Our summer issue is on stands already. Now if only the sun would make an appearance! The theme is Music and the cover is by Noah Jake Bender. With visual art by Daniel Rumbolt, stories about the legendary Peace-A-Chord festival, and an interview with illustrious bluegrass musician and academic Neil Rosenberg, don’t miss out!
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I’M NOT SURE who first referred to them as the “Dear Old” Southside Hills, or if anyone still calls them that. Possibly the name went out of fashion when the huge oil tanks were built. But the nickname seems to have stuck for a while in the early 1900s, a curious term of affection for the imposing hillside that gives shape to St. John’s Harbour.
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