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Month: August 2019

Back to school

August 30, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Summer’s over Sure was fun Sang our songs Got some sun But days are shorter Nights are cool Time to get Back to school Always comes Way too fast Longer we wish Summer would last But we don’t get To… Continue Reading →

Working for a living

August 29, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Be a laborer, great or small, do it well, or not at all Every Labor Day weekend I either write something about that little ditty or at least think about it. My friend and former colleague Sarellen (yes, they made… Continue Reading →

The cheesesteak, duh

August 23, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I stumbled upon an article on delish.com listing “The Most Iconic Sandwich in Every State” and immediately scrolled down to Pennsylvania wondering what ours might be. When I got there I felt silly for wondering. It’s the cheesesteak, of course.… Continue Reading →

Not asking for much

August 22, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

A recent trip to the Delaware shore got me thinking about something I shared in a blog several years ago. My measure of a pizza, I wrote back then, is how the leftovers hold up cold the next morning. My… Continue Reading →

All American party

August 16, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

The Pittston Tomato Festival features a wide variety of ethnic foods, primarily Italian, but make no mistake about it, this four-day party is an All American festival. That’s what went through my mind Thursday evening when as part of the… Continue Reading →

Ahhh, tomato sammies

August 14, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

The official name is the Pittston Tomato Festival. The Pittston is not there because it’s a Tomato Festival located in Pittston. It’s there because this is a festival celebrating the Pittston Tomato. The Pittston Tomato is the unique tomato grown… Continue Reading →

Beacons in the night

August 9, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

In my column a couple of weeks ago I talked about how much I appreciate the flood lights lighting up St. John the Evangelist Church in Pittston every night. You can view the majestic steeples from various points around the… Continue Reading →

Marketing 101

August 7, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

The commercial proclaims it has the answer to wrinkled clothing: dryer sheets. Look at this shirt. A wrinkled mess. Look at this shirt. Appears to have come right from a professional laundry. But it didn’t. It came right out of… Continue Reading →

A woman’s work

August 2, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

“A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.” I knew this old adage (some say it dates to the Revolutionary War) was true when I first heard it as a kid in the… Continue Reading →

Old? Who’s old?

August 1, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

The trepidation bordering on embarrassment I felt at not only being the oldest person at the Dawes concert Tuesday night at the Kirby Center but also being in the front row, a section commonly referred to as “the pit,” quickly… 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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