. Waldinger, Erie Police Department; Erie, Pennsylvania

“. . . the entire force, from the highest echelons down, despite the shootings, that the police principle, ‘let the other guy shoot first,’ should be followed.

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Stone monument built by WPA workers in the 1930s, at Zuck Park. Photo credit: James S. DeDad

Zuck Park, in Millcreek Township, PA, has quite a dramatic history. In 1925, John Joseph Zuck gave the City of Erie 20 acres to be used perpetually for recreation. The problem? The land wasn’t situated within the city limits.

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