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The Mystery of Mr. XYZ
Long dead and still unidentified. But now, a startling development … It’s been more than a century since bank robber XYZ was blasted into eternity during a hold-up attempt at the old Deep River...
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Squeezing Every Possible Mile Out of a Tankful of Gas
No wonder John is shocked! He remembers buying gas for 26.9 a gallon. I’ve set a new record for myself on the road. I achieved 24.8 miles per gallon of gas in my Hyundi Sonata in a test! I’m sure this...
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A New Face for a New Future
I recently read an astonishing news story about a surgical first in the U.S. It was datelined Boston. Dallas Wiens, 25, a construction worker in Texas had been given a new face at Brigham and...
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Are Libraries Doomed?
John Guy LaPlante John Guy LaPlante is a veteran writer and journalist. His award-winning columns and articles were previously published in the Main Street News. He is the author of two books,...
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The Strangest New Year’s Day Ever
… and I never expect another like it All my life, like you probably, I have celebrated New Year’s Day in winter—most often in a cold, icy, snowy winter. Not a Florida winter. Winter arrives on Dec. 21,...
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Did Jesus Have a Wife? New Evidence says “Yes.”
Eagle Rock, CA — Milady Annabelle and I were visiting Occidental College. She’s an alumna. It’s a fine private, coed college, one of the oldest on our Pacific coast. Just a few miles east of...
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My First Week on my Long Ride Home to Connecticut
My first overnight at a Walmart in Claremont, Calif. That’s “Chateau,” my 13-year-old, 180,000-mile blue and silver beauty. Blythe, Arizona – Here I was, approaching this tiny town. Blythe is as far...
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Zigging and Zagging My Way Home to Deep River
Our veteran cross-country traveler John Guy LaPlante gives us another update on his extraordinary journey by minivan from California to Deep River, Conn. All alone on the road, for miles and miles,...
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The Shockingly Unthinkable Has Happened – A Library With No Printed Books
It’s like going to the moon. Unthinkable when I was a boy. But it happened … Now something else totally unthinkable to me has happened. A brand-new library has been built but with zero printed...
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Senior Moments: My Take on Embattled Ukraine
The magnificent Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. I’ve been getting one e-mail after another: “John, what you think about Ukraine? What’s it all about? How do you feel about it?”...
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Adios Dear Deep River!
John Guy LaPlante Well, Friends, it’s time for me to say goodbye to the town I love. I never thought this day would come. Never wanted it to come. I have been happy here. Fifteen years ago I chose...
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