Lou’s View
Historical Context of Clinton County
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Lou’s View: DEAD CELEBRITIES: THEY’RE JUST LIKE US!
By Lou Bernard Man, we love to read about celebrities. Any magazine with famous people in it just flies off…
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Lou’s View: STORMING INTO 1903
By Lou Bernard Seems that every time I turn around, I’m getting a severe weather warning of some kind. Storms,…
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Lou’s View: “LET DEATH COME”
By Lou Bernard I’ve had the urge….I think most people have. I’ve had the impulsive thought to just forget everything,…
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Lou’s View:ANSWERS TO ZINDEL PARK
By Lou Bernard As you might expect, I get asked about local history a lot. I can’t get through a…
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Lou’s View: DEATH OF A SCISSORS-GRINDER
By Lou Bernard You know what they say: “The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.” It’s a…
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Lou’s View: THE POLITICAL PICKPOCKETS
By Lou Bernard There have been interesting crimes in Clinton County throughout its history. In the 1870s, the Alley Bird…
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Lou’s View: RACISM
By Lou Bernard I used to see stories of racism, and have a vague feeling of “not good.” I’d see…
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DOWN TO THE WIRE
By Lou Bernard I’ve never really written much about PennWoven Wire. It’s the place on the southeastern end of Lock…
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Lou’s View: THE HISTORY OF THE PANDEMIC
By Lou Bernard As I write this, Clinton County is a Yellow County in the Coronavirus crisis. I assume it’s…
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MEAT THE THIEF
By Lou Bernard Five years ago, when we were adopting my son, I had an interesting encounter with a guy…
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