The Finlandia Gallery is open again, and the first show of 2023 is “Word Count,” by Bonnie Peterson who has made her home in Houghton since 2009. Back in the 1990s, people had about the same appetite for talking about Breast Cancer as we did for talking about Global Warming, ...
The City of Houghton needs to revise its correspondence policy to verify that letters read publicly are from the people whose names they bear. The City also needs to end its two-year-long engagement in election denial and get on with the business of the people of Houghton. During the ...
Hotel Jeffs boasted that it was new, handsomely furnished, and had every modern convenience. Owned by Mrs. Anna Bowden, the Hotel Jeffs, was managed by J.W. McKenna. There was the Rockland House, too, but it was not as fancy. In his position, McKenna was well-informed on the goings on in ...
“Let’s sway, under this moonlight, the serious moonlight.” – David Bowie I got up from the couch where I’d been watching television and walked into the kitchen to rinse out my popcorn bowl in the sink. When I rounded the corner into the room, I was struck hard by ...
In 1936, a Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget, began developing his theory of cognitive development for children. He believed “only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse.” Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development provided the foundation of how children ...
Christmas is just about over for another year and it’s expected that most of us are already donning ourselves in anticipation for a Happy New Year. But not all. There of those of us over 60 who are confused by the rapidly advancing tech oriented future, look fondly back to the past, to a ...