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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SNIFF NOTES: Tiny Poodle Mix Finds Forever Home

You gave up on him. Turned him away like he was nothing. They tell me he was covered in urine and fleas when...

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LOCAL HISTORY: Remembering Epic Snowstorms

Winter has officially arrived and with the season comes potential for epic snowstorms. While many wished for a white Christmas or hope to...

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SNIFF NOTES: Dogs: Smarter Than You Think

For people who tell their dogs about their problems because the canines are often better listeners than humans, they might be a lot...

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FOOT NOTES: We’re all one lifestyle change away from a running breakthrough

The last time I saw my electrician, John, he had just come off a fast, but aching performance at the Turkey Trot.  At...

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LOCAL HISTORY: JFK’S Fitness Challenge Leads to America’s Premier Ultra-Marathon

President John F. Kennedy issued a daunting challenge in 1963. Originally directed toward the American military, he asked his servicemen to prove their...

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SNIFF NOTES: Christmas Commercials Hitting All the Feels This Year

Some of the Christmas commercials this year are really getting me. Have you seen the one for Macy’s with the little boy and...

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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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