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 …
Growing up in a family with hunters, the fall season leading into winter was always a busy time. From the day the small game season opened until the deer hunting season closed, there was usually some …
Songs, memories, reenactments, biographies and sometimes parents and grandparents occasionally talk of bygone years of school. Occasionally, there are calls to have only the three Rs on the …
Looking at a map of Avon, one sees a variety of naming patterns. Early maps show a tendency, still followed, of giving streets numbers. That pattern is seen on one of earliest plats of the town, …
I could go on and on about the activities that kept us busy on the farm as kids, but individually and collectively, none used up our time as much as sports. This past weekend, the Zierden family …
A recent Canadian Broadcasting Corporation report from Thailand told of a way to level anxiety by analyzing sweat. That is not the first time humans sought to use an “outside the box” …
“Do you want to bowl with us?” Linda Athmann asked me Thursday night as Melrose Bowl and Schif’s Bar & Grill filled up with bowlers while I and fellow Melrose Riverfest committee members …