5+ hour, 11+ min ago   (417+ words) “True Believer,” written by Richard Blanchard and published by the Livingston Press, is an unusual book in several ways. There are 74 “stories,” each one a single paragraph centered on the page like a poem. The shortest story is only six…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (13+ words) Gadsden Times...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (822+ words) Perils of repetition: I'd love for the Liberty Mutual commercials actor — who I once heard as a semi-pleasant rumble -- to never be hired to speak again. Had I overly sufficient funds, I'd send the guy a million bucks to retire....

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (663+ words) A piece of Montgomery women's culture, grace, society and food history was lost recently with the passing of Madera A. Spencer on July 8 at 105. Got to admit, I'm kinda jealous about that last part. Spencer worked for the Advertiser until she…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (292+ words) A Nantucket gift shop is making a move to stop influencers from creating in-store content. It is unclear why the shop, which sells Nantucket "friendship baskets," a traditional handbag-style woven basket created in 1948 by basket maker José Formoso Reyes, doesn't…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (505+ words) Three days of film and fun are back at the Capri Theatre this weekend with the 17th annual Montgomery Film Festival, Aug. 7–9. Anton Jackson, Montgomery Film Festival's director and programmer, said he wants audiences gain a sense of the variety and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (20+ words) gadsdentimes.com Spring Lantern Festival will return to Gadsden in 2027...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (699+ words) Don't need to underline this metaphor: Some of the most beautiful flowers are toxic. It will poison you. Intoxicating scent. Tried not to eat it, or bring it into the house, because death. Yet in ways both intentional and not-so…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (624+ words) The protagonist, an incoming freshman, runs into a situation where her dorm roommate and her mother, especially her mother, mean to spend $20,000 decorating the room: custom padded headboards, silk shams, a TV and of course a safe in which to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (663+ words) Even kids got that gag: If compelled to tell the world you're smart? You ain't. The miserable, scrawny desert rat had skills: He could mail order. Assemble complicated ACME devices. Bounce back from devastating falls, collisions and explosions. And he…...