“I thought it brought a strong price. Colonial Williamsburg had been looking for a larger Stirewalt to add to their collection,” Will Kimbrough said on the result for this folk art paint-decorated diminutive or child’s blanket chest, done in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia by either Jacob Stirewalt (1805-1869) and/or […]
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FirstEnergy reminds public foil balloons, fireworks and power lines don’t mix
Jul. 3—BY SHELLEY TERRY [email protected] ASHTABULA — With the Fourth of July on Sunday, FirstEnergy reminds the public to be cautious of potential electrical hazards associated with popular outdoor activities. Celebrating responsibly will help keep customers safe and the electricity flowing reliably this season. “As we prepare for parades, barbeques […]
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fireworks, tornadoes, and some beef.
Disasters are big to the people they affect, but amid all the headlines, they’re easy for others to miss. We’ve rounded up he chaos that caught our attention this week in our new roundup, This Week in Disasters. Chomping disaster: The flooding of Lake Rukwa in the Songwe region of Tanzania has […]
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Arizona family celebrates Diwali with fireworks and homemade snacks
CLOSE Welcome to Homemade, a monthly series from The Republic featuring family recipes and the stories behind them. As Diwali nears, Ranjani Venkatakrishnan expects to hear the sizzling sound of her mother deep frying murukku, her favorite holiday snack, in their home in Chandler. Venkatakrishnan, a journalism grad student at […]