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Onion weather — it’s a term that I haven’t heard all that often here in West Virginia. I picked it up in New England where a typical sentence using this term might go like the following: “It appeahs to be onion weathah, Haahvey.” But it has nothing to do with growing onions — instead, it [...]
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KEARNEYSVILLE – A big bowl of oatmeal is a stick-to-the-ribs breakfast that never fails to keep me feeling full until lunch. It’s also great added to meatloaf and makes a delightful cookie. A few great, easy recipes to try: Soft Oatmeal Cookies 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 1 cup packed brown sugar [...]
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Charles Town: It’s our town. It’s the place where a great many of us were born and raised; and the place where many others have migrated and now call home. Either way, Charles Town is a place of great character, incredible history and a small, quirky town that we all know and love. Those of [...]
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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin doesn’t deliver his 2013 State of the State speech until tonight, but there are advance hints about some issues he likely will endorse as well as some critical ones he plans to duck. And he’s already made it clear there will be no tax increases recommended in his televised address to [...]
Continue reading …Like the crocuses now awakening and preparing to rise through the late winter snow, there’s already a buzz of activity in preparation for the coming gardening season. Like these crocuses, though, this activity may also go unnoticed. I’ve got the inside scoop on this since daughter Leah is in charge of these deep winter festivities [...]
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One of us has lived in Shepherdstown for about 50 years, the other not so long. During that entire time, parking by students has been a problem for both the university and the town of Shepherdstown. As the university has grown from about 800 students in 1960 to 4,300 today, this problem has increased exponentially. [...]
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Editor’s note: The Jefferson County Commission will hear a presentation about the proposed bike path during its meeting Thursday at 9:45 a.m. in the lower level meeting room at the Charles Town Library, 200 E. Washington St., Charles Town. The Jefferson County Commission should support the bike/pedestrian path being proposed between Shepherdstown and Morgan’s [...]
Continue reading …It comes as no surprise that Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s two-year-old Advisory Council on Substance Abuse suggest that he recommend to the state Legislature to increase taxes on alcohol and cigarettes to raise money to treat the estimated 150,000 West Virginians who are now suffering from drug abuse. But it is also no surprise that [...]
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When I was 12, I discovered my father’s .22 rifle in the back of a bedroom closet, some bullets nearby. The next few days were fun ones as I honed my skills in marksmanship on whatever caught my eye — a low-hanging pear in the orchard behind the house, a distant road sign, empty cans [...]
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