LightGramsNovember 28, 2024Volume 28, Number 35 Bringing in the New Year is an event in many places. Most notably, Times Square in New York City welcomes the New Year annually with its famous ball drop. First observed in 1907, the ball on the roof of One Times Square begins dropping with one minute left in…
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LightGrams May 2, 2019 Volume 23, Number 17 A story appeared in the news yesterday that told of a man who returned an overdue book to a library in Sunnyvale, California. “What’s the big deal with that?” you might ask. The book was 45 years overdue. The man, who now lives in Indianapolis, was visiting…
LightGrams August 23, 2018 Volume 22, Number 30 A man visited the Mount Olive AME Zion Church in Waterbury, Connecticut this past Sunday morning. His visit has drawn more attention than most because he arrived at 1:00 a.m. While there, he helped himself to more than $3,000 worth of electronic equipment. It’s not hard to…
LightGrams February 2, 2017 Volume 21, Number 5 “The report of my death was an exaggeration,” is a line written by Samuel Clemens (AKA Mark Twain) in May of 1897. Clemens was traveling abroad, and reports had been published of his “grave illness”, eventually leading to his reported death. A reporter had written to inquire…