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Local history, personal profiles, and editorials on the people, places, and things that make up the Franklin County, PA and Washington County, MD areas.
Whenever young families move to a new area, a few factors rank high on their list of importance. Neighborhood value, local crime rate...
It is time for the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter’s Easter Hound Hunt. Oh how much I love this event. It will be held...
Want to know why a dog is man’s best friend? Someone once offered ~ ‘The reason a dog has so many friends is...
FRANKLIN COUNTY – The Underground Railroad has become as engrained in American lore as the Revolutionary War and Western Expansion, only for much...
I have a thing for curling tootsies. Yeah, I’m going to have to explain this one. The other day, I walked up to...
I’m still coming to terms with the fact that my son, Paxton, will be turning 13 this weekend. A teenager! Instead of playing...
A friend sent me these words recently and asked me what I might say about them. As I read the verse (Psalm 23,...
FAYETTEVILLE – We all have that one place that we drive by all the time and say to ourselves, “one of these days...
BOONSBORO – “Thoughts of Female Suffrage: and in true vindication of woman’s true rights,” “Democracy, an American novel,” “South Mountain Magic” and “The...
‘The times they are a changin’
Bubba came by to visit me the other morning. I haven’t seen my good ‘imaginary friend’ in a while and we were looking...
Pete WatersMarch 26, 2026