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

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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.

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What’s in a name?

The Super Bowl is not super. It is also not a bowl. It is the final game of the National Football League’s season....

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LOCAL HISTORY: Fort Frederick; The Story of Maryland Encapsulated in Stone

For its first 150 years, Fort Frederick was a sleepy military and civilian outpost along the scenic Potomac River. This historic stone fort...

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Toe-Tapping for Good: Cabin Fever Music Fest Supports Rescue Animals

So, listen. We have an event coming up that you are not going to want to miss. Our Cabin Fever Music Fest will...

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FOOT NOTES: Making a comeback from Covid

I’m not the fastest runner, but somehow I was able to outrun the Covid-19 virus for more than four years. That all changed...

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FOOT NOTES: Making a comeback from Covid

I’m not the fastest runner, but somehow I was able to outrun the Covid-19 virus for more than four years. That all changed...

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LOCAL HISTORY: July 1864, Chambersburg and Frederick are held for Ransom

During America’s Civil War, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman uttered a famous quote: “War is hell”. Sherman’s scorched-earth campaigns never touched the Cumberland...

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SNIFF NOTES: The Value of Microchips

It happens so fast it, it momentarily stuns her. Titus had lived inside the house for the last fourteen years and he never...

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LOCAL HISTORY: The C&O Canal; Evolution of a Transportation Icon

When the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal’s first-phase eastern section was completed in 1850, the ambitious transportation project was already obsolete. The 184.5 mile-long...

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SNIFF NOTES: The Cats from the Summer

There were 21, all at one time. They had been abandoned in a home and left on their own. Twenty-one cats all came...

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SNIFF NOTES: The Cats from the Summer

There were 21, all at one time. They had been abandoned in a home and left on their own. Twenty-one cats all came...

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