…….I am never more impressed by the citizens of small towns than when fall is approaching and time to start school rolls around. It’s a call to action for each club, charitable group, fellow students make sure the kids have everything they need for the…
……….When I entered the cramped Hancock County Commission Meeting on Friday, I felt like I was tumbling down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland. I never know what will transpire. I always feel I’m late to the table to get the information I need,…
The Fancy Lunch …….Were I too pick out the most memorable moment of the summer of 2026, it would be the launch of the “Fancy Lunch” at our house. The term “fancy lunch” was coined by my three-year-old great-granddaughter Emilia to describe a day that…
……There’s a lot I don’t know about important things. I mean there’s an increasing amount of stuff I do know, but that only highlights the need to know more. ,,,,,,,Bet you’re the same dear reader. Everytime you read an update on the Board of Education,…
There are times in our government that shall remain in our memories forever. I’m sure when women got the vote was a forever moment. For those of my generation, the Fair Credit Act of 1973 finally meant women could get a credit card or a…
I rarely look at the mirror. In fact, I’ve sacrificed corpuscles by looking away when I shave. The guy who lives in there depresses me. He always appears ready to slink back to bed. And his face has old person lesions-the kind that hospitals use…
Once in a manager’s seminar at Mountaineer, those present were encouraged, as usual, to wake up and ask questions of the speaker. Since nobody (aside from said speaker(s)) at all wanted to be there one nano-second longer than necessary-we all had ACTUAL work to do-any…
Monday, March 23 at 5:30 p.m. the Hancock County School Board will meet at the JDRIV Center in New Cumberland. ……..This marks the second meeting the Hancock County Board has had after the State takeover.. Although elected by a vote of the people, local Board…
I remember as a kid secreting our big unwieldy plug-in radio under my Lost in Space blanket and listening far past my Petticoat Junction bedtime to Pittsburgh Pirate games when they visited the west coast. On one glorious occasion, my victory whoop when Willie Stargell…