Thursday morning, on my way to work, the Alan Jackson song “Remember When?” started playing on the radio. Whenever I hear that song, it takes me back to when Mom and Dad celebrated their 50th …

The 2026 midterm campaigns and elections and the prolonged warm spell seemed to have ended. I don’t know if they were related, but in the last weeks, there were signs that maybe things will …

In 1926, those wishing to see a movie in Holdingford did so at Dreamland Hall, an entertainment venue of sorts for the community. It was the site of various social gathering, dances and organization …

Imagine a time when seeing a deer in a field was extremely rare. Think of a day before you ever saw a bald eagle in a tree or a swan flying to the swamp. Recall spring or fall years ago when a flock …

A blast-from-the-past photo appeared in a text on my cellphone last week. It was a photo of some volleyball players — me included — standing in front of a hayrack the summer of 2004 with the …

According to the data compiled by The Nielson Co. LLC, about 97.2% of U.S. households have a television. A 2009 report by The Nielsen Company stated that between 81% and 83% of households had at …

When Holdingford recovered the punted ball against Melrose following a free kick punt, there was bit of confusion as to why the Huskers had the ball. Generally, a punted kick can only be downed, …

This is Part 5 in a series of columns on activities we completed growing up on the farm. Our mom or dad getting a call asking them if one or two of us kids could go help with some chores at the …

I did a Dad thing: I pushed the pause button on my television remote last week when I was watching a program. After four political commercials in a row — all which had a politician bashing their …

About a century ago, a doctor announced the opening an office in Albany. That was almost always a cause for front-page news at that time. The Oct. 28, 1926, issue of the Albany Enterprise’s …

By a coincidence of events, the elements of train, plane and automobile transportation were front- page news in the Sept. 20, 1951, issue of the Melrose Beacon. The plane’s exposure was …

I am relatively sure that the old single shot .22 we had at the farm as kids was passed on to my dad from his. It was rusty. There was no scope on it, just a bead at the end of the barrel, and …