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Month: February 2015

Tony Timonte’s death makes years melt away

February 27, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I bumped into Dr. Sam Rizzo at General Hospital the week before last and in the course of our conversation he brought up remembering a little boy in the yard next-door when he was just a tyke and how the… Continue Reading →

Dr. Sam Rizzo, Tony Timonte

Oscars ‘Foster’ fond memories

February 25, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

You don’t forget a name like Foster Ritchie. And I am lucky enough to have two of them to not forget. I met Foster Sr. first. He showed up in my backyard the very day I moved into a home… Continue Reading →

‘Snow day’ a tough call

February 20, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

What ever happened to Doppler Radar? That’s what I want to know. All we hear about now are American models and European models, and which will prove correct. Not that Doppler Radar was all that impressive. I recall thinking when… Continue Reading →

Can’t be vain on Ash Wednesday

February 17, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

My Uncle Eddie happened to be visiting a few years ago on Ash Wednesday, and as I donned my coat and told him I had to excuse myself because I was off to church to get ashes, he quipped, “Well,… Continue Reading →

Ash Wednesday

Love is silly

February 13, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Love is silly. If you don’t believe me, you haven’t been shopping for valentines. It’s difficult not to feel silly when buying a card with a cute little bunny, or puppy, or kitty cat expressing your “wuv” for your sweetheart.… Continue Reading →

Love

Big Gene

February 11, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

“Are you Ackerman?” Gene Guarilia asked after working his way through a crowd in the back yard of Thomas R. Kelly’s home in Duryea, surprisingly in search of me. I did not have to ask who he was. He was… Continue Reading →

Boston Celtics, Gene Guarilia, Pittston Area

An ‘ode’ to comfort food

February 6, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

If summer came right after Christmas how trim and fit I might be. I’d eat berries for breakfast, salads for lunch and then tackle un-trimming the tree. I’d pull on my gym shorts and sneakers and off I’d go for… Continue Reading →

Good advice from Mary C. Granahan

February 4, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

“You learn a lot in 100 years” was the theme of Dodge’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial. To tie in with Dodge’s own 100th anniversary, the commercial featured centenarians giving advice on how to live to such a ripe old age.… Continue Reading →

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Ed Ackerman Ed Ackerman, a consulting editor and columnist for the Greater Pittston Progress, has served the people of Greater Pittston for 48 years, starting in the newspaper field at age 17. The Pittston resident will share his thoughts in this blog and in a weekly column published in the Progress. greaterpittstonprogress.com

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