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: Unlikely friends

A few years ago, I saw a video online that really made me understand just how much human beings could learn from animals....

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‘News is pretty dismal these days, Dargan Boy’

Bubba, my imaginary friend, came over to visit the other day, and I fried him up some Pon Haus and warmed him up...

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Nothing makes sense in this upside-down sports world

I’m sorry, but Indiana University is a basketball (and men’s soccer) school. The current renaissance orchestrated by former Indiana University of Pennsylvania and...

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Local history: Capt. John E. Cook, abolitionist hero, captured in Mont Alto

MONT ALTO – The Army of Liberation may not be as well known as their leader, John Brown, but many of them shared...

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Sniff notes: The rule of threes for adopted pets

I found a fascinating statistic the other day that I wanted to share about adopted animals. Now, I know, especially in today’s world,...

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Foot notes: Small goals, many of them, for 2026

When I “got back on the horse” in the final months of 2025, I had a goal of breaking through the 250-pound barrier....

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‘Brownie’ Turner, mechanic and old friend

Robert Turner aka “Brownie” was a fellow who lived in Dargan back in the day when I was a young lad growing up...

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Dining Out:  China 88, an out of the way gem

SMITHSBURG- Sometimes the best places you find to get lunch are found in small shopping plazas while you’re out running errands. If you’re...

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Local history: Chambersburg Main Street, crossroads through time

CHAMBERSBURG – Imagine for just a moment that it is early in the 1800s and you are traveling in your horse-drawn wagon en...

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Sniff notes: Living like a cat in 2026

Well, here we are at the beginning of 2026. I have to tell you, when I was a kid, even thinking about the...

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