by Mt Gilead | Dec 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
As part of our special Christmas Memories edition, we couldn’t resist sharing what in our mind is the greatest newspaper editorial ever written. Penned by Francis Pharcelus Church (pictured) of the old New York Sun in 1897, it’s an answer to a letter to the editor...
by Mt Gilead | Dec 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
A Christmas memory by Colleen Boggess Retired now, my lovely friend was an elementary school teacher. She is smart, fair, firm and has the kindest, most loving and giving heart. A story she related to me. It was Christmastime and as custom goes, before the holiday...
by Mt Gilead | Dec 17, 2019 | MT. GILEAD
By Earl Leake The Highland Community Center welcomed the holiday season with its annual Christmas banquet Saturday night, highlighted by the longstanding fashion show. The master of ceremonies, Beverly Harris, doubled as a standup comic and she kept the audience...
by Mt Gilead | Dec 11, 2019 | MT. GILEAD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2019 A Massachusetts man has been arrested and charged with first degree murder Wednesday morning following an investigation at a residence on East Second Avenue. Just after 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, Mount...
by Mt Gilead | Dec 10, 2019 | MT. GILEAD
By Phyllis Story Strider Christmas Eve any year at Mamma and Daddy’s house in Mt. Gilead was always a hectic experience. As family started to arrive, each bringing their own assigned dishes of food, the aromas would fill the kitchen. The turkey was done and...