Author: CM

Riding on a Wave of Laughter

Written By Lisa Breslin More than 140 people rolled into the Westminster Riding Club on Saturday, February 10, for a few good laughs. With plenty of humor about the joys of living in a rural town and the foibles associated with...

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Deere Hunter

Written By Bethany McLane Some people collect baseball cards, others cherish old movie posters. For Barry Boston, the owner of Westminster’s Boston Inn, nothing beats the yellow and green of a John Deere emblem. Since he became...

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Ladies in Drag (Racing, that is)

Written By Arlene Karidis When Maria Willingham pulls up to the starting line at Mason Dixon Dragway in Hagerstown, some male spectators and racers think it is funny, but those who know her do not laugh. The Superpro Class...

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Reaching Out to Appalachia

Written By Cori Simpson When Sykesville residents Charlene and Alan Gillis found out that McDowell County, West Virginia, had lost its fire engine, they found another one for the community. When they discovered that a local home...

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Toward a New Civility

Written By Sherwood Kohn After the long winter’s dormancy, the arrival of spring and its accustomed reawakenings rekindle one’s kinder tendencies; a resurgence, if you will, of civility. And heaven knows, it is welcome. As if we...

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