Homer Opinion
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The Homer Cycling Club would like to extend our warmest thank-you to the dashing Mr. Homer (formally Lucas Thoning) of this year’s Winter Carnival for donating the prize money to our organization. Remember, when you ride a bike, you get to dance in the streets every day of the year. Kim Mc...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 6:11pm -
Even in the dark cold winter, we are warmed and loved by the love-letter season. Here is one of hundreds of love letters which Brother Asaiah sent to the Homer newspapers over the years: “The high powered psychic atmosphere that pulsates in the aura of our beautiful Hamlet by the s...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 6:10pm -
You may have heard or read in these pages that there is a plan to build a statue of Brother Asaiah and to anchor it to the top of the rock at WKFL Park. Some folks think this is a great idea, and that the park is the right place for it. Others are not so sure Brother Asaiah would have been hap...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 6:09pm -
Our family relies upon quality childcare to make living and working in Homer possible. Homer is fortunate to have a number of quality childcare providers, but there are gaps in care for certain age groups, and serious shortages for other age groups. There is simply more demand for childcare than the...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 6:09pm -
Last Wednesday the Homer Advisory Planning Commission set an unfortunate precedent with regards to the availability of childcare in our community. I had applied for a conditional use permit in order to build a new home for Smallpond Childcare on the undeveloped end of Noview Avenue. Four commi...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 6:09pm -
When you visit paradise, the last few hours of your last day you begin to feel a sense of regret. Did you stay long enough? What did you miss while on the island? Did you squeeze every last sight, sound, smell, taste and sunset out of your brief stay? ...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 10:59am -
Hockey bags are big. They hold a lot of gear. You could fit a whole person in one of those things. Imagine how many groceries it would take to fill not only one, but three of them. We saw it recently. ...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 10:54am -
I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to The Homer Farmers Market Board of Directors, for their decision to include us (L.O.V.E. Local Organic Vegetables and Edibles) as a recipient of the 2013 HFM grant. ...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 10:54am -
Something is as upside down as the weather. We have somebody funding one of the state’s best sculptors to create a sculpture of Asaiah Bates who was one of Homer’s most famous and beloved residents in his life. We have a public park that Asaiah donated the land for in the middle of town.We are a...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 10:53am -
Dear English Bay Tribal Council, ...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 10:53am
