Fictional icon Huckleberry Finn was inspired by Mark Twain's real-life boyhood pal in Hannibal, Missouri, Tom Blankenship who was described as a "kindly young heathen."
Streeter Middleton, of West Burke, is a recipient of the Key Award, an annual tradition that goes back to 1935 at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. The Key Award is
GOUVERNEUR — The Gouverneur Hospital Auxiliary recently awarded seven scholarships to students pursuing a career in a medical- or health-related field.