—-Poets Who Perform—- By Marjorie J. Hurst Last month for Women’s History Month, I was privileged to introduce you to three remarkably talented, young female poets, Lynnette Elizabeth Johnson, Latoya Bosworth (Brenda’s Child) and Crystal Senter-Brown: The Three Divas. And this month, in celebration of National Poetry Month, we continue our focus on these gifted,…

—By Frederick A. Hurst— I can’t recall when I first met Raymond (Ray) Berry. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere though he soon became so well known in Springfield that it seemed he had been around forever. In fact, Ray Berry was born and raised in New Jersey as an only child and…

—By Frederick A. Hurst—- You wouldn’t know much about the human side of Dr. Mark Keroack by reading his resume. It’s a very technical resume written in a unique style that conveys much about his professional accomplishments but little about him as a person unless you read between the lines. It is not only well…