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  • Aspinwall backstage key to youth theater group's success

    Rob Hanson|Mar 9, 2015

    IRONWOOD - The big question for those who attended the Awkward Stage Drama Club's murder mystery "While the Lights Went Out" this weekend at the Historic Ironwood Theatre was, of course, 'whodunnit'? But another important question to ask might have been: "Who turned the lights on in the first place?" Dennis Aspinwall, or DI as his friends call him, is a senior at Bessemer High School who is focused on pursuing a career in the technical aspects of theater and live music. The often overlooked...

  • Spring skiing means fun in the sun at area resorts

    Rob Hanson|Mar 9, 2015

    BESSEMER - Big Powderhorn Mountain's annual Hawaiian weekend attracts skiers from far and wide for its festive costumes, scavenger hunt and ornately carved snow bar. But in many respects, the crowds keep coming back in search of an atmosphere something like the one made famous by the television show "Cheers." "It's great when you come back year after year and everyone knows your name," said Bill Marklein of Carney, who attended Saturday's Hawaiian events with friends Kurt Dubord, Logan Poupore...

  • Big Top comes to Ironwood Theatre

    Rob Hanson|Feb 2, 2015

    IRONWOOD - Nevermind the fact that Warren Nelson is an accomplished guitarist, or the founder of the Northland's most unique music festival in Big Top Chautauqua. As a man who has written an ode to the very stage on which he stood Saturday night, Nelson's local charm had the audience's heart before he even struck a chord at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. To the delight of the nearly half-full theater, Nelson was, in all his prose personable and never short on an anecdote. Thumping along to that...

  • Local skier remembered at Gugli Challenge

    Rob Hanson|Feb 2, 2015

    BESSEMER - As if summoned by the great skier himself, large and very much needed snowflakes fell Saturday afternoon on Big Powderhorn Mountain just in time for the fourth annual Gugli Challenge. Seventeen local skiers took to the hill in the National Standard Race (NASTAR)-style event to vie for one of three trophies and pay homage to the late Dominic "Gugli" Guglielmotto, who won more than 700 medals in the sport. The afternoon included skiing, refreshments and live music from Gugli's grandson...