An old rotary phone purchased from an antique store in Monroe, Louisiana, is at home on a side table in 2024 even though it's not hooked up and doesn't work. BY JAN RISHER | Staff writer ...

Leer en Español On a recent Sunday, Kate Bagnati approached an old, cream-colored rotary phone sitting in a grove of trees outside the historic Ridgebury Congregational Church in Ridgefield.

Just outside Portland, tucked away in a quiet cemetery, there’s a phone that doesn’t ring and never will. But for those grieving a loved one it has become a lifeline for healing.

I loved Jan Risher's column about an old rotary phone and old phone exchanges. Seventy years later, I still remember by best friend's phone number, Jackson 8080.

The old-fashioned black rotary phone is nestled inside an iconic red booth at a serene spot behind a hospice center. It isn’t connected by wires or jacks or modems. It’s tethered to love ...

But I'm hanging on to my rotary phones just in case. If you and your 10-year-old's cell phones quit during a zombie apocalypse, let me know. I've got a couple of extra phones.

He was mourning the loss of his beloved cousin, so he set up an old-fashioned phone booth in his garden with an unconnected rotary phone inside. It helped him cope with his grief. A year later, an ...