FUNERAL HOMES AND FUNERAL PRACTICES. Pre-canal era. In late May of 1797, David Eldridge, a drover sent out on the Connecticut Land Co.'s second survey, drowned while trying to cross the Grand River.

“I am preparing to be hospitalized tomorrow at Severance Hospital for surgery on head and neck cancer. I heard from my attending physician that the surgery process will require me to remain under ...

A Massachusetts woman who battled ALS is going out in her own words. Linda Murphy has become a posthumous viral sensation for a tongue-in-cheek self-obituary that has been published locally and ...

Methuen officials shut down a second city massage parlor and accused it of running a human trafficking operation on Monday — less than 24 hours after police announced the shuttering of Beauty Garden ...

A massage parlor in Methuen was shut down and its manager was arrested after police found evidence of human trafficking in the building, officials said. Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, N.Y., was arrested ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new Mahjong parlor just opened in Leawood, Kansas. It’s called the Bam Bam Room. A year ago, neighbors Stephanie Beshoner and Kristi Powell started playing Mahjong. Then they ...

Robert T. Wartonick, Maj. Army Reserve Ret., formerly of Vestal, fell asleep In the Lord on Thursday morning, September 25, 2025 at the Rosewood Village at Charlottesville, VA. He was predeceased by ...

Mary Terese (Mez) Feheley of Binghamton, New York unexpectedly joined the Lord on Thursday September 25, 2025. Born June 16, 1956; she was predeceased by her parents Thomas and Dorothy Feheley; ...

Donald Anthony Pascal passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at his home in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on August 29, 2025, at the age of 94. Don was born in Brooklyn, New York to Anthony and Grace ...

Many of us have been told, “don’t speak ill of the dead.” But what happens when someone who caused trauma dies? The notion that the deceased should be exempt from criticism simply because they’ve ...

When the lights shone the brightest, the Iowa Hawkeyes came up short. Fifth-year QB Mark Gronowski, the winningest QB in college football history, suffered an injury late in the fourth quarter. He ...