Our History & our Heritage by Bill Kiefer
When I write this column I always try to include at least one new fact that I learn in doing my research. I hope it will be a new fact to readers as well. When I stay local with the…
Hometown News
Food Preservation Classes Available
Vegetable gardens are popping up everywhere! Young and old alike want to know where their food is coming from and are growing their own vegetables. If you want to learn how to preserve all that good eating for the winter…
HANCOCK COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVE MATCHING GRANT FUNDS
Hancock County Commissioners approved $50,000.00 in funding to both the Tomlinson Public Service District and Hancock Public Service District at their May 27th meeting. The $100,000.00 in funding will be used as a required local match to $50,000.00 each…
Oak Glen High School Class of 2021
Graduation Date: May 28, 2021 Jeremy Christopher Adams Skylar Lysbeth Ann Adkins Joricia Lynn Alexander Lily Ann Allen Austin Blayne Almo Colton Malone Ash Izabella Jule Barganski Magan Alexis Barnhart Daniel Alan Bealles Sidney Marie Blankenship Zachary Elias Bowen Louis…
Board of Education
Mike Keffer, a Weir graduate opposed to changing the unofficial Red Rider’s logo, spoke before the Hancock County Board of Education Monday. While Keffer who had earlier organized a rally in front of the Millsop Community Center on the…
OGHS AWARDS CEREMONY
Awards The Highest Honor Students for the class of 2021- Colton Ash, Jacob Clark, Jessica Duty, Connor Gibson, Alexis Holden-Kendra, Alayna Kranis, Brooklyn Loveland, Rory McNutt, Amber Moore, Jadyn Smith, Halee Stevens, and Garrett Wright Promise Scholarships– Joricia Alexander, Izabella…
Reading Nook with Kirsten Pierce
We hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! Swaney Memorial Library is now operating on its summer hour’s schedule. We are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays; and…
Reflections by Jeremy Alger
There is a saying that I use. I think it is now common enough that people recognize and accept it. I believe it’s true, and I find it a good reminder for our interactions. That saying is: Hurt people hurt…
Freda L. Mills
Freda L. Mills, 89 of Paris, PA., passed peacefully at her home on Monday, May 31, 2021. A daughter of the late Leslie and Nettie Yoho Fankhouser, she was born on November 10, 1931, in Pine Grove, WV. Freda was…
Shaw Selected for Leadership Summit
Eighth-grade student Alexa Shaw has been selected as Oak Glen Middle School’s Youth Leadership Summit representative at Camp Horseshoe, Parsons, W.Va. The summit, June 20-26, is designed to promote leadership through service to others and community involvement. Alexa is the…