Some of our top clickers of 2015 share a common theme. Readers loved our stories that dipped into the collective memory of our Town. We’ve chronicled the restoration of Ada’s Variety, where countless residents grew up buying penny candy or picking up a newspaper on the way to catch the train to the city. We interviewed Rona and Pat Scarpelli in the family Sausage Shop on Bible Street, where Carl “Scarp” used to stand sentry with his apron and cleaver, scaring off neighborhood bullies who picked on kids in the park. From the 1:30am collapse of a 100 ft span of the Mianus Bridge on I95 that took place in an era before cell phones or texting, to the GHS class of ’75 reunion committee who shared memories of a simpler time when 18-year-olds could order a beer at countless dive bars in town. KC O’Brien put it succinctly. “We were free range. Kids today are caged. It’s very stressful.” Continue Reading →
