| For 40 years in early January, the Montrose High School wrestling program welcomed up to as many as 16 teams fro… Read more |
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| Glen Hinshaw had taken care of his wife stricken with dementia for 16 years before her passing last year, but th… Read more |
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| Democratic gubernatorial governor candidate Noel Ginsburg has a unique form of leadership that weighs heavy on h… Read more |
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| What a year we have seen in the health care policy world! This past December, with a mix of good news at the state level and new uncertainty a… Read more |
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| A long, long time ago ... actually, more like 20 years ago — I was introduced to "Star Wars" for the first time. Read more |
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| By Andrew Kiser andrewk@montrosepress.com Like with most siblings, it's the older one who shows the younger a given activity or sport. That ended up being the case for two Montrose Hig… Read more |
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| By Amy McBride Editor's note: Longtime Montrose resident Amy McBride has spent recent time in the Peace Corps training in Botswana, and was sworn in as a vol… Read more |
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National Stories | Hi. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all. OK. OK. Thank you, Reese. In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother's house in Milwaukee watching Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for Best Actor at the 36th Academy Awards. She opened the envelope, and said five words that literally made history: "The winner is Sidney Poitier." Up to the stage came the most elegant man I had ever seen. I remember his tie was white and, of course, his skin was black. And I'd never seen a black man being celebrated like that. And I have tried many, many, many times to explain what a moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats as my mom came through the door, bone tired from cleaning other people's houses. But all I can do is quote and say that the explanation in Sidney's performance in "Lilies of the Field," ''Amen, amen. Amen, amen." Read more |
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| | Shannon Munro was being prepped for surgery a few months ago when a Carilion Clinic nurse asked when she'd last brushed her teeth. Read more |
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