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The first time I heard Dylan Thomas’s classic poem, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” it was just after a typically enormous Thanksgiving meal and we were all cuddled up around a woodstove in a New Hampshire farmhouse listening to the sonorous, Welsh-accented voice of Mr. Thomas himself purring on about snow for six days and six nights when he was twelve, or twelve days and twelve nights when he was six. His frenetic, disjointed style captured each of his fleeting memories…

A heartfelt "Happy Birthday" goes out to longtime Wallingford resident Mary Orser , who turned 103 last Friday, December 9. Mary moved to Wallingford in January, 1928 which means this coming January she'll have been here -- in the same house on 43rd and Meridian -- for 84 years. Mary lived here with her parents until they passed, and she stayed on, working at the Meridian Nursing Home until she retired. I spoke to Mary's niece, Rosemary Meyers, who looks after Mary.…

Last week, we told you that Hansen's Florist was moving its Fremont location to Wallingford this month. We've just received word from  the owner, Helen, that they will open on Thursday (12/15). The new location is 4606 Stone Way N. in the building just to the right of Zaw Pizza. Helen added that they hadn't quite set the new location's hours yet, but were thinking 10:30am - 6:30pm for now. Walk-in customers between December 15-18 will receive 10% off.