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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 best—pretending to be a...
Patrick Ashley
Jul 64 min read


Oscar’s: Come for the Pizza, Stay Because You Slipped on the Floor
You didn’t so much enter into Oscar’s; it entered into you.
Patrick Ashley
Jun 285 min read


Grit, Grace, and Gumption: Moms of the '60s
𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙩, 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙈𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 '𝟲𝟬𝙨 Growing up in Ogdensburg in the ‘60s and ‘70s, there was a...
Patrick Ashley
Feb 193 min read


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 194 min read


A Dusting We Will Go
It’s 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


The Day the Airplane Crashed in Ogdensburg
It’s September 16th, 1928, the place is the ‘burg. Bert Geddes, of Pine St, is stunned to learn that part of an aircraft, the flywheel,...
Patrick Ashley
Jun 8, 20242 min read


That Time we Got Malled...and Other Retail Musings.
“We’re losing him!” cried the nurse. “I’m going to have to reroute the artery around the heart!” the doctor shot back. “Quick, I need...
Patrick Ashley
Apr 28, 20246 min read


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


In Praise of Pizza Hut
Well, my recent column on 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 in the ‘burg seemed to bring back a lot of good memories for people, so let’s try it this...
Patrick Ashley
Apr 6, 20244 min read


Round and Round: Remembering the Carnival at LeBeau's Field
It’s a warm summer night in June in the ‘burg; it’s the kind of night you only get a handful of times a year, when you are comfortable...
Patrick Ashley
Mar 24, 20245 min read


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


Hidden Origins: The Pact That Paved the Way
It’s 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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