Crisis Chronicles

Posted on June 18, 2025

Around 5 p.m. on Friday, May 30th, my phone started buzzing with weather alerts. This spring has been particularly int...

Posted on February 12, 2025

Every February, we recognize Heart Month, a time to raise awareness about cardiovascular health and encourage everyone...

Posted on November 02, 2024

It was around September 25 that Hurricane Helene started gathering enough intensity to gain a significant amount of attent...

Posted on October 05, 2024

Tales from the desk of an emergency manager ... Opioid addiction has been devastating our state for years, but a...

Posted on September 07, 2024

Tales from the Desk of an Emergency Manager. Episode 3. National Preparedness Month: "Disasters Don't Wa...

Posted on September 10, 2023

Through almost anything in life, the pivotal point of success and failure is almost critical at the crux of communication....

Posted on August 18, 2023

The job of an emergency manager is relatively new. The Stafford act, signed into law by President Carter in 1988, created...

From the Bench: With March Madness Still...

There’s nothing more exciting on the sports front than a packed house that produces that charged up atmosphere t...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: A Look at the Pre-Jamison F...

This should look familiar to a lot of people. This photo is from 1987 and shows the two youth league fields that are...

Posted by Dick Duez
Off the Shelf: March Events and Spring B...

March is here, and so is the library’s highly anticipated Spring Event Brochure! Next time you&rs...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
The Grapevine: Thoughts as Easter Sunday...

This Sunday marks the last two weeks of Lent leading to Easter Sunday. As Catholics entered church this Sunday we noti...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: A Friend to the End and a Fr...

I am not sure of the exact time I met William Howard “Bill” McCartney. What I am sure of is that it was likely in the...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto