This Week
By LINDA CHION KENNEY High-growth demand for recreation and event space is behind the recently completed gym expansion at the Spurlino Family YMCA off Big …
Columns
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Bill Hodges, this column’s writer, passed away Dec. 20 after 17 days at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. He was optimistic to the very end—as he had been during his …
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As we celebrate Christmas and other end-of year holidays with love, joy and reverence, there are many among us who are suffering and at their wit’s end. They’re sad, lonely, …
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Our South Shore community has suffered tremendous trauma over the past several weeks. First, we were horrified as we went through Hurricane Helene and then watched the storm unleash its …
Obituaries
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Cynthia Anne Johnson-Hoying With heavy hearts our families are deeply saddened to share the passing of Cynthia Anne Johnson-Hoying on January 30, 2025. She was born on Christmas Day, 1956, …
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Neal Morris Nightingale Neal Morris Nightingale, born April 19, 1929, passed quietly, January 27, 2025. Neal was the sixth of eight children born to Samuel and Ella Nightingale of Oregon, …
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Kathleen Tarrant Kirby Kathleen Tarrant Kirby, who, like tens of millions of Americans, was a child of early 20th century immigrants epitomizing assimilation into the American dream, died peacefully on …
Prep Sports
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By FRANCIS FEDOR Sumner basketball ended its 15-12 2024-25 campaign with a 60-49 loss to top-seeded Plant in the district championship game. The Stingrays were looking to avenge a 7-point …
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By STEVE JACKSON The 2024-25 boys basketball season ended in disappointing fashion for all five high schools in the South Shore five last week. Sumner High, under first-year Head Coach …
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By STEVE JACKSON All South Shore five high school basketball teams opened play in the state playoffs this week. Last week the five squads compiled a 6-4 record in the …