Serving Franklin, PA and Washington, MD Counties
Serving Franklin County, PA and Washington County, MD

Voices

Local history, personal profiles, and editorials on the people, places, and things that make up the Franklin County, PA and Washington County, MD areas.

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Sniff Notes: A call for foster parents

Okay, gang. We need foster parents. Kind of desperately. It’s primarily for kittens. Or mothers with kittens. Our dog kennels are full and...

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Foot notes: Keeping up with the kids is a race in itself 

With sweat pouring down my face and desperation coursing through my body, I kept making passes through the crowd until I found the...

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‘It’s so dry, the trees are bribing dogs’

I read a book once titled ‘Chasing Fireflies’ by Charles Martin. One line in that book always struck me peculiar, it read, “It’s...

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Local history: Remembering heroes from around the region, Part 1

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — As the nation moves closer to its 250th anniversary and celebrate the lives of the brave men and women who...

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Sniff notes: The journey between us

We are all on a journey. Our own, individual journey on this earth, the point of which may not be realized for many...

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Pennsylvania families should not foot the bill for Big Tech’s AI boom

Editor’s note: Sen. Douglas Mastriano (R-Franklin/Adams) wrote the following in support of legislation he plans to introduce. Just this week Franklin County commissioners...

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War letters and wishes of a little girl

Memorial Day for me is a lifetime event that doesn’t end with just one day of recognition and memory. I have a diary. ...

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Local history: Hagerstown’s most notorious legend

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — It was the summer of 1827, and there was passion and foreboding in the air. A young man named George...

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Alumni group plans Mont Alto’s last year to be celebratory – ‘We are Mont Alto’

Editor’s note: Dr. Christina L. Green, a Penn State Mont Alto alum who holds an MBA and PhD, was commencement speaker at the...

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Sniff notes: Tee off for CVAS

We have our golf tournament coming up in June and it will help our animals, so golfers, mark your calendars! It’s in memory...

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