……Time is nearing for the arrival of Madilynn Grace, the newest member of our family. The impending event causes me to return to the times when I as a 19-year-old mother tried to navigate a whole new world of motherhood. Thanks to five Webster cousins…
One of my best friends is looking for a new job (he lives in Minnesota). He is working a job that he has no passion for, and he is constantly looking for job postings and updating his resume. He is doing job interviews on a…
The John Newell who was born near Burgettstown in 1796 and who moved to Pughtown, and had children with Lydia Edie was a man of many talents. He was an early entrepreneur in a manner of speaking. In addition to being a tanner and a…
….No, the post office is not to blame for your newspaper being a day late last week. We delayed delivery of the paper from the printers until Wednesday afternoon due to the heavy coat of ice on my driveway. I have a healthy respect for…
My church is a part of a denomination, the Church of the Nazarene. We are a part of the West Virginia North District. The Superintendent of that District is essentially my boss. One of the ways that he gets information to his pastors is through…
If you read my column on even a semi-regular basis you know that frequently research for one column leads me to something different, yet related, to write about in upcoming issues. Last week, the statement that Nessly Chapel was the “first Methodist Protestant Church in…
…..If the newspaper industry wasn’t fighting uphill to survive the business downturn from the pandemic, the WV Legislature has provided us with yet another challenge. The move to require legal advertising only on the State’s website would be a death knell for many small newspapers.….What’s…