From Yahoo TV: Why was Breaking Bad star Dean Norris MIA during the show’s triumph at the Emmys on Monday night? He decided to go fly a kite instead. Well, that’s one of the things he could have been doing anyway, as Norris missed the Emmys festivities because he was off in Romania filming his …
The East End Beacon has a nice article about postal route markers in this area of Long Island in New York. Following Ben Franklin’s Path Down the North Fork August 24, 2014 If you are steeped in Southold lore, you know about the day in 1755 when Benjamin Franklin, then the postmaster for the British …
Nice story from Pynter.org: August 22, 1762 Ann Franklin, the sister-in-law of Benjamin Franklin, becomes the sole editor and publisher of the Newport Rhode Island newspaper, the Newport Mercury. She had earlier worked with her husband and son on other publications. Ann Franklin, later named to the Rhode Island Journalism Hall of Fame, is considered …
A nice article by Blaine McCormick is online at Forbes.com. Financial wisdom, and clearing up of a famous misquote — excellent!
Franklin and His Travels The Historical Association of Tobyhanna Township sponsored an interesting-looking talk on Franklin’s travels. http://tobyhannatwphistory.org/calendar.html#jul17 The grave of Polly Stevenson is not far from this area; perhaps this association or the speaker, Bruce Denlinger, could be involved in learning more about that.
