Serving Franklin, PA and Washington, MD Counties
Serving Franklin County, PA and Washington County, MD

Voices

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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HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: Parenting, drawing circles and making moments

Being a mom is my favorite role.  Being a mom is also my hardest role.  As my girls have grown older they have...

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HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: Tea time offers sweet opportunity

For years, I have been a coffee drinker.  It doesn’t have to be Starbucks, but it does have to be in my mug...

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WORD ON THE STREET: Looking back on 2021

By Bill Kohler 2021, where do I begin? Should we begin with the elephant in the room who roared to life in 2020...

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HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: Goals. Resolutions. Changes. Wishes. Promises.

What is it about a new year that makes us feel like we can take on the world? I’ll be honest. I often...

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HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: Winter Break, I have been waiting for you. 

I am one of the lucky few who has time off work the week between Christmas and New Years’. As a high school...

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MUSIC MONDAY: Meet Ethan Larsh Friday at Music Makers

This week for Music Monday, we’re turning the tables on columnist Ethan Larsh. Instead of Ethan writing about the local music scene, we’ve...

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THINKING OUT LOUD: A confession of a dissident

I loathe holidays. Not for me. I know a rat when I smell it; and Christmas, like Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and...

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Clugh’s Brews: Cushwa Brewing Co. and Rad Pies

What is Clugh’s Brews? Coffee shops and breweries–people from all walks of life have been gathering in these establishments for as long as...

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MUSIC MONDAY: Ghost Voice’s “Bow and Arrow/Grave Walk”

A psychedelic fairy tale and a goth industrial/drone tune sound enormous on Frederick Experimental Act Ghost Voice’s new two-track single. Ghost Voice, the...

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HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right?

The holiday season has arrived and just like every other year my mind is filled with a to-do list about a million pages...

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