Local history, personal profiles, and editorials on the people, places, and things that make up the Franklin County, PA and Washington County, MD areas.
This is the time of year that for me, because I’m older, has become about gratitude. Gratitude is a powerful emotion that I...
Pennsylvania has a forest planted inside its state name. This sylvan reference is fitting, since at its inception “Penn’s Woods” was a 29-million-acre...
It was brought to my attention recently that we have a lot of pitbulls at CVAS – and it’s true. We do. The...
The yearly Super Bowl of politics — Election Day — came and went this week. I voted, and I hope you did, too....
When World War II’s history is contemplated, most minds travel back in time to the Pacific theatre or battlefields in Europe. But on...
On our nightly walks that Dad and I go on, I’ve started to notice the decorations that some of the neighbors have up....
Tombstones that linger atop human remains are designed to remember distinct lives. But cemetery’s above-ground sentinels belong to the living. These Monuments and...
Tombstones that linger atop human remains are designed to remember distinct lives. But cemetery’s above-ground sentinels belong to the living. These Monuments and...
I am reaching out to you all because we are incredibly full at CVAS right now. We have almost 300 cats in our...
The older I get the more acutely aware I become of time. And for some reason, that precious time just seems to be...