Strangely enough, memories don’t always center around gifts, but favorite people now gone. When I asked Shannon her favorite memory, she answered in a nanosecond. Elby’s, her beloved Papa, her brother, Doug, and the five boisterous Webster clan. When Tamera,…
The family efforts of Tamara, Shannon and Abbi that bring you HOMETOWN NEWS each week wish you a blessed Christmas Eve. While Christmas Day is a time for rejoicing, Christmas Eve is a time for reflecting and remembering Christmas past…
A “fractured family” Christmas Memory Getting Doug’s memories made me pause and remember Christmas of the past. First of all, I was so lucky to have a sister who was in charge of everything and everybody…..or so it seemed at…
My favorite Christmas memory was in 1978. That was the year, on Christmas Eve, that wemoved back to New Cumberland from Putnam County, WV. We had bought what was known asthe “ Brandon House” on Ridge Avenue and Ed was…
My holiday memory is more of a collage. A collection of warm memories of spending the daywith all of our family. The day always started at our house. When I was young, it was in ourhouse on Cemetery Road, which…
My favorite Christmas memory is singing Silent Night to candlelight in church on Christmas Eve. It is a wonderful reminder of how, even among the chaos of the world, God is there, and He provides a stillness, hope, and peace…
The Hancock County Board of Education recognized the accomplishments of the Weir High Red Rider Football team for being OVAC champions at Monday’s meeting. Superintendent Dan Enich presented each member of the team with a certificate and spoke of the…
The annual Wreaths Across America wreath-laying ceremony was observed at New Cumberland Cemetery on Saturday, December 16. More than 50 volunteers came out to honor the town’s veterans by placing fresh pine wreaths on the veterans’ graves. This year there…
The Hancock County Board of Education heard about a program Oak Glen High’s Business Department is conducting in cooperation with VITA (Volunteers Income Tax Assistance) that has certified students to prprepare simple tax returns for individuals with incomes up to…
Kudos to Frank Six for ordering an Inspection of the Wayne Six (Newell) Bridge in light of the additional weight on the bridge caused by the deluge of traffic. As inconvenient as it might have been, you can never be…