By Writefish Sun staff writer “Over here is our new music box,” says volunteer Dave Taghon as he steps to a table in front of the bar, just inside the front door of the Empire Area Museum. Dave is one of many volunteers who have dedicated his “free” time to keeping history alive at the […]
By William H. Peppler Sun contributor
It’s 8:30 on a Saturday morning in May. Doctor Matthew A. Houghton, Jr., sits in his office at Glen Arbor Medical Arts, once the Glen Arbor Beauty Salon, with a few quiet moments to himself before the first patients arrive. He smokes a cigarette — “My last bad habit,” he says — and mumbles something about needing to smoke when you habitually jump out of helicopters.