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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.
I’ve lost the weight, worked on my form, and put in the miles. I’ve sharpened my discipline and improved my diet. It’s been...
Contributed from “Waynesboro – During the Civil War”, edited by Todd A. Dorsett of the Antietam Historical Association, 2011. Preface: This week’s Local...
Okay, so I have about had it with the humidity and heat. Oh my word, I swear the older I get, the worse...
I sometimes believe I was born out of time. I should have been born in the 1800s, when life, though not simpler, was...
Welcome to Local History, a new regular segment of LocalNews1.org. Every Tuesday we’ll feature a story about local history in our area. There...
Some days I’m not sure how she could still love me. She tells me she does and I have no reason not to...
When it comes to wasting time, there are only a select few activities that can chew up a Saturday morning and spit it...
When I was a kid, my brother, sister and I used to play what we called “store” with our junk drawers. We would...
Life really can be quite a roller coaster ride, can’t it? One minute, you hear a wonderful story that makes your heart swell...
Call me a homebody, or even a townie if you want, but once I become local to an area I like to dig...
