WOW WBA… This past weekend’s Watervliet Independence Day Weekend Celebration was by far the best I’ve seen in the 43 years I’ve been attending.

RIP ANGIE SHOWERMAN… Recently we heard of the passing of Angie Showerman. Angie and her husband Dick were longtime Tri-City Record employees. Back in the day, they were the advertising sales team and delivered the newspapers to some 30 stands each week. You can bet that Dick was driving and Angie was directing and we knew every week where they had been and what newsstand sold the most papers. They were quite a team!

SEE YOU AT THE HARTFORD STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL… this weekend. A sweet time can be had this weekend in Hartford. Make sure you stop by for this happy hometown event. See the story in this week’s Record for details of the many attractions. JUNE 6, 1944… is a special day in our history. It is the day that Americans, with their allies, stormed the beaches of Normandy, France to drive Hitler back to his hole in Germany. Tens of thousands died that day, as just as many were wounded. It was the...