Norm Julian and Al Anderson would have been great in a buddy movie. Heck, the visuals alone would have gotten it. There was Al, a kinetic Black man who sounded like a Stax 45 single on the jukebox when he talked. Still does, in fact. Maybe that’s because he once made a sizable ...
Christmas Eve, 1944, the English Channel. More than 2,000 American and British servicemen were shoulder-to-shoulder on the overloaded Leopoldville, a 500-foot, 11-ton, Belgian passenger liner reconfigured as a troop ship. When the torpedo from the German U-boat hit, the top-heavy ship ...
You remember. With its shark-tank social hierarchy, middle school (face it) isn’t a lot of fun for a lot of kids. Unless, say, you went to Westwood Middle School and had Chip Buck’s music classes on your schedule. Unless, say, you were in the marching band he directed and the ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com When recalling the events of Sept. 11, 2001, area politicians ponder the fear they felt that day — but also the togetherness that followed. Here, a handful of local policy makers share their memories of where they were — and what went through their ...
There were no guilt-by-association overtures delivered by Rabbi Joe Hample on Sept. 11, 2001. Back then, the leader of Morgantown’s Tree of Life Congregation was just “Joe,” as he had yet to launch his rabbinical training. He was a guy with an esoteric college education — he had ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com The image of those two planes flying into the World Trade Center on a clear September morning in New York City is not one most of us will likely ever forget. When the first plane hit, many Americans thought it was an accident — tragic, but not ...