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I struggled to write this piece, if I am honest. Although I just squeaked in for the bicentennial year, it is not as likely ...

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Crowds flocked to uptown Hillsboro for the 2026 City of Hillsboro Festival of the Bells’ return to High Street Thursday, July ...

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Despite not securing the succession, despite being Catholic, Catherine, queen of Great Britain from 1662 until ...

Salem Reformed Church pastor reminds those gathered that biblical passages were embraced by colonists even before the ...

Best known for contemporary stylings of praise music that topped charts across genres, this singer’s new album of pared-down ...