Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Letter to the Editor: The lights are unnecessary

At the end of March, utility poles were strewn along River Road with no notification to the affected property owners. We property...

A different angle for our annual visit with the spirits

Being haunted by spirits might just be a requisite  part of the Christmas season. It was for Ebenezer Scrooge, as traditionally referenced...

Angelkeep Journals: Historic Christmas looms

Angelkeep Christmas evolved over the years to become a mishmash of today’s vibe, heavily laden with the past.  Angelkeep’s...

Lessons from music lessons from recitals

Monday night the nephews, George and Whit, had a recital for the piano lessons they’ve been taking. Both have been too embarrassed...

What will the new year bring for emergency services?

As the end of each year nears, we have a tradition at the N-B to compile what we think are the “Top...

Angelkeep Journals: Cloudless Sulphur, Angelkeep’s pre-Christmas gift

Angelkeep could be considered Christmas-blessed every day of the year. Santa can take no credit for creating and gifting the daily abundance...

The circus-act finger-story of Thanksgiving

“Uh-oh. What’d you do to get the funky finger story?”  No, that’s not an innuendo. That is a Thanksgiving...

2024’s digital dilemma: Scroll, click, repeat

When you’re in the word business like we are here at The News-Banner, you always enjoying talking about the nuances of language...

The winter of nightmares and dreams

Baby it’s cold outside. Where is global warming when we need it? Welcome Dec. 7. It’s become like Election...

Angelkeep Journals: Anticipation and Christmas preparations

Keeping the Daugherty tradition of Christmas pizza had become a bit of a problem. It began when Mom, aka Dorothy, fell and...