Not my photo, but courtesy of Alamy I discovered a few years ago that traveling from Cambria County to Philadelphia was better by train...

Photo of Lilly Washington immediately after construction was finished about 1962. I remember hearing the machines growl as they attacked...

We will recognize Jack for everything her did for the kids in Lilly over the years. This will be at the Lilly Raider Reunion on Sunday,...

Bob Mardula In July, I had a message from my friend Tony Stopka, a former Lilly Raider football player who competed on the 1967 and 1968...

… unbelievable skein of victories A few years ago, I wrote this about the 1968 Lilly Raiders grade school football team, one that went...

Mike working on the garden in Ohio … great example of Christian charity During the Covid pandemic, many people decided to grow vegetables...

From the 1966 Yearbook … hoping for a joyful reunion We are hoping for another great reunion of the Lilly-Washington High School Class of...

The Lilly Raiders will hold their third annual football champions reunion this month, though one change is in the works. This one will...

This is not delusional. Post-Gazette columnist hated to pour water on the party, but he was less than enthralled with the Pittsburgh...

George and I appear to be sleeping, but we are alive and well and we are planning for 55+! This was just something that came to us a few...

Doc Stofko with former great Carlton Haselrig Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame … a personal recollection In my sophomore year of high...

… the movie may win Oscars, but is wrong historically As an incoming freshman at Penn State University, we were required to read some...

Members of the 67-69 teams from first reunion Mark the date: Sunday, Oct. 22, Lilly American Legion The Lilly Raiders football...

… trying to recover and rebuild Yes, my blogs have been basically silent for quite q while. I started blogging back in 2008, but did not...

Bobby Jr. has become one of the most virulent anti-vaxxers, much to the chagrin of the Kennedy family. Reprint from 2021 … “I love my...

What I can distinctly remember so well about my days at that special summer home at Donegal were the trees that surrounded the summer...

My dad (in the background) with youngsters in West Pakistan in 1966 My dad, Hugh Conrad, Sr., went through many challenges in his life,...

Perhaps no one’s role in the victory of the Allied Forces over Hitler in World War II has been as over-exaggerated in history as much as...

… “a masterpiece of rhetoric” Eulogies are a very challenging rhetorical device, but at times, they can be magnificent. That was how I...

Mrs. Esther McCabe, War Mother of the Year, 11 sons in service On this Memorial Day, do not forget the anguish of the mothers — and the...