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- The Parklane Book Club’s first edition, dressed in the red, white and black central colors of ‘The Night Circus,’ included from left, Hannah Hoang, Claire Dooley, Donya Fegan, Peyton Greer, Harper Mims, Olivia Steele and Lyndsey Turner.
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A great club, from cover to cover
By JANELLYN CORNACCHIONE - After the Classroom
Sat,01/17/26-5:00PM , 1,389 Reads
Three Parklane Academy seniors blasted into my classroom at break. Near breathless, “Mrs. C., we have something to ask you.”
Silence. “Go on,” I prodded.
One continued, “We wanna start a book club and want you as the sponsor.” Their radiant faces read, “We are offering you a raise.”
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- Treasures discovered in an attic.
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A room full of family history
By JANELLYN CORNACCHIONE - After the Classroom
Fri,12/12/25-5:12PM , 1,001 Reads
The word “attic” intrigues me. Its connotations are as countless as the stuff in them. Bluebeard stored his wives’ corpses in the fairy-tale forbidden attic. My Aerosmith’s “Toys in the Attic” album had needle marks from frequent use.
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The dumbest thing ever
By JANELLYN CORNACCHIONE - After the Classroom
Sat,11/29/25-1:30PM , 1,152 Reads
The lone shepherd in the manger scene crashed to the floor, shattering into fragments no Gorilla Glue could repair. In a deadpan voice, my son Brad said, “Mama, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen you do.”
Well, one worse comes to mind. And now seems like a logical time to share what my high school friends bring up to this day.
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Her head’s in good hands
By JANELLYN CORNACCHIONE - After the Classroom
Sat,11/15/25-1:00PM , 1,696 Reads
I have been going to hair salons since high school and not once in all those hundred years did my stylist scare me — until recently.
“Do you know you have a big bleeding place on your scalp?” Carrie asked over the whirrr of the dryer.
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