Lamplighting time
“When it is lamplighting time in the valley and in dreams I go back to my home.
To all the readers of the News & Press
This letter is a goodbye, and a hello. Friday December 30th was my last official day as the editor at this newspaper, and I am now heading into a new direction professionally. Thank you to all of the wonderful people of Darlington County for the opportunity to tell your stories the past three and a half years. I loved every moment – the happy and the challenging ones; they all helped me grow as a writer, and as a person. My...
My Resolution
The end of 2016 has come and past.
Grateful is the path to unity
Have you ever sat down and thought to yourself why you are grateful?
It was a Mill Village Christmas
By Bill Shepard Not much remains of the way that it was in the year of which I write. The world has changed many times over, but a memory lingers and it is from that memory that I write. The year was 1935, although it could have been any one of the 1920’s or 1930’s. The Great Depression had a stranglehold on the world and a new President was searching diligently for ways to break the grip. It seemed an elusive search! I was barely in...