St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church released information regarding an incident that occurred Saturday morning. More information will be provided when it becomes available. Below is a the message released by the church: Dear Parishioners, This morning, our First Communion ceremony was interrupted when a suspicious person opened the back door. The individual was immediately confronted by parishioners, escorted outside and the police were called. ...
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On May 7th, the Brooklyn Museum was abuzz with activity for Champion's one-night-only exhibit of its "No Permissions" collection. The museum and the brand, bot
Construction of a new bandshell in Petrolia’s Victoria Park isn’t quite finished but the town’s 150th anniversary committee went ahead anyway Saturday with a ribbon-cutting for the community legacy project. Rain in the morning moved the speeches and most of the event inside nearby Victoria Hall. Petrolia Mayor Brad Loosley called the project “a testament […]
No sooner had the statue of Our Lady returned to the refuge of St Mary's
Adam Wurtzel spent the morning celebrating the great work of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and a very special event happening in Charlotte.
Lola Alexander and Ursula Finke both narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz – and after the war were inseparableUrsula Finke weighed less than 5st (31kg) and by her own description was only a “skeleton”, when Lola Alexander tracked her down in bombed-out Berlin in the last days of April 1945. Both had repeatedly, narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz, unlike many of their closest Jewish relatives.Lola and Ursula had become “friends”, as their survivors’ testimony from the 1950s put it,...
Queen Mary and King Frederik may be gearing up to 'celebrate' 20 years of marriage on Tuesday, but some are claiming their famed 'fairytale romance' is over.
CONTRIBUTED CONTENT — Join in the festivities as Standard Restaurant Supply celebrates a year of culinary excellence with a celebration on Saturday, May 11. Enjoy free gourmet popcorn and smoothies crafted with their own top-of-the-line products and equipment. As a Mother’s Day gift, each mother who visits their store during the event will receive a […]
(OSV News) — When Katie Chihoski walked the graduation stage at the University of Mary April 27, she was holding both her hard-earned bachelor’s degree in social work and her 18-month-old daughter Lucia. She is the first graduate of the University of Mary’s St. Teresa of Calcutta Community for Mothers, a program that the Benedictine […] The post University of Mary’s community for student moms celebrates its first graduate first appeared on OSV News.
BERWICK - A suspect reportedly fired one shot at officers during a standoff Monday morning. The Berwick Police Department said officers responded to an "armed, suicidal suspect" in a home on Erhlich Street Monday morning. Officers arrived, and one shot was fired toward them from inside the residence. The individual was disarmed and taken into custody without incident. No injuries were reported. Berwick Elementary School was briefly placed on "cautionary status" due to its...
Albert Stoner first opened “Stoner’s Magic Shop” on May 2, 1949.