BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—The Barnum Museum has a collection of thousands of artifacts ranging from the scholarly to the tawdry, just like the displays impresario P.T. Barnum showcased at Barnum's American Museum in New York.
But that begs the question: Where
The late Marguerite Doleman spent 28 years collecting historical artifacts and information on the cultural experiences and contributions of blacks in Washington County. (File photo/)
Marguerite Doleman didn't set out to create a museum of
The following students at Glide High School were named to the honor roll for the fourth quarter:
Freshmen
4.0 Bethany Gladding, Jacob Maurer, Landon Weimar.
3.5-3.9 Laura Addis, Megan Black, Tyler Croissant, Joseph Edwards, Allahna Hartwick, Joshua
The site of a proposed shopping center is seen Tuesday at the northeast corner of Interstate 70 and U.S. 40 east of Hagerstown. At left is the off-ramp from I-70 to Dual Highway. (By Ric Dugan/Staff Photographer)
WASHINGTON COUNTY The Washington County
TOWNSEND
North Middlesex Regional High School graduated its class of 2008 last night at Fitchburg State College.
Graduates were:
Cheyenne Brianna Skye Adams; Zachary Joseph Aggott; Nicole Dannielle Alario; Alicia Marie Alex; Kimberley Marie Allen;
WORCESTER
The Elder Services of Worcester Area Inc., which relies on more than 550 volunteers to provide services in the community, this week recognized those volunteers during a ceremony at the Manor Restaurant in West Boylston.
We simply could not
HAGERSTOWN The Hagerstown City Council is discussing a program that would loan the owners of downtown buildings as much as $100,000 to improve the interiors of the structures by adding elevators and fire-safety equipment.
On Tuesday, Director of
Hoaxes and pranks like the Niblo’s Garden show were popular entertainments in Barnum’s day, with Edgar Allen Poe spinning yarns about cross-Atlantic balloon flights, and astronomers claiming to see bison herds and winged humans on the moon. Barnum’s