Caregiving: Keeping families intact

Caregiving: Keeping families intact

Caregiving for elderly parents is something that I’m sure most people have thought about. It stirs a very different emotion, however, in those who have had to provide it. While caregivers will rarely ever express regret in providing that care, the toll it takes on...
‘Hamnet’: A stirring fable of love and grief

‘Hamnet’: A stirring fable of love and grief

Movie Review Historians have long speculated that Shakespeare’s masterpiece, “Hamlet,” was inspired by the loss of his only son, Hamnet, who died at age 11, possibly of bubonic plague. That hypothesis was the basis of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 bestseller, “Hamnet: A...
Thomas LaManna ends career with a victory

Thomas LaManna ends career with a victory

Thomas LaManna dropped to his knees in the middle of the ring Saturday night as a wave of emotions hit him like an uppercut. His eyes welled with tears as a streak of blood slid down his reddened face from a cut above his left eyebrow. He sagged to all fours,...
The wood art of Charles Wray

The wood art of Charles Wray

Charles Wray’s love of wood art began when he was a student at Collingswood Middle School in Collingswood, Camden County. There, Wray met Gordon Heimbach, an industrial arts teacher whose woodshop class got him hooked on wood art. “I really liked Mr. Heimbach,” said...