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JIM FURLONG | The March of Time

Posted on July 22, 2022
By Jim Furlong
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*Originally published in our July 17-23, 2022 issue
I am older now and things have changed. I noticed that on the back deck of our home a couple of evenings ago. It was nice and warm, and the sun was dipping below the tree line.
Not a cloud in the

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JIM FURLONG | Older than Dirt

Posted on May 13, 2022
By Jim Furlong
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I was flipping through an old Newfoundland recipe book from 1979 and came upon molasses bull’s eyes. That’s a confection from my youth. Mrs. Power’s candy store on New Gower just down from Andrews Range had the best.
My son, who was in the room the other night, had never

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