As I have grown older, I have begun to realize that each season has its own sounds. These sounds each of us can identify by just closing our eyes and listening to the invisible world that surrounds us. Mother Nature has given us the ability to hear and recognize many that are unique. Sounds ...
Another year has passed and we are still looking at one of the worst stretches of highway in the entire state. Perhaps the most dangerous! Rt. 2 between Paden City and Sistersville is a death trap. A major disaster waiting to happen. Each year the DOH and other state and city agencies are ...
By Adam R. Kelly November 29, 1989 For a good many years now, I've been writing Thanksgiving columns in which I share with readers my own person litany of gratitude. Reading these pieces over the past decade reveals they are repetitive to a great extent. That in itself is a big reason for my ...
The PSC has come under criticism for favoring coal-fired generation over renewable energy. The fact is that the Commission favors lower cost generation over higher cost generation. It is often said that coal is not a cost-efficient electricity production fuel; that the cost of renewable ...
Halloween has come and past. Many of the communities in our area had great events like the Haunted Trail in Paden City, the Haunted Pool at Bruce Park in New Martinsville. Sistersville had Hocus Pocus in the Park and each community had a night for Trick or Treat. It's a fun time for kids of all ...
Nothing makes a community better than a bunch of volunteers. They are the life blood of every town, city, state and nation. The importance of volunteering cannot be overstated. While not all volunteers are visible, the same can be said of the work undertaken by them, it's often unseen! It's ...
Father's Day just passed and I'll bet many Dad's never received a thank you!, let alone a hug or "I love you." This year we shared father's day with Juneteeth and the following day was West Virginia Day. Celebrations were happening all over the State. Employees of local, state, and federal ...
If one was to look at the importance of all celebrated days of the year, it would surely turn up that Children's day would be at the top of the list. Children's day was celebrated this past Sunday in the United States with little fanfare. Not much attention did it draw, and as it passed my most ...
The time of year nearly all kids wait on has arrived! While it's not officially summer yet, to most kids summer's here. In kids minds, summer starts with the last day of school. Remember back years ago waiting on the start of summer? Seemed like it would never arrive. Three months of leisure ...
Seventy Seven years ago, my grandparents received word that my father had been injured three separate times in battle, while stationed with the 88th Blue Devil Division, part of the 350th Regiment, in Lieut. - General Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army drive toward the Po Valley in Italy. Dad joined ...
