The first motion picture Academy Awards were given out on this week in 1929.  Unlike the big hoopla surrounding the awards now, about 270 people attended that first ceremony.  The silent movie “Wings” was chosen as best picture.  Many of the movie stars honored with Oscars through the years were born in May, among them [...]

Flying became more comfortable this week in 1930 —when United Airlines made the first flight with an airline stewardess, Ellen Church.  She tended passengers on a flight from San Francisco to Cheyenne, Wyoming.  The criteria for the job was that she could be no older than 25, no taller than 5 feet, 4 inches, and [...]

Women in military uniform serving in dangerous areas of the world are no longer a cause for surprise.  It all started this week in 1942, when an act of Congress made it possible for women to enlist for noncombat duties in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.  Its members were called “WACS.”  At the time, only [...]

Tonight hosts a city council meeting, and a board of education meeting, we’ve already posted the full agendas up on the articles on Friday. President Obama is calling on Democrats and Republicans to come together and act on his Congressional “to-do list,” which will create jobs and help restore middle class security. In this make-or-break moment for [...]

Meet Me in the Street is TONIGHT! 2012’s first of three free  “Meet Me in the Street” concerts is scheduled for Friday, May 11.  Featured band will be The Konnection Band, a well-known, six member local band, that presents a variety of rock, funk, R&B, beach and country music . The free concert will take [...]

So there’s already a petition to repeal the Amendment One, and also a petition to change the Democratic Convention from Charlotte to elsewhere, and a call in Hollywood of a boycott of North Carolina for film business. What’s your take? BTW, Wednesday President Obama officially announced his support of gay marriages and candidate Mitt Romney [...]