Perhaps it is the chaos caused by COVID. Perhaps it is the growing discontent and political divide existing in our country. Perhaps it is the mounting societal changes that seek to throw time-honored traditions to the curb as if they were rotting garbage. Most likely, the malaise is a combination of all three, but it
If you happened to pass by the Curtin Middle School last Saturday, you might have heard a familiar sound from the past emanating from that old familiar educational landmark. If you thought you were hearing things or might want to experience it for yourself, stop by again this Saturday. At a time when some are
For those Webb Weekly readers not yet born at the time, the 1958 NFL championship game has been referred to as the greatest NFL game ever played. It was the first NFL playoff game to be decided in overtime as the Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 23-17 in old Yankee Stadium on a
“Say it ain’t so, Joe,” proclaimed a newspaper headline referencing baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson’s admission that he had helped fix the 1919 World Series between his Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati. One hundred three years later, I had a similar reaction when learning of the news that the Newberry Little League had severed its
“I am not a role model.” Spoken 29 years ago by then NBA basketball star and now a TV hoops commentator, Charles Barkley, that famous quote has long been remembered and often referenced. Those six words were the opening line of a 1993 Nike TV commercial during which Barkley went on to say, “I’m not
There is a very good explanation for those shattering sounds that have been heard of late throughout the valley. Perhaps not as high numbers as the daily COVID count we’ve been besieged with, but never-the-less many of those well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions that had been made two weeks ago have already been smashed or tossed
