The new Telegraph Business page is up on Facebook!

Regular readers of my blog may be surprised to know I have worked closely with local businesses over the past 3-4 years, writing two to three articles a week for our newspaper’s Business section and putting together the “Business Briefs.” Now, we have launched a new Telegraph Business page on Facebook, and we are ready to give you the business! …

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The end of Cap'n Crunch?

A big part of the childhood of just about anyone growing up in the 60s or 70s may be coming to an end. Rumor is, Quaker Oats is planning to “retire” one of its best-selling cereals, Cap’n Crunch. Although Quaker is denying any plans to discontinue the line of cereals, the rumors have persisted. My experience has been if the …

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Comedian Gallagher suffers heart attack

ast Thursday, comedic icon Gallagher was rushed to Saint Marys Hospital in Minnesota after collapsing on stage, but doctors say he should be okay. During a stand up performance, the 64-year-old suddenly gripped his chest and fell to the stage. After being examined, it was determined he had suffered a minor heart attack. Leo Anthony Gallagher, better known by his …

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Remembering George Harrison

Last Friday would have been the 68th birthday of singer George Harrison, often referred to as “the quiet Beatle.” While Paul McCartney and John Lennon garnered the majority of the attention and headlines during the years the Beatles were active, mostly through their experimentation in the studio and their controversial interviews and lifestyles, George was content to sit in the …

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The funniest thing I have seen in a while

In 1971, the Brewer & Shipley hit “One Toke Over the Line” hit #10 on the charts. Later that year, the Lawrence Welk show, in an obvious attempt to appeal to “the kids listening to that rock and roll thing so popular these days,” decided to tackle the “modern spiritual” (as Welk referred to the song). What resulted is one …

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New music from Stevie Nicks

10 years after her last solo studio album, Stevie Nicks is back with a brand new CD, In Your Dreams, which will hit stores on May 3. Nicks, the husky-throated singer, songwriter, and member of supergroup Fleetwood Mac, has had more ups and downs than Elizabeth Taylor’s scale. In many ways the very epitome of the celebrity rock and roll …

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