A historian says restaurants as we know them in Newfoundland and Labrador began with the arrival of Chinese immigrants in the 1920s and quickly spread. But, as one descendant of Chinese restaurant owners in Stephenville says, being an immigrant in a small town comes with challenges.
Grondahl: After years of boozy dead-ends, area native seeks new life back home
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Foot traffic is way down in the Empire State Plaza concourse due to COVID19 and has hurt business at Patsy s shoe shine stand.Paul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Kevin Francis Xavier Callahan has an art degree from UAlbany and is a painter who drew this self-portrait.Paul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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The people who come by the shoe shine stand during the pandemic are often homeless people seeking refuge in the dark recesses of the concourse or essential workers in maintenance or the mailroom.Paul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Hunting in the Footsteps of a Waterfowling Legend
The attractive lure of duck hunting Beaverdam Lake and the Mississippi River.
A wide variety of habitat is available to ducks in the Beaverdam area. The rich soils of the Mississippi Delta provide ample feeding opportunities. (Photo by John Felsher) December 11, 2020 By John Felsher
Over the millennia, the capricious Mississippi River has built a well-watered alluvial floodplain dominated by numerous backwaters, oxbows, streams, cypress swamps and soggy bottomlands. Periodic floods recharge and fertilize ancient oxbows and lowlands, creating outstanding waterfowl habitat.
Today, the Mississippi Delta spans nearly 7,000 square miles of the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley, one of the most critical wintering waterfowl habitats in North America.