This time of year — with graduations, weddings, birthday parties and other outdoor gatherings — people sometimes release balloons into the air as part of the celebration. A new Illinois House bill ...

Let’s talk about balloon releases. Balloons are released into the air all the time for memorials and other celebrations. Often, people organize balloon releases after the death of a friend or loved ...

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Paul Harris, interim director of the Trenton recreation department, recently told members of city council that he paid $1,000 for a balloon vendor. Harris said he hired the vendor for a Halloween ...

The world’s a nicer place in my beautiful balloon It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky.” “Up, Up and Away” by Jimmy Webb, recorded by The 5th ...

My older son celebrated his 13 th birthday in January. We shared this moment virtually with family and friends. As I decorated his backdrop with balloons and he blew out candles on a cake, it hit me.