Debbie Evans was born and raised in Oak Lane and has been working at the Oak Lane Diner for more than a decade. What has kept her coming back every day is the great connection she [continue reading…]
Thirty years ago, A.V. Abraham quit his job as a health care specialist to pursue another career as a landlord, realtor and owner of American Home Realty Center. The housing market was where the [continue reading…]
After months of construction, Bottom Dollar Food, a discount grocery chain supermarket, is finally open to the public. Located on 6119 N. Broad St., customers were lined up outside throughout the parking lot to get [continue reading…]
On North Broad Street and North Fifth Street there are more than 20 beauty supply stores, which makes it difficult to find the perfect beauty supply store in Olney. From left to right, across and [continue reading…]
In the Greater Olney Branch Library, Veronica Henson, who is in her mid-60s, sat near a wooden oak table reading Maya Angelou’s “Even the Stars Look Lonesome.” Henson graduated, with an associate’s degree in computer [continue reading…]
Men’s apparel costs ranges from $99.99 to $399. Ties, cuffs, hats and other accessories are $19.99 to $279.The store also sells boy’s clothing, which ranges in price from $39.99 to $89.99 . “Fathers and sons [continue reading…]
[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/sp1117olneyhousingcrisis” height=550 width=600] Once again the economy has made a major impact on people’s lives. People are hurt and upset. Some residents of Olney are forced out of their homes because they cannot pay [continue reading…]
Dressed head to toe in many layers, a group of men stand at the corner of Broad Street and Olney Avenue and offer people rides. The temperature is in the teens. It’s the middle of [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/17930802] About six years ago, three churches and a handful of young men set up a flag football league. The purpose of the league was more than just to have fun, it was going to [continue reading…]
When thousands of Cambodian refugees arrived in America in the 1980s, they were in a country where they didn’t fit in but had no country to return home to. In order to survive, they banded [continue reading…]
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