Denis Gibbons
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Local players shine at the World Baseball Classic
One learned how to hit in an abandoned warehouse in east Burlington. The other toed the rubber as a kid in the Stoney...
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Mind if I root through your trash? Another coyote spotted in downtown Burlington
The tracks left in the snow by Santa’s reindeer were still fresh when a black-eyed, lean-looking coyote showed up walking west on Lakeshore...
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Perfect day for Burlington Santa Claus Parade
Town Crier David Vollick led the way with shouts of Merry Christmas Sunday afternoon for Burlington’s annual Santa Claus Parade under sunshine and...
Feature
Denis Gibbons recalls how a century-old pandemic affected his family
Tommy Gibbons was a stationary engineer at the Beardmore Tannery in Acton when the Spanish flu epidemic hit Canada between 1918 and 1920....
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Putting NIMBY in perspective
Stu Cockshutt had the absolute best comeback possible for critics of the horse farm and greenhouses he once operated on New Street in...
