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This is the second of a 52 week installment of a diary my father kept in 1979. It will appear every Wednesday throughout 2025. Monday...

Dear Senor Emery, I have been watching Birmingham's Aston Villa since the days of one of your predecessors, Martin O'Neill. I was new in...

Jared Jones, Paul Skenes and Mitch Keller are just the tip of the Pitchburgh in 2025. If you follow Pittsburgh sports, odds are you've...

Arizona is a land full of surprises: Beautiful vistas, gigantic holes in the ground, CFP games, and DONKEYS! In Arizona, you must...

This book, created by the editors of The World Book Encyclopedia, is intended to serve as both a diary of day to day events and a place...

Am I supposed to be shocked When violence begets violence? When the one who weaves hatred Like a fine tapestry Bleeds red into the fabric...

By Shawn K. Inlow I was sitting in Jared Ricotta's office over in The Swamp. That would be the Penn-Highlands healthcare facility near...

I met a man who The last ten years weren't too kind to Goin' in to vote Bought a sword from me A million years ago at Wildwood He could...

I'm a bit of a civics nerd and have had many civic-centered jobs. You might say my life's work, from small-town newsman, to state...

There is this dog... That I have seen ... Sitting for days... Opposite 706 Old Town Road... He is always there, and I've become quite...

This weekend, something that we've never seen before is happening. Southern California is under a tropical storm warning. In a new shade...

I almost don't know where to start. A lot of this is going to be wrong, but it is from my memory. I am hoping this article starts...

The Free Shouting from the hilltop Come on like a saviour Looked like the messiah I saw bombs on teevee I watched the candle burn Hatred...

Today, I wanna talk to you about a really great film I just saw. Really evocative. Maybe I'm gonna write a StoneMan song about it. The...

The Philipsburg LaunchPad: lighting a spark of life amid the dust of an exhausted coal town. LIVE, LOCAL and ORIGINAL. That's what we...

"This is Elk Creek Copper Ale. It's real good." Stone Man and The Philipsburg LaunchPad were out on the prowl looking for gigs in the...

Some people have been catching the great jam-band, Phish, for decades! But Phish can be SO far away from you! The Philipsburg LaunchPad...

I have an old-fashioned Netflix DVD queue that is 429 films deep. It is a wonderland! Let's explore. A few years ago, Netflix tried to...

The Jaded Lips, David Applas, Hunter Karns and Michael Wertz, are opening for The Clarks at Stage West in State College Saturday. It's a...

It's another rainy Friday night here at the Philipsburg LaunchPad and it's taken me all week to recover from the bang-a-gong sell-out...