Local history, personal profiles, and editorials on the people, places, and things that make up the Franklin County, PA and Washington County, MD areas.
Winter has officially arrived and with the season comes potential for epic snowstorms. While many wished for a white Christmas or hope to...
For people who tell their dogs about their problems because the canines are often better listeners than humans, they might be a lot...
The last time I saw my electrician, John, he had just come off a fast, but aching performance at the Turkey Trot. At...
President John F. Kennedy issued a daunting challenge in 1963. Originally directed toward the American military, he asked his servicemen to prove their...
Some of the Christmas commercials this year are really getting me. Have you seen the one for Macy’s with the little boy and...
The industrial revolution changed the world, utilizing ingenious inventions created using first-class brainpower- long before computers or other advanced technologies existed. To revisit...
Yes, there is a Santa Claus. I know this because I have witnessed it, time and time again. The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter...
If you’re reading this column from pretty much anywhere in Pennsylvania, you’re already painfully aware that we’ve gone through a number of frigid...
Mother Seton was tested by a life teeming with tragedy and loss. But each successive trial revealed a woman with increasing strength and...
We were so grateful that the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter was chosen to be helped by the Penn National Ladies Luncheon recently. We...