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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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LOCAL HISTORY: Waynesboro’s Manufacturing Titans Celebrated at Industrial Museum

The industrial revolution changed the world, utilizing ingenious inventions created using first-class brainpower- long before computers or other advanced technologies existed. To revisit...

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SNIFF NOTES: Santa Claus Lives

Yes, there is a Santa Claus. I know this because I have witnessed it, time and time again. The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter...

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FOOT NOTES: Chipping away at the frozen realm of winter running

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...

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LOCAL HISTORY: Mother Seton; Overcoming Tragedy to Become America’s First Saint

Mother Seton was tested by a life teeming with tragedy and loss. But each successive trial revealed a woman with increasing strength and...

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SNIFF NOTES: CVAS Receives Generous Donation from Penn National Ladies Luncheon

We were so grateful that the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter was chosen to be helped by the Penn National Ladies Luncheon recently. We...

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SNIFF NOTES: CVAS Receives Generous Donation from Penn National Ladies Luncheon

We were so grateful that the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter was chosen to be helped by the Penn National Ladies Luncheon recently. We...

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LOCAL HISTORY: When the Underground Railroad Crossed the Mason-Dixon Line

In 1839, a newspaper reported on an escaping slave who hoped to reach freedom on a train to Boston. When that outed “fugitive”...

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SNIFF NOTES: CVAS to hold annual Christmas Open House

I do not know how on earth we are so close to Christmas. It’s like I look at the calendar and think, “Wait...

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FOOT NOTES: After the Turkey Trot, it’s time to make a decision

You’ve done it.  You braved the frigid race paths on Thanksgiving morning and put your best steps forward, zig-zagging through hundreds of competitors...

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LOCAL HISTORY: Rello Oller- Looking Back at a Woman who Paid it Forward

When Rello Oller was born in Victorian-era Waynesboro, she was christened with a unique name. At first glance, her palindromic moniker (Rello is...

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