Many communities have a master plan to serve as a guide to future development. Sometimes they have more than one plan with others focusing on …
The Messenger was gracious to ask me to be a contributor focusing on local matters. I offered and can now report that no one commented about t…
When I heard that Gov. John Kasich’s budget had an increase in school funding, I was encouraged. I was also naïve. Closer inspection reveals t…
This month marks the twentieth anniversary of the passage of the bi-partisan “welfare reform” bill, The Personal Responsibility Act. While hav…
I have decided that it is time for me to come forward and endorse — watermelon. For all of my 60 years I have not cared for the taste or textu…
Summer is officially here which means fall is just around the corner. It’s not that I’m wishing my life away, not at all and certainly not at …
One of my earliest childhood memories of Nelsonville, aside from our beautiful star brick sidewalks and streets paved with Nelsonville Block, …
With high school graduation upon us and with the possibility, albeit “unlikely”, some graduates might inadvertently ingest some sort of alcoho…
Curt Gail was my fashion guru. Yep, back in the day I took my fashion cues from one of the finest lineman the storied Nelsonville-York footbal…
Spring is such a great time of year, daffodils, trilliums, Dutchman’s britches, bluebells, red buds, dogwoods ... observing all of the best th…
I live on a gravel road in Alexander Twp. A famous politician once said “ all politics is local”. If you live in an un-incorporated area of th…
I recently had the privilege of reading 13 issues of the newspaper, Albany Echo, printed during the year of 1881. Interestingly enough, that c…
For as long as I can remember I have been involved in my community. In the early years it was Cub Scouts, Brownies and PTA/PTO. I also remembe…
Spring has arrived. Another baseball season has started and the Reds are once again in first place; as of this writing at least. They may not …
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I would like to pay tribute to Mary Davis, one of Nelsonville’s finest ladies. During her recent funeral service Pastor Peter Galbraith, minis…
There was a newspaper article recently noting Feb. 19, 1962, the 54th anniversary of America’s first astronaut’s flight around the world in ou…
This community and surrounding counties are full of thoughtful, hardworking, generous and kind people. We have been dealt a difficult economic…
I saw the movie Eddie the Eagle the other day. A good movie, not great, but a feel good, inspirational tale along the lines of Cool Runnings, …
My wife and I raised three sons. Our youngest is 13 years younger than his older two brothers. The older two are less than 11 months apart. So…