The Lincolnton, N.C. Pirate: Unraveling the mystery of Jean Laffite Lincolnton pirate (Source: WBTV) By Adam Thompson | May 3, 2021 at 3:35 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 3:35 PM
LINCOLNTON, N.C. (WBTV) - In the 1820s, pirate Jean Laffite, a smuggler from the Gulf Coast area in Louisiana, allegedly faked his death.
He resurfaced in North Carolina under a different name, an alias.
Thousands of miles away, and two centuries later, from where Laffite made his name, in Lincolnton, North Carolina, people continue to visit what is known to locals as “the Pirate’s Grave” in the graveyard at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.
FALL RIVER All three monks got their vaccines on Sunday.
The same held true for the sole female nun who also resides at the Khmer Buddhist Temple on Highland Avenue.
“I’m happy,” said Lompha Riph, a petite woman who shaves her head in a manner consistent with Buddhist tradition.
A total of 68 people, most of them members of Fall River’s Cambodian community, came through the doors of the three-story dwelling to get a first-round shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Members of the city’s emergency medical services, a division of Fall River’s fire department, were on hand to administer the vaccines.
Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for April 28)
Keep Middlesex Moving has developed a transportation finder to help seniors find a ride to their COVID-19 vaccination appointments.
The tool allows users to see what transportation options are available at almost all of the 40-plus vaccination sites in Middlesex County.
The Middlesex County Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Mega-site, operated by RWJBarnabas Health, is seeking volunteers to assist in the efficiency of the registration and vaccination process and help visitors feel comfortable.
Volunteers of the mega-site, located at the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison, will greet patients and visitors; perform temperature screenings; direct patients through various steps of the vaccination process; provide education materials; and assist with maintaining the registration area and supplying vaccination stations.
By KIRK WINDUS, COMMUNICATIONS AND FUND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
April 27, 2021 at 2:35 PM
The Wolfinger family
The Wolfinger family
Credits: Photo provided by CRCF
By KIRK WINDUS, COMMUNICATIONS AND FUND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
April 27, 2021 at 2:35 PM
The Wolfinger family recently decided to expand the philanthropic scope of the Wolfinger Family Fund and have made possible $5,500 in grants to organizations and projects chosen by the family.
The fund was originally established by area residents Sandy and Connie Wolfinger to support projects and equipment purchases in the Ellicottville, Smethport (PA) and Coudersport (PA) School districts. Those grants from the fund will continue, but this year and the years coming the family decided to also make donor advised grants to nonprofits chosen by the family.
Saving souls one sole at a time
Ashton Graham
My significant other recently mailed his boots off to a “cowboy cobbler” who was advertising in the Livestock Weekly for boot repair. What I found interesting was the religious literature that was included with his boots when they were returned. The cowboy cobbler had done an excellent job repairing his favorite boots, though I had to laugh at the thought of the cowboy cobbler saving souls one sole at a time.
At the same time, I love that the cobbler took the time to include some very easy-to-read religious material with the repaired boots.