Author Archives: James Rising

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6424 cowboys and cowgirls went to Cowboy Town Sunday night at the Toyota Pavilion and it was a good journey. The Brooks and Dunn show drove into town, circled the wagons and showed off what 18 years of performing together … Continue reading →

Aggregate Saturday: Yard sales and flea markets abound from now till the snow flies again. Makes these weekend updates problematic. We will persevere, won’t we? – Best part of the Royal Wedding? Princess Kate looks back at the crowd as … Continue reading →

So Tommy Van Soy has passed on to the big diamond mine in the sky. I managed to meet Tommy while I worked at another station here In NEPA. It was my job to interview him for his book “Yes … Continue reading →

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I was up at 5:00 AM today watching the Royal Wedding. I really couldn’t avoid it. It was on five of the six TV’s in front of the treadmill I was on at the gym that is part of my … Continue reading →

Help me figure this one out. Recently a 19 year old woman named Sara broke into a house in Kingston and stole a can filled with coins. She actually didn’t break in-she crawled through a dog door. I am guessing … Continue reading →

School Daze This feature will die when the school year dies. Suggestions as to its replacement are being entertained. An assignment from my feature writing class: Describe something from an early memory. It still makes me nervous. A trip to … Continue reading →

The doors to the concert hall are opened to the public, the soundperson slaps on a AC/DC album for “walk in” music for the crowd. Ever happened to you? Probably not recently as the walk in music, that is the … Continue reading →

The school year is winding down. Yesterday my colleague, teacher and mentor Ed Ackerman said “This semester is SO over” while we stood outside of our classrooms. It’s true that mainly damage control is all that is left in the … Continue reading →