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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.
In 1839, a newspaper reported on an escaping slave who hoped to reach freedom on a train to Boston. When that outed “fugitive”...
I do not know how on earth we are so close to Christmas. It’s like I look at the calendar and think, “Wait...
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...
When Rello Oller was born in Victorian-era Waynesboro, she was christened with a unique name. At first glance, her palindromic moniker (Rello is...
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....
