William Miller

Mitch Miller dies at 99; musical innovator and host of 'Sing Along With Mitch'

2010-08-02 13:44:00

Mitch Miller, who helped shape musical tastes in the 1950s and early '60s as the head of the popular music division at Columbia Records and hosted the hit "Sing Along With Mitch" TV show in the early '60s while becoming one of the era's most...

Richard Steinheimer dies at 81; pre-eminent railroad photographer

2011-05-22 00:00:00

Richard Steinheimer, a master of railroad photography whose poetic images documented a half-century of trains and the landscape of the American West, has died. He was 81. Steinheimer died May 4 at his Sacramento home of Alzheimer's disease, said his...

'Birther' blather lives on

2011-04-30 00:00:00

President Obama's decision this week to present a documentary rebuttal to stubborn suspicions that he was not born in the United States — and, therefore, is not a legitimate chief executive — is a sobering reminder that, for a significant...

Should We Be Worried About 6-6-06?

2006-05-23 00:00:00

The last time the end of the world was at hand, the weather was just fair, but in a warning to the heathens, temperatures in Los Angeles were rising. The mayor threatened to depose a political boss in a primary. Police braced for anarchists and Reds to...

Group spent $160K to get Md. same-sex marriage law to a vote

2012-07-19 17:01:00

Much more money flowed through two successful statewide petition drives this year than a similar effort last year. The Maryland Marriage Alliance spent more than $160,000 on collecting enough signatures to force a referendum on Maryland’s new same-...

All-Northern Lakes honor squads announced

2012-06-26 00:32:00

Dozens of players from area schools were named to the All-Northern Lakes Conference baseball, softball and golf teams for the 2012 season. SOFTBALL First-team Alanson: Alyssa Graham, Becky Madden. Boyne Falls: Kirsten Matelski, Calsey Matelski....

Baseball: Northmen bounce back, win nightcap

2012-05-09 01:17:00

SAULT STE. MARIE — Petoskey’s win streak came to an end. Then, the Northmen started another. Hunter Stinger had two hits and drove in two runs to back the three-hit pitching of Jordon Smith as the Northmen defeated Sault Ste. Marie, 8-2,...

Baseball: Swordsmen sweep, wrap up sixth consecutive Northern Lakes title

2012-05-21 02:29:00

HARBOR SPRINGS — Jake Ellis struck out 11 in the opener and Mark Duran fanned eight in the nightcap Friday as Harbor Light Christian swept Alanson, 13-6, 4-2, to wrap up the Northern Lakes Conference baseball championship. It was the sixth...

Baseball: Sweep lifts East Jordan to 6-2 in Lake Michigan Conference

2012-04-30 02:11:00

KALKASKA — Matt Bolser had three hits and three RBI in the opener and was the winning pitcher in the nightcap Friday, leading East Jordan to a 6-0, 7-2 Lake Michigan Conference baseball sweep of Kalkaska. The wins lifted East Jordan to 9-3 overall,...

Pages from the Past: Several students injured after car collides with school bus

2012-03-28 00:00:00

An article in the March 26, 1936 edition of The Catonsville Herald and Baltimore Countian reported on a weekday afternoon accident in which a school bus was overturned and a car destroyed. Six children were injured as were the two occupants of the car. A...

Vehicles & iPads issued to Gloucester schools staff, others

2012-03-22 11:11:00

Seven Gloucester Public School System employees, some of whom live as far away as Newport News or Williamsburg, receive vehicles to drive to and from work. Here's a list of those employees and their vehicles: --Superintendent Ben Kiser, 2007 Buick...

High school boys swimming: Carroll, Northridge duo excel

2012-02-25 00:00:00

From left, William Miller , Joseph Maltese, David Jones and Craig France, Poly seniors, run a lab test.

2009-03-12 08:24:07

William Miller stars in this new adaptation of Charles Dickens ' "Oliver Twist."

2009-02-12 11:00:57

Fed chief & Treasury secretary G. William Miller, March 17 G. William Miller, a businessman and investment banker who was chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and Treasury secretary under President Jimmy Carter and directed the the Chrysler Corp.

2006-03-21 00:00:00