Bridget Manley

Stories by Bridget

Crocheting program allows inmates chance to help

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008

The story behind how Veranda Auld learned crocheting begins with yarn and hooks. It ends with hope for a second chance. Auld had never crocheted a stitch in her life, she said, until Peggy Bomba taught her how during once-a-week meetings.

A promise kept

Cancer survivor looks back on battle well fought

Monday, Oct. 29, 2007

The realization was slow in coming. When Kim Dilldine was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago, the realization didn’t dawn on her then-13-year-old son, Tyler, until long after she began wearing a hat to disguise her hair loss.