The history of Girardville is beautiful. Modern times may have blighted a town, but pride is deep.
Continue readingПоїсти! A little home made borscht recipe brought to you by the red-stained Coal Speaker
The first night of spring is pretty cold this year.. so we settled in for a long winter-like nap with a fresh bowl of borscht.
And this is how we made it.
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Continue readingA requiem for a Granny: And we think we know who made her
We think we know the history of Granny, only to be proven wrong but someone else who knows more. But … really we think Rod Shutt made her. A requiem for Granny here. May she rest in peace.
Continue readingGet under your desks, kids! World War III or Cold War II?
Cold War Kids have old anxieties resurfacing
Continue readingSuper Bowl Sunday quarterbacking: The Pottsville Maroons in 1925
Super Bowl Sunday … the perfect time to recall the 1925 robbery of the Pottsville Maroons!
Continue readingTHE BOY WHO FELL INTO THE HOLE: TODD DOMBOSKI DEAD IN ALTOONA
Sad news from Altoona.. Todd Domboski is dead at a young age of 53..
He was the famed boy who fell into a hole in Centralia…
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