http://www.times-news.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_199195016.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_199195016.html I've had questions recently - not for the first time! - about William Ward and the house he built at 73 W. Main St. here in Frostburg. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:53:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_185105424.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_185105424.html Independence Day, like Christmas, is one of the few national holidays that has not been moved to Monday, to provide a four-day break for working people. It holds its own as the Fourth of July. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_178131730.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_178131730.html Last week I went to Wiley Ford to pick strawberries. I came home with enough for several packets of frozen berries, for three jars of strawberry jam, generous spoonfuls of fruit on my breakfast cereal and shortcake with real whipped cream. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_171141610.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_171141610.html The Frostburg Area Ambulance Service is currently asking for our help in raising money for the protective clothing that new government regulations require. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_164113747.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_164113747.html In a year that is not yet half over, 2008 has already written itself into the record books for extremes of hot and cold, rain and drought, tornadoes and floods and earthquakes. Our planet Earth has been in a constant state of change. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_157105807.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_157105807.html I'm not a sports person, but I like to watch tennis. During the three big summer tournaments - Paris, London and New York, played on three different surfaces - my TV is on, and I check the newspaper for details that I have missed. Thu, 29 May 2008 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_150121320.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_150121320.html Last week I had the pleasure of attending the spring concert of the Allegany Community Symphony Orchestra. The program was free, and nicely varied, and the instrumentalists were competent. Thu, 22 May 2008 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_143123749.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_143123749.html Last week I had occasion to visit a local funeral home to offer condolences on the death of a man who had been one of a gaggle of teenage basketball players when our family moved into the house on Park Avenue. Thu, 15 May 2008 12:23:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_136122349.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_136122349.html Uhl Street, here in Frostburg, is one of the town's intriguing mysteries, beginning with the question of the pronunciation of the name. Should it be Coool, or Yule? I prefer the former, but I have no valid reason for objecting to anyone's associating it with Christmas. Thu, 08 May 2008 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_129115252.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_129115252.html "You have to have a seeing eye!'' Helen Byrnes Miller told me, shortly after I moved to Allegany County more than half a century ago. Thu, 01 May 2008 12:28:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_122122859.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_122122859.html Oftentimes when properties in Frostburg change hands, the town is abuzz with speculation about the alterations the new owners might make, and memories of the people and events associated with the building. Some of what is said is history, much of it is mythology, but the stories are woven together in the fascinating tapestry of our town. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_115110835.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_115110835.html When I look out my window at this time of year I see an expanse of fresh green grass studded with golden circlets like coins spilled from a careless magician's pouch. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:54:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_108115434.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_108115434.html One of the most historic sites in Frostburg is the property at the corner of Main and Water streets occupied by St. Paul's Lutheran Church and its parsonage. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:13:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_080121414.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_080121414.html This is the time of year when I dye hard-boiled Easter eggs. It is not a necessary activity; it may even be silly since I have neither children nor grandchildren on hand to hunt them. But, like the cookies at Christmas time, they are a part of the seasonal celebration and I wouldn't feel right if I didn't conform. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:28:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_073112916.html http://www.times-news.com/bettyvannewkirk/local_story_073112916.html When I was 8 or so, just beginning to make two-fingered attacks on Daddy's typewriter, I decided I wanted to be a writer when I grew up.