Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Joining the usual sound of trucks and cars zooming along Independence Boulevard, each Monday at 1:30 p.m. the sound of a bell tolling resonates through the surrounding…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor To light or not to light? Whether displayed on the mantle or the Thanksgiving dinner table, these decorative candles were certainly too cute to burn. Manufactured by…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor A handy book that fits in your hand, this student handbook from the archives of the Northeast High School’s Alumni Room offers a glimpse of the early…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Northeast News Monuments and memorial plaques honoring those who served or gave their life defending our country are often placed in battlefields, cemeteries and parks. For the students…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor While autographs from celebrities may be the most requested, inscribed notes from family and friends can become treasured mementos as years pass. Tucked inside a display case…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Northeast News Casting a warm glow on a Halloween night, illuminated blow-molded figurines once decorated numerous homes after they debuted in the 1960’s. Shaped as assorted pumpkins, ghosts…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Northeast News As trees lining the streets along Northeast’s avenues and boulevards begin to show their fall colors, one local tree has stood above the rest for more…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor A new type of candy named “Butter Cream Corn” contained no butter, cream nor corn, but could easily be shaped to resemble a kernel of corn. The…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor “Every bit of Bit-O-Honey goes a long way” Introduced in 1924 by the Schutter-Johnson Company of Chicago, Ill., this chewy honey and almond flavored taffy was packaged…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor From an early age, Jennifer Gettys Miller knew that her grandfather once owned The Northeast News. “Back then, the paper came out on Thursdays, and we looked…
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