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November 11, 2021

Moor or less: Revamped library is a gem …

Wrapped around two walls on the second floor of our newly revamped main St. Joseph County Library is a quote by the famous author…

November 11, 2021

… and who might show up at the opening

Late yesterday, cruising the mail, an alert from the St. Joseph County Public Library in regards to the unveiling of the new main library….

November 5, 2021

A wonderful community that’s for the birds

My wife and I bought our first home in the spring of 1975. It was in the Sunnymede area on the near east side…

October 14, 2021

Remembering a friend’s unconventional life: Both his writing and career took many turns

I usually don’t write tributes. I’m suspicious of them. Too often, I know the person being featured, and their life stories end up sounding…

October 3, 2021

Sara Stewart feeds and unites a community

Sara Stewart’s journey with Unity Gardens is well-known, but it deserves repeating. In 2008, she was a public health nurse and educator when she…

September 11, 2021

More or Less: We remember Katie on 9/11

When Dick McCloskey would be up in his plane for his aerial photography business, he felt especially close to his daughter Katie. “When I…

September 9, 2021

Moor or Less: A veteran’s response to 9/11

Twenty years. Sometimes, 9/11 seems like forever ago and sometimes, the horrors of that day hit me — and probably you — as if…

August 31, 2021

A river documentary you shouldn’t miss

For all my life I have assumed that the St. Joseph River is just a river. I grew up driving across the river to…

August 26, 2021

Moor or Less: A toast to the late, great Red Mack

When writing about former Notre Dame running back William “Red” Mack, it’s hard to know how to begin.   Do I start with how…

August 21, 2021

Moor or Less: I dug it, I dig it

“What are you doing?“ my wife asked with the same concern in her voice that she has any time I have a tool in…

August 15, 2021

Moor or Less: Milt Lee’s dream job with South Bend schools

Milt Lee knows they are laughing at him. He doesn’t care. That’s because he thinks someday he’ll have the last laugh. As the South…

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