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Airplane seat assignments have gone the way of free checked luggage and in-flight meals, as major airlines shift from selling all-inclusive tickets to an a-la-carte business model, offering seat selection at an added cost to consumers. While airlines reap the … Continue reading →

Trains, planes and automobiles are all passions of longtime Deerfield resident Richard Southon. He is currently sharing that love of railroads with the community at the Patty Turner Center. When he was 5 years old, Southon’s love affair with planes … Continue reading →

Dad poked his head out his bedroom door, saw me passing by and yanked me inside. “Help me wrap!” He needed help with gifts for my younger brother and sister. We sat on the floor, surrounded by ribbons and scraps of … Continue reading →

I’ve been making a list — and checking it twice — of things that have been disappearing in my lifetime. Waxing nostalgic, let me begin with encyclopedias, VCRs and video stores. I have included manual transmissions, along with classified ads, … Continue reading →

LAKELAND, Fla. – The pilot of a small aircraft has died after crashing onto the Sun and Fun Expo Campus in Lakeland, according to officials from the Lakeland Fire Department. The crash occurred at 10:12 a.m. Saturday, according to officials … Continue reading →

Richard J. DiPrima Richard J. DiPrima passed away peacefully Nov. 7, 2018, in Salisbury, Md. He was 77. He was born and raised in Bristol, Pa., by his beloved parents, Richard and Frances DiPrima. Richard was an entrepreneur at a … Continue reading →

Air Italy A330-200Air Italy Exploring new frontiers in commercial aviation, let’s take a chronically money-losing European airline and put it together with a heavily subsidized Middle East airline and then dramatically boost flying to the United States, even though the … Continue reading →