Nov 4, 2014 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Madison Payne November 13 marks the 40th anniversary of the suspicious death of Longview native and nuclear safety whistleblower Karen Silkwood. Portrayed by Meryl Streep in a 1983 award-winning motion picture, Silkwood gained national attention after voicing...
Nov 4, 2014 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie Corinne Mae Griffith was born November 21, 1894, in Texarkana, to Ambolina Ghio and John Lewis Griffith. She became a popular star of the silent movies beginning in 1916. At the height of her popularity, she was known as the “Orchid Lady of the...
Sep 1, 2014 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Jeff and Hazel’s son, Don Meredith, was always one of the great ambassadors for The Upper East Side of Texas with both his talent and his down-home sense of humor that always seemed to cut through pretension. Dandy Don died December 5 in his adopted Santa Fe home...
Jul 1, 2014 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Lisa McKinney Born in Norway in 1815, Elise Tvede lived a comfortable, pastoral life as an upper-class clergyman’s daughter. After the death of her parents, she married Sven Foyn, a whaling magnate, and continued a life of ease until the suffering of others caught...
Jan 4, 2014 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Elizabeth Branca Longview High School’s “Most Handsome” senior of 1988 is probably not the first accolade that comes to Matthew McConaughey’s mind when he reflects on his accomplishments over the past 25 years or so — a list that includes a long line of...
Jul 4, 2013 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie As people gather in the woods between Tyler and Edom July 13 to remember one of the most horrific days in the history of East Texas, the crowd will include descendents of the Cherokee leader slaughtered, along with much of his family and 800 other native...
