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When Horses Could Walk on the St. Lawerece
I can only imagine the talk of it. Picture it: the year is 1815, and the St. Lawrence is doing what it does bestโpretending to be a...
Patrick Ashley
Jul 6, 20254 min read
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Oscarโs: Come for the Pizza, Stay Because You Slipped on the Floor
You didnโt so much enter into Oscarโs; it entered into you.
Patrick Ashley
Jun 28, 20255 min read
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Grit, Grace, and Gumption: Moms of the '60s
๐๐ง๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: ๐๐ค๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ '๐ฒ๐ฌ๐จ ย ย ย ย Growing up in Ogdensburg in the โ60s and โ70s, there was a...
Patrick Ashley
Feb 19, 20253 min read
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Fast Times at Ogdensburg Bowl
Being only about a block away from our house on Hamilton Street, it was less of a destination and more of an extension of my living room....
Patrick Ashley
Feb 19, 20254 min read
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A Dusting We Will Go
Itโs the end of World War I. The skies, once filled with the roar of engines and the courage of young pilots, are now eerily quiet. The...
Patrick Ashley
Aug 18, 20243 min read
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The Day the Airplane Crashed in Ogdensburg
Itโs September 16th, 1928, the place is the โburg. Bert Geddes, of Pine St, is stunned to learn that part of an aircraft, the flywheel,...
Patrick Ashley
Jun 8, 20242 min read
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That Time we Got Malled...and Other Retail Musings.
โWeโre losing him!โ cried the nurse. โIโm going to have to reroute the artery around the heart!โ the doctor shot back. โQuick, I need...
Patrick Ashley
Apr 28, 20246 min read
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The Odd History of the 'burg's Street Names
I hadn't seen any documentation in the History of Ogdensburg Facebook group regarding the history of Ogdensburg street names...
Patrick Ashley
Apr 19, 20243 min read
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In Praise of Pizza Hut
Well, my recent column on ๐๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ in the โburg seemed to bring back a lot of good memories for people, so letโs try it this...
Patrick Ashley
Apr 6, 20244 min read
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Round and Round: Remembering the Carnival at LeBeau's Field
Itโs a warm summer night in June in the โburg; itโs the kind of night you only get a handful of times a year, when you are comfortable...
Patrick Ashley
Mar 24, 20245 min read
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Golden Days at Our Town's Dairy Queen
In the 'burg, Dairy Queen was more than a place; it was a feeling. It was the anticipation in the pit of your stomach as you rounded the...
Patrick Ashley
Mar 18, 20244 min read
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Hidden Origins: The Pact That Paved the Way
Itโs 1940, and Hitler has been marching across Europe, conquering and occupying many countries. The world is tense; Hitler is determine...
Patrick Ashley
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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