….I see them everywhere. Parents with kids buying all the supplies to go to school. Parents helping a kindergarten student pick out that first backpack. Parents tearfully looking at bedspreads and laundry hampers for the college dorm. Yep, it’s that time of the year. Kids…
……Both the Hancock County Board of Education and New Cumberland City Council have work sessions coming up on important issues. Tuesday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m. the Board will have a work session. Among the issues to be discussed are the following issues: student admission…
…….The West Virginia Legislative Special Session is done. It lasted a week. Nothing was accomplished except spending the taxpayers’ money. Take 134 legislators and multiply their per day rate; factor in cost of hotels and a per diem meal rate; and don’t for mileage for…
Christmas in July has been going on at Lynn Murray Memorial Library as of late. We met on July 16 and made ornaments. The kids were able to make 4 or 5 different ornaments for their trees this year. We had wooden wreaths with…
……Judging from its agenda, it appears that the newly-comprised Board of Education is getting down to business tomorrow (Monday) night. The Board has already moved it’s meeting to 6:30 p.m. to make the meetings more accessible to the public, many of whom found their work…
Another Fourth of July event for me is to watch the very long movie “Gettysburg.”Obviously, the movie is named for the battle fought over the first three days of July1863, which went a long way towards the ultimate resolution of the AmericanCivil War. Is it…
And just like that, Summer Reading Camp is over. Whew !! We planned, we prepped, we decorated, we anticipated…..for weeks. And, in what seems like a heartbeat, it’s over. We’re tired, and we’re kinda sad. We really enjoyed having all the kids with us,…
……Good news! Actually, great news when I drove past Franco’s on High St. and Veterans Blvd. in New Manchester and saw a sign which read “John Hale is coming to Francos.” I think all area residents mourned the closing of Franco’s after Dave Ireland devoted…
Ok, I think we are finally caught up from our Summer Reading Camp, so it’s time to get y’all caught up as well. We apologize for taking so long to update everyone, but we’ve gotta be honest, it was a busy, tiring week. And then…