Inside Story Hanukkah The Festival Of Lights Explained
Religion News Service covers Hanukkah from its modest Torah roots to its modern close-to-Christmas prominence. The piece reviews the oil miracle, latkes and doughnuts, dreidel games, spelling variants, meanings of Hanukkah, gift practices, and notable songs like the Maccabeats Miracle and Peter Paul and Mary Light One Candle, highlighting how Jews celebrate eight days.
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Temple
Jerusalem
Israel
U.S
Nostalgic look at New Castle's vanished downtown stores
Jim and Shirley recall the downtown New Castle business block before 1972 redevelopment. They list former sites along East Washington Beaver Grant East and North streets, from Hutchison's feed supply to Cur ran and Rainey stations, Frank's Grille, Capitol Grill, and many others. They remember long days, close neighborly ties, and a era gone by.
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Jim
Shirley
New Castle
Washington
Beaver, Grant
East
North
Hutchison’s
Dewberry’s
Curran and Rainey
Shirl Jones
Prentice
Memories of a three generation feed store in New Wilmington
Jim recalls the Furst’s feed store founded by his grandfather lasting 69 years. The piece covers nights at Swing Lobby on East Street, circus deliveries, historic fires, and the decline of feed stores as larger farms bought own equipment. Jim later worked for Kraft Foods Agriculture and co owned Tru Valu Hardware.
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Jim
East Street
Vic Wagner
Rabilia
Furst
F.W. Hutchison and Son
Kraft Foods Agriculture Department
Jack Haynes
Tru Valu Hardware
New Wilmington
Volant
Tom McNickle
Lugene
Spezzuto
Ncnewsonline
Laurel certs honor donors at hospital banquet
Laurel students traveled to Pittsburgh to present their donation to hospital officials. Holzhauser said they will return in spring for the annual donors banquet. He noted many honorees are major corporations and praised Laurel as one of the few schools receiving recognition for supporting Children's Hospital.
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Santa
Pittsburgh
Holzhauser
Helping Children’s Hospital
Laurel
Safe holiday treats for pets and keeping routines
Pet care expert advises using pets as treats like vegetables fruits poultry or whitefish in moderation. Maintain normal diet during holidays and consult a veterinarian for questions. Also warns stress and decorations can trigger anxious, atypical behavior in pets and suggests exercise and pet-proofing homes year round.
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Rutter
Storm Trooper
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Texas A&m University
Chewbacca Sings Silent Night in YouTube Parody
Chewbacca roars through a remix of Silent Night using How It Should Have Ended clips and Star Wars scenes. The video has around 2.5 million views, a 1999 joke by Scott Anderson for a parody album.
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Chewbacca
Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Wookie
Chewie
YouTube
Scott Anderson
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F.W. Hutchison and Co
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